At Richemont, We Craft the Future. 
Our unique portfolio includes prestigious Maisons distinguished by their craftsmanship, creativity, and diversity, which cultivate expert curation and technological innovation to deliver exceptional products and services. As a family-spirited group, Richemont's ambition is to nurture the unique heritage and values of its Maisons and businesses, while enabling them to grow and prosper in a responsible, sustainable manner over the long term.

At Richemont, people are our most distinguished asset, the heart of our business, and the foundation of our outstanding creations. We value solidarity, collegiality, loyalty and freedom and succeed by respecting and empowering individuals from all walks of life. 

Richemont operates in three business areas: Jewellery Maisons with Buccellati, Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels; Specialist Watchmakers with A. Lange & Söhne, Baume & Mercier, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, Piaget, Roger Dubuis and Vacheron Constantin; and Other, primarily Fashion & Accessories Maisons with Alaïa, AZ Factory, Chloé, Delvaux, dunhill, Montblanc, Peter Millar including G/FORE, Purdey, Serapian as well as Watchfinder & Co. In addition, Richemont operates NET-A-PORTER, MR PORTER, THE OUTNET, YOOX and the OFS division.

Industry: Einzelhandel: Luxusgüter und Schmuck
Company Size: 10.001+ Beschäftigte

Richemont

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~~At Richemont Americas, ~~~~we aspire to reflect the ever-changing world around us. We are proud to employ talent from many different backgrounds, experiences, and identities to build a continually evolving, inclusive community where the diversity of our colleagues and clients is rich and celebrated. We believe when inclusion is fully embraced and empowered, creativity and knowledge emerge to deliver excellence, advancing the community that is uniquely Richemont Americas.~~

**Director, Strategic Sourcing**

Procurement | New York, NY

Reports to: AVP, Strategic Sourcing

**Role Overview**

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.

This position is responsible for enhancing a sourcing foundation within the Americas region, while aligning with procurement policy, best practices, and sustainability ambitions. In addition, this position will support Richemont HQ in implementing global sourcing in strategies within the Americas’ region.

**Responsibilities**

**Sourcing Optimization:**

- Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leadership, leveraging deep sourcing expertise to inform critical business decisions

- Lead and contribute 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.

- Develop 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

- Lead the development and execution of innovative sourcing strategies for high-value, greenfield categories, particularly Capital Projects, to realize substantial and sustainable cost savings and optimize value

- Partner with key stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies and plan for key spend categories (specifically marketing services, and client and retail environment), in line with Richemont global strategies, policies and processes

- Build up and animate expertise in key categories, including spend analysis, business requirements, market knowledge, value chains and cost structure, risks, compliance and regulation, and sustainability; lead the application of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and value engineering frameworks within category strategies

- Collaborate closely with FP&A to understand pipeline projects and partnership opportunities for impactful savings and effective category strategies

- Own savings tracking end-to-end — from pipeline identification through finance-validated realization

- Partner with Finance to ensure procurement savings are accurately aligned to P&L impact and integrated into budget planning cycles

**Supplier Selection And Management**

- Lead the development and regional implementation of a comprehensive responsible sourcing strategy, ensuring seamless alignment with global HQ principles and translating strategic vision into actionable, impactful initiatives across the region

- Lead the strategic development and expansion of advanced supplier engagement programs, encompassing preferred supplier frameworks, fostering innovation partnerships, and implementing robust performance remediation processes to maximize supplier value

- Maintain strong relationships with key suppliers and conduct supplier reviews in collaboration with the business, procurement teams, legal and sustainability teams

- Manage supplier performance reviews including remediation, re-negotiations, and continuous improvement

**Sourcing Excellence**

- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of sourcing professionals across the regional team, fostering a culture of excellence through continuous feedback, coaching, motivation, and skills development

- Serve as sourcing and procurement subject matter expert, advising the Maison on procurement strategies, processes, policies, and best practices

- Strategically partner with the finance team to ensure robust alignment on procurement strategy, proactively identify savings opportunities, and drive optimization projects that deliver significant financial value

- Strategically oversee and manage external resources supporting procurement operations, ensuring optimal performance, seamless integration, and strict adherence to Richemont's policies and compliance standards

- Work closely with Global Procurement teams to achieve Sourcing/Procurement alignment and capture global partnership synergies; lead projects to enhance regional Procurement efficiencies

- Manages large/complex projects across the region and at time collaboratively work with third-party consultants to execute on various project deliverables

- Continuously develop and advance Procurement by incorporating efficiencies and new ways of working into the existing business processes

- Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of sourcing playbooks, governance frameworks, and standard operating procedures for the region

- Lead continuous improvement initiatives specifically aimed at reducing sourcing cycle time and enhancing stakeholder satisfaction.

