Global Direct Procurement Director - Wet & Dry Goods

Want to join a fast-moving company, work among convivial teams, and take part in the global growth strategy of one of the most prestigious and comprehensive portfolios in the wine & spirits industry? We are looking for a Global Direct Procurement Director fro the wet & dry goods category! You will be based at The Island, our office in central Paris. 

Your key missions:

• You will define a robust Global Dry Goods & Wet Goods procurement strategy and build the roadmap for each domain, in line with our four priorities: fuelling growth through cost & cash efficiencies; protecting the business through supplier risk management & duty of vigilance, sustainability & responsibility and security of supply; leveraging policy enforcement and agile teams; and innovating by accelerating access to innovation.

• You will act as a strategic business partner to ExCom members and Function Heads on Dry & Wet Goods, influencing enterprise-wide decisions that impact direct spend and operating efficiency, and acting as an activator of efficiency programmes such as Footprint, DTSV and complexity reduction.

• You will engage with senior leaders to shape the Global Pernod Ricard Dry Goods & Wet Goods procurement strategy and secure alignment across the organization.

• You will initiate and prioritize the initiatives that maximize benefit, and monitor category budget and gross/net inflation to drive margin and cash improvement.

• You will own the delivery of annual savings, cash and value-creation targets, and be accountable for procurement's contribution to Group efficiency programmes.

• You will deliver the category's Sustainability & Responsibility commitments in support of the Group's sustainability agenda.

• You will be accountable for executing negotiation strategies and category roadmaps.

• You will define and monitor procurement KPIs across savings, cash, cost avoidance, spend under management, supplier performance, compliance and working capital, and develop deep market-intelligence capabilities that provide forward-looking insight on commodity markets, inflation trends, supplier dynamics and supply-demand evolution.

• You will manage supplier risk and business-continuity strategies, ensure the resilience of critical supply markets, and anticipate geopolitical, financial and operational supplier risks.

• You will build executive-level relationships with strategic suppliers and lead supplier-collaboration programmes that unlock innovation, resilience and competitive advantage.

• You will accelerate access to supplier innovation and emerging technologies to support our growth, productivity and sustainability ambitions.

• You will manage and develop the Global Category Procurement team, scaling up expertise and shaping a fit-for-purpose organizational model that delivers value to the business.

• You will sponsor the procurement technology roadmap — Ivalua, analytics and AI-enabled capabilities — and drive adoption of digital procurement solutions.

• You will continuously improve the Global Direct Procurement operating model, building a world-class organization and defining governance, decision rights and processes across Global Category and Proximity teams.

• You will develop future procurement leaders and succession plans, and foster procurement capabilities across affiliates and corporate functions.

If you recognize yourself in the description below, don’t wait to apply! 

• You have 15+ years' experience as a Direct Procurement professional, with a successful, multi-year track record within a procurement organization.

• You have strong technical knowledge of Dry Goods, Wet Goods and commodities, together with proven experience building category strategies.

• You have advanced negotiation, problem-solving and analytical skills, and an in-depth understanding of purchasing tools, practices and processes.

• You have proven capabilities in digital and e-sourcing tools and advanced analytics, along with superior communication skills.

• You are a strong leader, able to drive a transformation agenda and turn it into concrete action.

• You are both visionary and practical, with a hands-on approach and exceptional project-, stakeholder-management and alignment skills.

Wait, there’s more… 

We offer you an outstanding and collaborative workplace that embodies our sharing & conviviality culture, the possibility to work remotely (up to 2 days a week), a very complete mutual insurance, an attractive compensation including profit-sharing, the possibility to train daily, employee events…

Pernod Ricard is committed to offering equal opportunities to all talents. Our recruitment methods focus on skills and competencies.

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Target Hire Date:

2026-10-01

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