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The role partners closely with Business Units and key functions to lead end-to-end sourcing and contracting activities, balancing quality, service, cost competitiveness, risk management, sustainability, and protection of the CHANEL brand.\nThe role strengthens the local Source-to-Contract (S2C) process and supports Procure-to-Pay (P2P) compliance by applying Indirect Procurement policies, governance, and best practices. It develops and executes category and sourcing strategies, leads competitive tenders and negotiations, manages supplier performance and risk, and drives continuous improvement through data, stakeholder engagement, and digital procurement tools.\nWorking in close collaboration with Local Business Units, Regional and Global Indirect Procurement, Finance, Legal, Sustainability, and suppliers, the Indirect Procurement Manager acts as a trusted business partner-enabling efficient, compliant, and responsible purchasing decisions while creating measurable financial and non-financial value.\nKey Responsibilities:\nStrategic Sourcing and Value Creation\nLead the development and execution of sourcing strategies for assigned goods and services categories, including OPEX and CAPEX spend.\nConduct spend, market, supplier, and opportunity analysis to identify value-creation opportunities and define category strategies.\nLead end-to-end competitive sourcing processes, including RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, bid analysis, supplier selection, and award recommendations.\nLead commercial and contractual negotiations to achieve the optimal balance of total cost, quality, service, innovation, sustainability, and risk.\nDeliver and track validated financial and non-financial value, including savings, process improvement, risk reduction, and sustainability outcomes.\nManage sourcing-project delivery through clear scope, milestones, stakeholder alignment, issue resolution, risk management, and timely escalation.\nDevelop and maintain relevant sourcing, supplier, and performance KPIs to support continuous improvement and value visibility.\nBusiness Partnering and Stakeholder Management\nBuild trusted, effective partnerships with local Business Units and cross-functional stakeholders through clear, practical, and responsive procurement support.\nEngage stakeholders early to clarify business requirements, demand plans, timelines, and sourcing opportunities.\nInfluence sourcing, supplier, and contracting decisions by presenting clear commercial analysis, options, risks, and recommendations.\nBalance business urgency with CHANEL’s procurement governance, compliance, brand-protection, and risk-management requirements.\nGather stakeholder feedback and identify opportunities to improve service quality, process efficiency, and user experience.\nSupplier Governance and Risk Management\nEstablish and maintain supplier segmentation, performance evaluation, and relationship-management mechanisms for assigned categories.\nIdentify contractual, commercial, operational, and supplier-risk issues; 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