Director, Strategic Sourcing

About the role

The Director for Strategic Sourcing, reporting to the Regional Strategic Sourcing AVP, partners closely with Richemont Americas Maisons and leadership to drive sourcing strategies that optimize indirect sourcing and procurement compliance across the region, contributing to Richemont business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Serving as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leadership, leveraging deep sourcing expertise to inform critical business decisions
• Leading and contributing to high-priority HQ strategic initiatives, delivering critical reporting and actionable insights across key areas such as inflation analysis, tariff risk mitigation, supply chain resilience, diversity in procurement, and comprehensive spend/cost optimization
• Developing region-wide programs to drive deep sourcing within the organization; thought leader in sourcing activities across the organization, fostering a vision for a best-in-class sourcing team
• Develops and executes a multi-year category strategies targeting 5–12% total cost reduction annually
• Supporting Richemont HQ in implementing global sourcing strategies within the Americas' region

Qualifications

• Degree in Sourcing, Procurement, Finance, Business Administration or related field
• 8+ years’ experience in procurement or consulting
• Project management skills combined with an ability to work as part of a cross-functional team
• Demonstrated skillset in people management, including candidate interviews/selection and performance management
• Lead complex multi-million-dollar region-wide projects, vendors, operations, and processes to continually identify RFx opportunities for value creation. Develop and implement a procurement strategy based on the identified opportunities
• Experience in indirect and direct sourcing is preferred
• Experience in successful vetting of vendors
• Experience in the luxury industry, as well as the consumer retail (including e-commerce) and wholesale distribution channels is a plus
• Strong Microsoft Office suite skills, proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• French written and verbal is a plus