Senior Procurement Leader - Professional Services

Salomon; Annecy; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Salomon, headquartered in Annecy, France, seeks a Senior Procurement Manager to establish and lead the Professional Services procurement category across HR, Legal, Finance, and Consulting. You will turn a fragmented spend area into a governed, high-value, strategic function working with senior stakeholders.

The role demands 5+ years in indirect procurement, strong negotiation and change leadership skills, and the ability to drive governance and measurable value in a global organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Indirect Procurement within a global organization of comparable size and complexity.
• Proven track record building a category from low procurement maturity and delivering measurable value.
• Experience negotiating and managing contracts, and engaging executive-level stakeholders.
• Commercial credibility: strong negotiation, analytical and problem-solving skills, with sound commercial judgment.
• Stakeholder influence: confidence engaging C-suite and senior leaders, and the ability to influence without formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the Professional Services procurement strategy, governance model and multi-year roadmap, aligned to business priorities.
• Segment the category (HR, Legal, Finance, Consulting, advisory) and lead complex sourcing initiatives across it.
• Negotiate contracts and terms to secure best value, driving cost savings and process optimization.
• Balance quick wins with sustainable, long-term value creation.
• Build a clear view of Professional Services spend across business units, including taxonomy, dashboards and KPIs.
• Identify fragmented buying, supplier duplication and consolidation opportunities.
• Build data-driven business cases to justify procurement interventions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, including Finance and the Executive Leadership Team, influencing sourcing decisions through credibility and insight.
• Constructively challenge existing supplier relationships and balance business needs with commercial discipline.
• Build a strategic supplier management framework: governance, executive business reviews, performance management, innovation and rationalization opportunities.
• Lead the organization's shift toward Procurement-led sourcing for Professional Services, through stakeholder engagement, training and clear communication.
• Demonstrate measurable value to build confidence in Procurement as a strategic function.
• Stay close to external markets, costs and innovations to propose new solutions and mitigate category risk.

Skills

Commercial credibility

Stakeholder influence

Strategic thinking

Change leadership

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Executive engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Salomon, headquartered in Annecy, France, seeks a Senior Procurement Manager to establish and lead the Professional Services procurement category across HR, Legal, Finance, and Consulting. You will turn a fragmented spend area into a governed, high-value, strategic function working with senior stakeholders.

The role demands 5+ years in indirect procurement, strong negotiation and change leadership skills, and the ability to drive governance and measurable value in a global organization.