Kering Professional Services Buyer

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

• Deploy the Professional Services category strategy and contribute to structuring supplier panels across consulting, legal, recruitment and staffing, and training services.
• Monitor the professional services market, including rate trends, firm consolidation, new delivery models and regulatory developments, to identify optimization and innovation opportunities.
• Track spend, realized savings and category KPIs; ensure compliance and manage associated risks.
• Promote the Procurement Department’s policies, processes and value proposition among internal stakeholders.
• Partner with executive, Finance, Legal, HR and Houses’ teams to understand needs, challenge engagement scope and develop procurement solutions.
• Act as the procurement business partner for professional services, ensuring Procurement is involved before consultants or firms are engaged.
• Collaborate with Procurement teams at Group and House level and across regions to share best practices and leverage global synergies.
• Run tenders and negotiations for consulting assignments, legal and audit panels, recruitment, staffing and training framework agreements, following Procurement processes and integrating CSR considerations, particularly supplier diversity and subcontracting compliance.
• Maintain supplier data, negotiate terms and establish contracts, including framework agreements, statements of work and rate cards, in collaboration with the dedicated legal team.
• Analyze professional services spend, including rates by seniority, engagement duration, pricing models and off-panel spend, to identify rationalization and optimization opportunities.
• Ensure procurement data reliability and produce reporting to steer category performance.
• Identify, evaluate, negotiate with and onboard professional services suppliers, including consulting and audit firms, law firms, recruitment and staffing agencies, and training organizations.
• Manage day-to-day supplier relationships and escalations relating to deliverables, service levels, team changes and invoicing against agreed scope and rates.
• Measure and steer supplier performance through KPIs and regular business reviews.
• Identify innovative solutions, including new delivery models, outcome-based pricing, and digital training and recruitment platforms, and propose them to internal clients.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a business or engineering school, with a specialization in Procurement.
• Fluency in English and French is required.
• Strong interpersonal skills and credibility with senior stakeholders; ability to challenge needs and build trust with internal clients and suppliers.
• Analytical mindset and good understanding of professional services cost drivers, including day rates, seniority mix, pricing models and scope definition.
• Ability to translate business needs into procurement solutions and promote adoption of Procurement policy.
• Strong negotiation skills and clear, impactful communication.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a matrix organization.
• Sensitivity to CSR and compliance issues, including conflicts of interest, auditor independence and subcontracting obligations; initiative and proactivity.
• Good command of office tools, including advanced Excel; e-sourcing, contract management or Business Intelligence tools are an advantage.

Skills

Experience

3 to 5 years of procurement experience, ideally in professional services or indirect categories within an international company.

Education

Business or engineering school graduate with a specialization in Procurement.

Compensation

The base compensation for this position ranges from USD 100,000 to USD 110,000 per annum.

Benefits

Incentives; medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support and wellbeing programs; Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

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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