Role Mission

As a cross-functional role, the Indirect Procurement Senior Manager reports to the Gucci Global Procurement Director and functionally to the North America Chief Financial Officer, with the goal of:

• Providing Gucci functions with procurement expertise, identifying new projects to be managed and developing regional procurement professionalism;
• Implementing procurement actions and optimization projects at the regional level,
• Contributing to vendor selection, costs savings and process optimization, as well as reporting results and feedback to the corporate team.

Key Accountabilities

Strategies and projects

• Contribute to define and implement strategies and projects related to Gucci corporate procurement and finance teams on different categories (facilities, communications, professional services, travel, consulting, supply chain);
• Responsible for strategies and actions to be implemented for the brand, whether they are managed by the Procurement Manager or at Brand or Group level;
• Identify optimization project opportunities and define relevant policies in compliance with Brand and Group policies;
• Set economic and/or qualitative targets for each procurement action.

Operations

• Manage expense analysis, propose procurement strategies, and develop action plans accordingly;
• Conduct purchasing projects (specification work, sourcing, appropriate levers identification, negotiation, contract) in close partnership with functional stakeholders;
• Contribute actively to the selection of qualitative suppliers, define KPIs, evaluate supplier performance and compliance;
• Provide expertise and support (deliverables, best practices, framework) and promote procurement guidelines, processes and best practices;
• Support the change management process.

Reporting

• Develop reports for projects and performance (quantitative and qualitative indicators) within the reporting framework;
• Contribute to the brand Balanced Scorecard consolidation to be presented to top management;
• Support the finance team in the implementation of the Procure to Pay and ERP workflow implementation.

Communication

• Contribute to the internal communication: Procurement projects, referenced suppliers and agreements conditions, procurement guidelines;
• Develop best practices exchanges with other brands and procurement teams of the group.

Key Requirements

• 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 a strategic vision;
• Clear understanding of indirect procurement management and experienced in best practices, tools and techniques, with the capacity to support change management;
• Experience in international environment is a must (specifically in Fashion / Luxury industry is a plus);
• Available to travel approx. 20-30%;
• Fluent in English (Italian and/or French is a plus);
• Must possess leadership abilities and be able to work cross functionally with multiple teams;
• Able to work autonomously and be a proactive problem solver;
• Highly analytical with persuasive abilities;
• Excellent communication skills. 

Key Behaviors

Explore

• Considerate Thinker
  • Sees the big picture and understands how own actions and decisions impact others and the organization as a whole
• Solutions Developer
  • Actively scans the environment for new approaches, blending different ideas to come with creative yet effective solutions

Deliver

• Accountable Achiever
  • Actively gets things done, raising the bar for performance and taking accountability for own actions
• Agile Advocate
  • Driven by the sense of urgency, promotes change and takes smart risks in pursuit of goals

Connect

• Connection Builder
  • Builds trust-based relationships across boundaries and encourages collaboration
  • Adapts own style to communicate impactfully
• People Enabler
  • Empowers others by providing autonomy and encouraging self-expression, valuing and amplifying each person’s uniqueness

Build

• Continuous Learner
  • Is self-aware, curious to learn and seeks feedback from others to continuously grow, always putting improvement over comfort
• Talent Builder
  • Provides constructive and on-going feedback, coaches and helps others to achieve their full potential

Work Authorization

Qualified candidates must have the proper work authorization to work in the United States.

EOE M/D/F/V