FF&E Category Manager

Job Description

Your day to day

• Execute the AMER FF&E procurement category strategy, leading U.S. execution and partnering with colleagues to support delivery in Canada and Latin America.
• Manage supplier contracts, including administration, compliance monitoring, and renewal processes, ensuring alignment with procurement policies and business objectives.
• Lead day-to-day sourcing activities, including supporting RFP processes, supplier negotiations, and contract management to drive cost savings, value, and supply continuity.
• Develop and maintain strong supplier relationship management practices, including monitoring KPIs, conducting business reviews, and ensuring adherence to responsible and sustainable sourcing standards.
• Analyze spend data and market trends to identify opportunities for cost optimization, risk mitigation, and category performance improvement, providing actionable insights to senior procurement leadership.
• Collaborate closely with Brand, Design, and other internal stakeholders to advance FF&E initiatives while ensuring owner perspectives remain central to decision-making.
• Partner with FF&E peers and the broader Americas Procurement team to promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the procurement team, supporting timely delivery of projects and contracts.
• Manage a complex supplier base and category spend, ensuring effective demand management and supplier engagement.
• Provide commercial insight and guidance to internal and external stakeholders to align procurement activities with business needs.

What we need from you

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in procurement, supply chain, business, or related field.
• Typically 5+ years of progressive procurement and sourcing experience.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data and apply a data-driven mindset to support sound business decisions, with comfort navigating imperfect or incomplete data.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to identify transformational opportunities, build cross-functional support, and drive execution that delivers meaningful business impact.
• Proven experience managing supplier contracts and complex supplier relationships.
• Strong organizational, project management, and analytical skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Solid understanding of FF&E cost drivers, supplier markets, and category trends in the Americas
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills, capable of collaborating across teams and preparing clear reports and presentations.
• Proficiency with procurement tools, analytics platforms, or digital sourcing solutions preferred.
• Awareness of supplier diversity, sustainability, and responsible sourcing principles is a plus.

Travel - up to 15%

Location - Our hybrid work structure is an expectation of three (3) days a week in the ATLANTA office and two (2) days working from home. This expectation may be adjusted to evolve with the changing needs of the business.

The salary range for this role is $ 95,000 to $130,000. This role is also eligible for bonus pay. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K and other benefits to employees.

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About Us

At IHG, we've made a promise. As one of the world's leading hotel groups, we're here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected - wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?

About the Team

Who we are

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.