Food and beverage procurement is a critical component of the hospitality industry, ensuring that establishments maintain high standards of quality while managing costs effectively. By leveraging strategic partnerships with suppliers and staying attuned to market trends, we can enhance their offerings, improve customer satisfaction, and drive profitability. In an ever-evolving landscape, effective procurement practices are essential for delivering exceptional dining experiences and maintaining a competitive edge and maximize value for IHG Owners and Investors by utilizing portfolio-wide scale to drive cost efficiencies and secure optimized commercial agreements across the Food & Beverage category.

Your day to day

• Category PMO & Support: Manage projects, demand, forecasting, and escalations. Assist with communications, reporting, and stakeholder management.

• Business Impact: Coordinate and execute sourcing initiatives from the Operate Category Strategy to drive efficiencies and lower costs for IHG Owners and Investors.

• Commercial Advisor: Leverage market expertise to provide strategic guidance to stakeholders up to VP level

• Administrative: Provide guidance to team members on documentation and legal process; responsible for preliminary contract review

What we need from you

• Deep understanding of the Food & Beverage category including Consumables, Distribution, Equipment, etc.

• Experience working with Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO) within the Hospitality industry

• Experience managing complex relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers

• Strong project management and communication skills

• Strong procurement technical skills, fluency with legal agreements, and development/execution of complex RFx

• Strong negotiation and influencing skills

Location - Our hybrid work structure is an expectation of three (3) days a week in the Atlanta office. This expectation may be adjusted to evolve with the changing needs of the business.

The salary range for this role is $58,844 to $125,000. This role is also eligible for bonus. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K, and other benefits to employees.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.

Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.

We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.

We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

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Important information :

• The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.

• No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until it is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or other form of compensation allocable to a particular employee remain in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.