.**Role Purpose**The Manager, Procurement may be responsible for multiple sub-categories of spend and will help lead IHG through major change to deliver breakthrough value within their category (-ies) on a regional level.**Essential Duties and Responsibilities -****Category Scope**:Responsible for the development and execution of whole-life Category Strategies for a portfolio of categories; fostering of supplier relationships; and reporting of outcomes of efforts.**Sourcing Management**: Committed to adopting, exercising, and leading Sourcing Management processes/protocols while influencing and leading cross-functional teams.**Sourcing**:To manage a portfolio of sourcing activities including Requests for X (i.E., Information, Proposals, Quotations, etc.), negotiations and contracting to ensure that the most effective supply base is developed for each of the categories under management.**Strategy Implementation**: To ensure that all strategies and agreements are effectively implemented.**Business Partnership**:To work with Business Partners (i.E., D&C = Design & Construction) to identify emerging requirements and to drive strategies and activities to deliver continuous compliance, cost, and quality improvements within the supply base in pursuit of stakeholder needs.**Stakeholder Management**: To engage with Business Partners and senior stakeholders in such a way that encourages the ongoing support of stakeholders; communicating an understanding and commitment to working together to solve their business needs/challenges through the management of third-party suppliers.**Business Requirements**: To develop an understanding and work towards business requirements in symphony with the Director, Procurement and VP, Procurement - Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment and Value Engineering.Results and Performance: The incumbents will be accountable for executing transparent, compliant, quality-driven, and cost-effective options/results as measured by an agreed to balanced scorecard - inclusive of contracting.**Role Models**:The incumbents will conduct themselves in a manner that reflects the commitment to being responsible corporate citizens, ambassadors of our brand, and trusted advisors.**Project and Change Management**: The complexity of categories and projects requires a significant level of high-quality project and program management skills and a proven ability to manage change both internal and external through to successful completion