We’re Hiring: Lead – Cost Control & Procurement Company: Tripli Hotels Pvt. Ltd.

Location:
Jaipur, Rajasthan Work arrangement: Full-time, on-site, with regular travel across hotel properties Reporting to: Director Compensation: ₹15–24 lakh per annum, depending on experience and capability

About the Role
Tripli Hotels is looking for a high-potential, analytical and hands-on professional to take company-wide ownership of cost control, central procurement and vendor management. The role combines spend analysis, commercial negotiation, process creation and coordination with Finance, Operations, City Managers and Hotel Managers. The selected candidate will examine how money is spent across our hotels, identify cost-saving opportunities, negotiate better commercial terms and create scalable procurement processes for existing properties and new hotel openings. The objective is to ensure that every expense is necessary, properly approved, competitively priced and delivers value while maintaining operating quality and guest experience.

Key Responsibilities
1. Expense Control and Cost Optimisation
• Review hotel-wise and department-wise expenses, budgets, invoices and consumption.
• Identify unnecessary spending, unusual rates, repeated purchases, wastage and unexplained increases.
• Obtain explanations from City Managers and Hotel Managers and track agreed corrective actions.
• Review major expense categories, including F&B;, housekeeping, linen, laundry, utilities, maintenance, staffing and outsourced services.
• Compare costs across properties while considering occupancy, location, season and service requirements.
• Work with Finance and Operations to establish budgets, spending limits and approval controls.
• Identify and report measurable cost-saving opportunities without affecting guest experience. 2. Central Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
• Build and implement a central procurement process across existing hotels and recent openings.
• Consolidate requirements across properties to negotiate bulk rates and long-term supply agreements.
• Source and evaluate manufacturers, distributors and service providers.
• Compare vendors based on total cost, quality, useful life, delivery, payment terms and service reliability.
• Standardise specifications and approved alternatives for commonly purchased hotel products.
• Establish processes for purchase requests, quotations,



approvals, purchase orders, receipt verification and payment.
• Define which categories should be centrally procured and which may be sourced locally.
• Reduce emergency purchasing, excess inventory and avoidable stock shortages. 3. Vendor Management
• Create and maintain an approved vendor database with agreed rates, terms and service commitments.
• Develop a transparent vendor onboarding and evaluation process.
• Negotiate contracts covering pricing, credit period, quality, delivery, replacement, warranty and service levels.
• Periodically benchmark vendor rates against the market.
• Monitor supplier quality, delivery performance and compliance with agreed terms.
• Resolve quality complaints, shortages, returns, replacements and commercial disputes.
• Develop backup vendors for critical categories.
• Identify and manage potential conflicts of interest in vendor selection. 4. Inventory and Consumption Control
• Strengthen stock verification and consumption tracking across hotel properties.
• Identify wastage, unusual consumption, stock differences and unnecessary purchases.
• Coordinate with property teams to establish minimum, maximum and reorder stock levels.
• Work with Finance to resolve differences between purchase orders, goods received and vendor invoices.
• Develop controls for high-value, fast-moving and theft-sensitive items. 5. Reporting and Implementation
• Develop monthly dashboards covering expenses, budget variances, consumption, savings and vendor performance.
• Ensure that reported savings are measurable and verified by Finance.
• Train property teams on purchasing and expense-control processes.
• Monitor whether City Managers and Hotel Managers follow the approved processes.
• Present findings, risks and corrective actions to senior management.
• Support cost planning and procurement for new hotel openings. Candidate Profile Candidates may qualify through either of the following routes:Route 1: Premier-Institute Candidate




• Graduate or postgraduate from an IIT, IIM or another comparable Tier-1 institution
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Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in procurement, supply chain, cost transformation, operations excellence, consulting, finance analytics or a related function
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Strong analytical, problem-solving and process-building ability
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Comfortable working with data and converting analysis into practical operational action . Route 2: Hotel-Chain Procurement Candidate
• Minimum 5 years of experience in procurement, cost control, purchasing or commercial operations
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Experience with a recognised multi-property hotel chain such as Mahindra Holidays, Sterling Holiday Resorts or a comparable hospitality company
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Practical understanding of hotel expenses, inventory, vendor management and property-level operations
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Experience handling procurement or cost control across multiple hotels or locations is preferred . Essential Skills
• Cost and spend analysi
• sCentral procurement and strategic sourcin
• gVendor evaluation and contract negotiatio
• nBudgeting and variance analysi
• sInventory and consumption contro
• lAdvanced Excel or Google Sheet
• sProcess and SOP developmen
• tCommercial judgemen
• tManagement reportin
• gStakeholder managemen
• tStrong communication and follow-u
• pHigh integrity and attention to detai l What We Are Looking Fo
• r An energetic and high-potential professional who can take ownershi
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Ability to question expenses constructively and support conclusions with dat
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Confidence to work with City Managers, Hotel Managers, Finance and Operations team
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Ability to balance cost, quality, operating requirements and guest experienc
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Willingness to work from Jaipur and travel regularly to hotel propertie
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Ability to build processes that can support Tripli Hotels’ continued expansio n.

How to Apply
Send your CV to [email protected] with the subject: Application – Lead, Cost Control & Procurement Please includ
• e: Current and expected
• CTCNotice per
• iodPresent locat
• ionEducational institut
• ionNumber of properties or business units hand
• ledTwo examples of measurable cost savings, vendor negotiations or procurement improvements delivered by you

📌 Lead – Cost Control (Jaipur)
🏢 Tripli Hotels
📍 Jaipur