Global Category Manager Business Services

Global Category Manager Business Services

Global Category Manager Business Services

Apply locations Paris time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id JR-046270

Want to join a fast-moving company, among hard-working and convivial teams and execute our global sourcing strategy for professional services?

We are looking for a Global Category Manager Business Services! You will be based at The Island, our office in central Paris.

You will

• Enable Pernod Ricard to maximize the value across our Professional Services landscape and positively reduce our Global Structure Costs;
• Maximize value creation along 3 lenses: Buy Better (leverage Pernod Ricard’s scale & professional procurement practices), Spend Better (harmonize policies, processes and manage demand tightly), Track Better (spend performance, compliance, sustainability and diversity).
• Manage and execute strategic sourcing initiatives for Business Services across all PR affiliates in line with the Business Services category sourcing strategy and roadmap;

Your key missions

• Execute the Global Pernod Ricard Sourcing Strategy(ies) for Business Services:
• Deliver value creation along 3 sources of value (Buy Better, Spend Better and Track Better).
• Embed the Group Sustainability agenda into the Business Services agenda;
• Prioritize initiatives to maximize benefits & monitor category budget to drive structure costs reduction.
• Responsible for the negotiations with strategic suppliers and delivering cost-effectiveness of Business Services.

• Support key stakeholders in the implementation of transversal ways of working in affiliates and corporate functions;
• Execute the category strategy and embedding cost consciousness across the different functional areas with efficient category management and mature spend policies.
• Responsible for supplier identification, development and management:
• Understand supplier market dynamics/intelligence.
• Manage supplier selection processes, supplier base development, and new supplier identification.
• Strategic interface towards suppliers and build strong and strategic supplier relationships.
• Responsible for an aggregated spend of approximately €200m EUR.

• Support the definition of Business Services functional targets and evaluate performance.
• Execute the category strategies for different Business Services spend areas.
• Actively participate in the Pernod Ricard Procurement transformation (SmartSpend), and execute Business Services transformation workstreams.
• Review playbook and facilitate orchestration of playbook alignment with business.

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

• You have indirect procurement professional experience (10+ years);
• You are experienced in running complex RFPs across multi markets for Indirect Spend areas, for example: HR Services, Legal Services, Consultancy Services, Fleet, Relocation, Tax Advisory, Facilities, Real State, Employee Benefits, etc.
• You are experienced in building relationships with functional owners and embedding procurement process and performance metrics.
• You are fluent in English.

Technical Skills

• You have experience in building category strategy.
• You have advanced negotiation skills, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Superior communication skills.
• You have proven experience and capabilities in digital & e-sourcing tools, advanced analytics.

Location: Paris

Wait, there’s more…

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

Pernod Ricard values diversity and solidarity within its organization and in its relations with stakeholders. Our recruitment methods focus on skills, and we welcome all types of talents.

Job Posting End Date:

Target Hire Date: 2025-02-01

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About Us

Pernod Ricard is the No.2 worldwide producer of wines and spirits with consolidated sales of €8,448 million in FY20.

Created in 1975 by the merger of Ricard and Pernod, the Group has developed through organic growth and acquisitions: Seagram (2001), Allied Domecq (2005) and Vin&Sprit (2008). Pernod Ricard, which owns 16 of the Top 100 Spirits Brands, holds one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry, including: Absolut Vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes, as well Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Estate, Campo Viejo, and Kenwood wines.

Pernod Ricard’s brands are distributed across 160+ markets and by its own salesforce in 73 markets. The Group’s decentralised organisation empowers its 19,000 employees to be true on-the-ground ambassadors of its vision of “Créateurs de Convivialité.” As reaffirmed by the Group’s strategic plan, “Transform and Accelerate,” deployed in 2018, Pernod Ricard’s strategy focuses on investing in long-term, profitable growth for all stakeholders.

The Group remains true to its three founding values: entrepreneurial spirit, mutual trust, and a strong sense of ethics, as illustrated by the 2030 Sustainability and Responsibility roadmap supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), “Good times from a good place.” In recognition of Pernod Ricard’s strong commitment to sustainable development and responsible consumption, it has received a Gold rating from Ecovadis.

Pernod Ricard is also a United Nation’s Global Compact LEAD company.