Global Category Manager Procurement - Marketing

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world leader in online travel and services that support the entire travel journey. Our platforms - including Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable - utilize advanced AI, machine learning and other innovative technologies to simplify and personalize the travel experience for consumers and partners in over 220 countries and territories. Our mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. For more information, visit BookingHoldings.com and follow us on X @BookingHoldings.

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: Two days in-office.

In this role, you will lead the marketing procurement strategy and execution for our US-based brands, playing a pivotal role in optimizing the marketing ecosystem for Priceline, OpenTable, and Kayak.

This position requires a true business partner who balances hands-on execution with long-term strategic planning. You will bridge the gap between marketing and procurement, ideally drawing on your own background in marketing to speak the language, hold your own with a strong marketing team, and uncover new opportunities. Your focus will be on relationship-building and agency ecosystem management, ensuring that critical sourcing events and contract negotiations are executed seamlessly while driving the broader strategic vision.

While your primary focus is on the US brands, you will operate as part of a highly collaborative global team with hubs in Amsterdam, Romania, and Bangkok. A key objective of this role is to actively expand cross-brand collaboration, working as one unified global organization to leverage scale and share best practices. Reflecting this integration, the role features a dual reporting line to leadership in both the US and Amsterdam.

In this role you will get to:

• Lead end-to-end procurement execution and strategic sourcing initiatives for a marketing portfolio, encompassing Media Agencies, Digital/Performance Media, Creative Agencies, MarTech, PR, and Experiential/Events.
• Act as a dedicated business partner to marketing leadership across Priceline, OpenTable, and Kayak, bridging the gap between procurement processes and marketing objectives to co-create long-term value.
• Drive execution on critical sourcing events, contract negotiations, and agency ecosystem management while ensuring day-to-day procurement operations run smoothly.
• Collaborate seamlessly with global procurement hubs in Amsterdam, Romania, and Bangkok to share best practices, align on global strategies, and unlock cross-brand synergies.
• Manage complex agency relationships, focusing on supplier performance, continuous improvement, and identifying new opportunities beyond standard cost savings.
• Ensure all marketing procurement activities comply with internal policies and external regulatory requirements, including data privacy and security.
• Champion a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach to procurement, demonstrating to stakeholders that procurement is a strategic enabler rather than a roadblock.

What you have:

• Deep, systemic understanding of the marketing and agency ecosystem, encompassing Media Agencies, Digital/Performance Media, Creative, MarTech, and PR.
• Proven ability to build bridges and hold your own with senior marketing stakeholders, communicating effectively in their language because you have lived in their world.
• Strong execution capabilities in negotiating agency commercial models, media buying mechanics, and production costs.
• Ability to balance tactical day-to-day vendor management with long-term strategic category planning.
• Excellent cross-cultural collaboration skills, with the ability to operate effectively within a highly distributed global team structure and dual reporting lines.
• Pragmatic and adaptable mindset, capable of driving results in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Note: While foundational procurement and commercial acumen is required, deep expertise in specific procurement software is secondary to your mastery of the marketing landscape; we can teach you the tools if you already know the industry.

Our Commitment to Inclusion 

Through the Booking Holdings brands, we help our customers reach all corners of the earth. Our ability to provide great service rests on how well we understand our diverse customer base, which is why having a diverse team is so important to us. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.

There are a variety of job related factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. In addition to a competitive base salary, roles are eligible to be considered for an annual bonus and equity grant.

The base salary range for Connecticut and the NYC-metro area is $145,000 - $177,000.

We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program designed to keep you and your family healthy, plan for the future and make the most out of life. For a glimpse of our benefits offerings, please see here. In addition to competitive health and wellness benefits, we currently offer other perks to eligible employees, such as: tuition reimbursement, fitness reimbursement, discounts, and more! 

If this role resonates with you, we encourage you to click the "apply" button!

EEO Statement:

Booking Holdings is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. We ensure equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without discrimination or harassment based on race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

Booking Holdings also extends this policy to every phase of the employment process including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, placement, transfer, training and development, position elimination, restructure, promotion, compensation, benefits, layoffs, termination, and all other conditions or privileges of employment. Booking Holdings and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please email [email protected] with your request. M/F/V/D/S

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