Expires soon IHG

Manager, Procurement - MRO & Energy

  • Internship
  • Atlanta (DeKalb)
  • Project / Product management

Job description



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

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The candidate will be capable of managing multiple segments of IHG’s Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) & Energy supplier spend to deliver breakthrough results for the business.  Managed spend will be in excess of $100M per annum with the added complexity managing product suppliers for our managed and franchisee estate. 

·  Category Management  – To adopt, lead and implement category management as a structured process creating and leading cross-functional teams or working solo on Just Do It and quick wins projects.
·  Strategy Creation  –Create breakthrough strategies which deliver on stakeholder objectives.
·  Sourcing – Accountable for the execution of sourcing activities including RFX, RFP, direct negotiations and contracting to identify the proper suppliers.
·  Strategy Implementation  – Manage all aspects of strategy implementation including entry and exit of supplier relationships, change management issues, and ongoing management of supplier relationships and performance.
·  Continuous Improvement  – Ensure that supplier relationships are set up for future continuous improvement and to effectively measure performance against required AQSCI.
·  Stakeholder Management  – Work in a way that engages the support of stakeholders using problem solving and proactive communication skills.
·  Business Requirements  – Develop a deep insight and understanding of business requirements as well partnering with internal stakeholders in the development of business requirements.
·  Results and Performance  – Be focused on results that deliver value to stakeholders.
·  Role Models  – Act as role models to represent IHG professionally internally and externally.
·  Project and Change Management  – Possess strong project management skills and able to manage change internally and externally.
What we need from you

Required Skills

·  Direct and/or Indirect procurement category subject matter expertise
·  Experience in Strategic Sourcing and Category Management
·  Ability to problem solve effectively and creatively
·  Strong analytics skills
·  Proficient in MS Office Suite and P2P software
·  Effective communication skills – both written and oral.  Particularly the ability to develop and communicate key project/category storylines to internal and external stakeholders
·  Ability to forge strong relationships internally and externally 

Qualifications

·  BA/BS Bachelor's Degree within Strategic Sourcing/Procurement, Supply Chain, or similar field
·  Masters Business Administration (preferred)

Experience

·  3-5 years line procurement experience including practice and leadership of category management in large organizations
·  Preferred, but not required, experience in Hospitality and/or Franchisee operating environment
·  Preferred, but not required, experience with elevators, chemicals, HVAC, utilities and energy, etc.- all operating supplies and services that a hotel consumes in the normal course of operation. 
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

 

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