- Actively drive the adoption and utilization of AI-assisted sourcing tools and platforms (e.g., for spend analytics, RFx generation, contract intelligence) to enhance procurement efficiency

**Sustainable Procurement**

- Partner with Legal and Compliance teams to establish and execute internal controls, supplier risk management frameworks, driving proactive risk mitigation and ensuring adherence to policies and regulations

- Ensure suppliers comply with Richemont Supplier Code of Conduct and with other compliance requirements; lead efforts to survey, audit, and assess suppliers in partnership with internal stakeholders

**Qualifications**

**Requirements:**

- 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; RNA has a matrix structure where working across Maisons and Functions is required

- 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

**Key Experiences & Competencies**

- Detailed oriented person, motivated in a fast-paced environment managing multiple activities; Ability to work independently as well as in a team and complete assignments within established deadlines

- High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency; Results-orientated with a strong track record of overall execution; Continually striving for improvement and efficiency

- Flexibility to adapt quickly to changing circumstances; Comfortable working proactively in a challenging environment and capable of prioritizing with execution in a timely manner

- Ability to cultivate/maintain strong collaborative working relationships with the Maisons, Functions, multiple corporate levels, external contacts and third-party partners

- Proactively troubleshoot with an ability to gather/analyze data from numerous sources, and interpret results into actionable steps supported by an analytical approach

- Excellent written and verbal communication, especially pertaining to vendor relationships, negotiations, internal/external communications; Proven ability to influence others and drive meaningful improvements coupled with strong presentation skills

Richemont offers a generous compensation and benefits package for eligible employees. Only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

**We Offer – United States**

Employee wellbeing is a top priority at Richemont. We offer a comprehensive benefits program to support employees and their loved ones. Our core benefits include medical, dental, and vision programs. Health savings and flexible spending accounts are also available. The company offers income protection solutions including life insurance, disability benefits, and 401(k) with employer match. Understanding the importance of work-life balance, our total rewards include paid time off, a wellness reimbursement benefit, and access to the employee assistance program. Employees are encouraged to make a difference in their local communities with volunteer days off, supporting initiatives that drive change.

At Richemont, We Craft the Future!

Expected Salary Range: **$175,000 – 195,000**

Salary will be determined based on relevant skills and experience.

Director, Strategic Sourcing

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases.

We discovered and developed the first medicines to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), a rare, life-threatening genetic disease. In addition to clinical development programs in CF, Vertex has more than a dozen ongoing research programs focused on the underlying mechanisms of other serious diseases. 

Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, our corporate headquarters is now located in Boston’s Innovation District, and our international headquarters is in London, United Kingdom. We currently employ approximately 3,500 people in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and Latin America with nearly two-thirds of our staff dedicated to research and development.

Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work by Science Magazine, The Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal and the San Diego Business Journal. Our research and medicines have also received esteemed recognitions, including the Robert J. Beall Therapeutics Development Award, the French Prix Galien and the British Pharmacological Society awards.

Industry: Biotechnology Research
Company Size: 1,001-5,000 employees

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

**Job Description**

**Position Summary:**

As a key Team Manager and leader in the Strategic Sourcing function, the Director, Strategic Sourcing CoE Programs & Initiatives Leader is responsible for leading the strategic sourcing organizational through designing and driving key programs for value delivery and organizational AI readiness in partnership with the functional sourcing teams, business, DTE and other key stakeholders, elevating sourcing and procurement impact to the enterprise. The role provides people leadership to elevate the capabilities of the sourcing team, and has responsibility to help shape the future of an AI centered operating model.

The ideal candidate understands Vertex systems and processes, is a sourcing expert with technology expertise, and is a forward-thinking leader with a deep understanding of procurement, technologies, emerging AI capabilities, and change delivery, able to develop robust program deployment plans, deliver exceptional implementation and outcomes, and influence enterprise stakeholders throughout the design, deployment and change management processes.

