Kering Supplier Portfolio Senior Manager

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.

Role & Responsibilities

• Coordinate supplier strategies, including rationalization initiatives, and processes across all category platforms in line with Direct Procurement Platform Leadership guidelines.
• Harmonize preferred supplier selection processes.
• Define best practices for negotiation and supplier management, including scouting, benchmarking, tenders, and onboarding, and ensure their implementation across all categories.
• Coordinate supplier decisions and methodologies with Brand procurement teams within the platform, ensuring broad implementation of Direct Procurement Leadership inputs.
• Define and implement key supplier-performance KPIs for quality, delivery, and cost, and drive corrective action plans when needed.
• Support continuous improvement in procurement processes by identifying inefficiencies and contributing to shared tools and ways of working across platforms.
• Coordinate Direct Procurement Managers across Leather Goods, RTW, Shoes, Tannery, and Metal Hardware categories, translating platform-level guidelines into decisions and ensuring consistent application of best practices.
• Report to the Direct Procurement Platform Leader (COO).

Qualifications

• Familiarity with at least one relevant category: leather goods, shoes, RTW, metal hardware, or tanneries.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization, managing functional and hierarchical reporting lines simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to present and discuss procurement strategies with senior stakeholders at C-level.
• Leadership and coordination skills, with experience managing or mentoring junior team members.
• Proficiency in Italian and English; French is a plus.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Supply Chain, Operations, Statistics, or a related discipline.

Skills

Experience

10–15 years in direct procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain management in the luxury fashion or manufacturing industry.

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Supply Chain, Operations, Statistics, or a related discipline.

Benefits

Annual bonus opportunity linked to individual and company objectives, subject to company policy.

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.

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