- Location
- Paris Île-de-France France
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Director
- Department
- Supply Chain, Logistics & Inventory
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- Nov 2, 2026
About Kering
Kering is a global luxury group renowned for nurturing some of the world’s most influential Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry, and eyewear, including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Boucheron. As an employer, Kering offers a distinctive environment where creative excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and long-term sustainability converge. The Group empowers its talents to shape the future of luxury through innovation, craftsmanship, and responsible business practices. With an international culture grounded in diversity, inclusion, and shared ambition, Kering provides meaningful career opportunities for professionals seeking to contribute to exceptional brands while advancing a more sustainable and imaginative luxury industry.
Kering is seeking a Head of Professional Services Procurement to lead the category within its Indirect Procurement team in an international, multicultural environment undergoing major transformation. The role covers intellectual services including consulting, audit, legal services, recruitment, temporary staffing and training, and combines category strategy, procurement process leadership and strategic supplier management.
Role & Responsibilities
- Define and deploy the category strategy in line with the Group’s revenue, margin and market-share objectives.
- Analyze market trends, competition and regulatory developments to identify growth and innovation opportunities.
- Monitor category budgets, realized savings and key performance indicators; ensure compliance and manage associated risks.
- Promote the Procurement Department’s policy, processes and value proposition among internal stakeholders.
- Work closely with internal clients to define and deploy strategies aligned with organizational objectives.
- Manage relationships with internal stakeholders with a business-partner mindset.
- Collaborate with Procurement teams across the international network, at Group level and within the Houses and entities, to share best practices and foster synergies.
- Lead procurement processes while integrating CSR considerations, including maintaining the supplier database, managing tenders, conducting negotiations and setting up contracts with the dedicated legal team.
- Analyze spend to identify opportunities for rationalization, optimization and innovation.
- Ensure the reliability of procurement databases and produce reporting to steer category performance.
- Identify, evaluate, negotiate with and onboard suppliers, building lasting partnerships.
- Monitor and develop commercial relationships with strategic suppliers.
- Measure and steer supplier performance.
- Identify innovative solutions, make proposals to internal clients and support their future needs.
Qualifications
- Graduate of a business or engineering school, with a specialization in Procurement or Category Management.
- Around 10 years of experience in Category Management roles, ideally in an international, matrixed environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a strong ability to influence a range of stakeholders.
- Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess risks and simplify complex topics.
- Ability to translate business needs into procurement solutions and promote adoption of the Procurement policy.
- Clear, impactful communication adaptable to different audiences.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in parallel.
- Sensitivity to CSR issues, initiative and proactivity.
- Good command of office tools, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and ideally a Business Intelligence tool.
Skills
Experience
Around 10 years in Category Management roles, ideally in an international, matrixed environment.
Education
Business or engineering school graduate, with a specialization in Procurement or Category Management.
Workplace
The role is situated in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
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Culture
Kering fosters a dynamic, purpose-driven culture where creativity, entrepreneurship, and collaboration support the distinct identities of its luxury Houses. As an employer, the Group places strong emphasis on sustainability, diversity, and talent development, encouraging people to innovate responsibly while contributing to the future of modern luxury.
About Cerulean
Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.
Frequently Asked Questions
The luxury industry is characterised by a diverse and nuanced nomenclature. Esteemed houses frequently employ proprietary terminology, and even within a single organisation like Kering, titles may vary across global markets to reflect local conventions. To ensure absolute clarity, Cerulean assigns a standardised, industry-coherent canonical title to every listing. However, it is worth noting that this role is functionally synonymous with «Head of Professional Services Category Management», «Professional Services Procurement Lead», «Head of Indirect Procurement», «Professional Services Sourcing Lead», and other variations. Our sophisticated search architecture anticipates these variations, ensuring that inquiries using related terms will seamlessly yield the exact roles you desire.