**Key Duties & Responsibilities**

**Sourcing Leadership for ERP Program**

- Lead the Cloud ERP initiative as a key member of the ERP team representing Strategic Sourcing & Procurement to deliver multi-year planning and execution for cloud ERP deployment for Vertex.

- Partner closely with the enterprise cross-functional team on future-state design, requirements and prioritization for Source to Pay.

**Leading and Driving Critical AI Readiness Programs**

- Develop and lead the VAIDA for sourcing plan and deployment through strong partnerships with DTE., including readiness of all sourcing and procurement knowledge articles and documentation.

- Cultivated and embed AI readiness practices across strategic sourcing organization, partnering with the Director, Digitization/User Orchestration Leader as well as the Strategic Sourcing LT.

- Shape the future of an AI designed SS&P organization and S2P processes a in partnership with the sourcing leaders, developing and delivering on organization evolution roadmaps.

**Drive, Embed and Evolve Sourcing Value Tracking & Delivery Programs**

- Lead the evolution and maturation of value tracking programs across sourcing ensuring teams are developing robust pipelines of initiatives for multi-year savings value and aligning with the business and finance to embed in budget planning

- Deploy and continue to evolve value tracking methodologies and tools for the sourcing organization including the VBM team in GMDA, in partnership with finance and the business

- Own and lead Savings Value Sourcing/Finance governance program to ensure savings realization, budget alignment and single source of truth of value for the enterprise.

**COE Capability Elevation**

- Lead and influence the elevation of CoE capabilities through exceptional programs and best practices.

- Provide leadership, role modeling, peer coaching and development to support team development and impact.

**Leadership & Change Management**

- Partner with sourcing leaders, business, DTE, and suppliers to influence adoption and mindset shift.

- Align sourcing and procurement processes with overall business objectives and collaborate with key stakeholders to understand evolving needs; own, develop and embed tools and processes to enable consistency, simplification, and sustainability of strategic sourcing value to the business.

- Foster strong partnerships and a culture of continuous learning and development within the strategic sourcing and procurement function to mature and sustain programs deployed and value realization for the business.

**Success Measures**

- Increased adoption and satisfaction with procurement tools and processes.

- Demonstrated cost, efficiency, and compliance improvements through digitalization.

- Reduction of procurement cycle times and user effort.

- High stakeholder engagement and positive business feedback on procurement’s role as a strategic partner.

**Required Education Level**

- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Technology, or related field (MBA or advanced degree preferred).

**Required Experience**

- 10+ years of progressive experience in procurement, supply chain, or digital transformation roles, with at least 5 years in leadership.

**Required Knowledge/Skills**

- Proven experience deploying large-scale procurement technology (Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer, Ivalua, SAP, Oracle, etc.) and digital solutions.

- Strong knowledge of S2P processes, category management, and supplier engagement models.

- Track record of delivering measurable outcomes through process transformation, automation, and user experience redesign.

- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

- Ability to operate strategically while driving operational execution.

- Able to establish and maintain strong business partner relationships at highest levels within the organization, partner on and shape strategies and develop multi-year plans to drive value for the business, gaining their respect and trust;

- Thoughtful and active listener; able to think quickly and effectively articulate points of view.

- Ability to work in collaborative, team environment; ability to cultivate and maintain effective business partner relationships through earned respect and trust

- Ability to manage multiple priorities while ensuring deliverables are fully met on-time, including more complex and involved projects. Once given direction, able to work autonomously with minimal support/direction from their Manager.

**Pay Range**

$176,000 - $264,000

**Disclosure Statement**

The range provided is based on what we believe is a reasonable estimate for the base salary pay range for this job at the time of posting. This role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements. Actual base salary pay will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

At Vertex, our Total Rewards offerings also include inclusive market-leading benefits to meet our employees wherever they are in their career, financial, family and wellbeing journey while providing flexibility and resources to support their growth and aspirations. From medical, dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), educational assistance programs including student loan repayment, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k) and so much more.

**Flex Designation**

Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible

**Flex Eligibility Status**

In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as:

-  Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select

-  On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

**Company Information**

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com

Director, S2P Process, Controls & Analytics

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