Procurement Manager - Americas

Kering - New York, New York

Mission

As transversal function, the Procurement Manager – Americas, reports to the Gucci global Procurement Director (Italy based) and functionally to the SVP & COO Gucci Americas

• provide Gucci functions with procurement expertise identifying new projects to be managed and developing regional procurement professionalism
• implement procurement actions and optimization projects at regional level
• contribute to vendor selection, costs saving and process optimization
• report results and feedback to corporate

Responsibilities

Strategies and projects

• contribute to define and implement strategies and projects in relationship with Gucci corporate procurement and finance teams on the different categories (Travel, Facility, Communication, Professional services and consulting, Works, Supply chain…)
• be responsible for strategies and actions to be implemented for the brand whether they are managed by him/her or at Brand or Group level
• identify optimization projects opportunities and/or define relevant policies per categories in consistency (mission, actions, policy, …) and compliance with Brand and Group policies
• set economic and/or qualitative targets for each purchasing action

Operations

• manage expenses analysis
• conduct purchasing projects (specification work, sourcing, negotiation, contract) in close partnership with functional stakeholders and in accordance with indirect procurement guidelines
• select and manage performing suppliers, define KPIs, evaluate and manage supplier performance and compliance
• provide expertise and support (deliverables, best practices, framework…) and promote procurement guidelines, processes and best practices
• support the change management

Report

• work in close collaboration with Gucci corporate and Kering indirect procurement functions and report projects and performance (quantitative and qualitative indicators) within the reporting framework
• contribute to the brand Balanced scorecard consolidation to be presented at the brand top management

Communication

• contribute to the internal communication: procurement projects, referenced suppliers and agreements conditions, procurement guidelines
• develop best practices exchanges within other brands and procurement teams of the group.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Degree in finance, procurement sourcing and/or supply chain management
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in procurement, with proven ability to develop and deliver strategic vision, clear understanding of indirect procurement management and experienced in best practices, tools and techniques, capacity to support change management.  
• Leadership and team worker, autonomy, proactive, problem solving, analytical and persuasive abilities.
• Excellent communication skills with all levels of organization and suppliers
• Fluent in English – (Italian and/or French is a plus).
• Experience in complex international environment and/or in Fashion / Luxury industry is a plus.

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Posted: 30+ days ago

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