Procurement Category Manager, Marketing at IHG in Atlanta, Georgia

Job Description:

About us

Bringing True Hospitality to the world.

We want to welcome you to a world of bringing True Hospitality to everyone. When you join us at IHG®, you become part of our global family. A welcoming culture of warmth, honesty and a passion for providing True Hospitality.

We pride ourselves on letting your personality and passions shine, recognizing the individual contribution you make and supporting your ambition to learn and create your own career path. In making a difference to our guests and owners, colleagues and communities, every day is a chance to create great and unique experiences, in your own way.

With over 370,000 colleagues in nearly 100 countries sharing our values, there’s countless opportunities at your fingertips.

We’re growing; grow with us.

Your day to day

Deliver benefit to IHG through optimizing supplier relationships and commercial deals.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities –

• Lead and support procurement projects that address business needs across the Corporate Marketing space.


• Develop and implement category plans for key Marketing subcategories of spend.


• Build a deep understanding of supply markets and the implications for IHG.


• Develop and execute a pipeline of projects to drive TCO, innovation, continuous improvement, and cost benefits to IHG.


• Successfully execute sourcing, demand management and continuous improvement projects to deliver business objectives.


• Build excellent relationships with business stakeholders up to and including the executive level and provide business challenge where necessary.


• Develop and actively manage supplier partners and ensure optimal supplier performance.


• Operate within the IHG Procurement operating model.


• Deliver cost savings benefits to the business aligned to procurement goals.

What we need from you

Education –

Bachelor's or master’s degree in a relevant field of work, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.

Experience –

5-8 years progressive work-related experience.

Technical Skills & Knowledge –

• Proficient in the Category Management methodology and procurement processes.


• Track record of developing and implementing L3 Category Plans​.


• Category management experience in a global organization​.


• Demonstrated ability to analyze and provide insight on supply markets.


• Strong procurement technical skills, legal knowledge and RFI/P leadership​.


• Experience of managing complex supplier relationships​.


• Capable of leading and being part of matrixed team in a project environment​.


• Good negotiation and influencing skills​.


• Effective project management skills​.

What we offer

We’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including great room discount and superb training.

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care, that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - click here to find out more about us.

IHG is an equal opportunity employer: Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans