T2 - Global Category Buyer Media

Pernod Ricard USA; Paris; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A global beverage company seeks a procurement operations specialist in Paris. The position involves executing the Media strategy, collaborating with local and global teams, and ensuring service quality through effective sourcing and vendor management. Candidates should have strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills, along with the ability to drive performance under time pressure. This role is key in optimizing procurement processes and delivering business objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience with procurement operations and managing supplier relationships.
• Strong understanding of media market dynamics.
• Ability to implement contracting strategies.

Responsabilités

• Execute procurement operations for the Media portfolio.
• Collaborate with business functions to optimize performance.
• Assist in executing the procurement policy and procedures.

Connaissances

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Solution-oriented mindset

Change execution

Description du poste

Execute procurement operations within the Media portfolio assigned: the global sourcing strategy and roadmap, sourcing or negotiation events across all PR affiliates.

Analyze needs, vendor portfolio, spend patterns and SLA, business, vendor and market insights to prepare his/her category portfolio sourcing events and secure service quality and satisfactory execution of the services. Collaborate with business functions to ensure deep understanding of their needs and identify optimization opportunities to deliver against business performance and savings ambitions. Execute the Media roadmap and assist the Global Senior Procurement Category Manager and the local procurement teams in the development, execution and compliance of the Procurement Policy and procedures. Executes efficient internal processes and maintains structured communication with affiliates and global functions.

Your Key missions:

Strategy :

• Execute the global Media strategy across all markets, develop mid‑term portfolio strategy and roadmap to deliver objectives, collect and share supplier & market insights.
• Actively collaborate with global and local business and procurement to deliver the business needs and the overall sourcing process, ways of working, best practices, policies.
• Implement plans, follow closely with affiliates on identified local initiatives, provide escalation support to find solutions.
• Execute the contracting strategy and build the category S&R and SRM roadmap.
• Understand Media market dynamics and secure good supplier intelligence and innovation.

Operational :

• Execute the global Media strategy across all markets, develop mid‑term portfolio strategy and roadmap to deliver objectives, collect and share supplier & market insights.
• Actively collaborate with global and local business and procurement to deliver the business needs and the overall sourcing process, ways of working, best practices, policies.
• Implement plans, follow closely with affiliates on identified local initiatives, provide escalation support to find solutions.
• Execute the contracting strategy and build the category S&R and SRM roadmap.
• Understand Media market dynamics and secure good supplier intelligence and innovation.

Performance & management :

• Execute the global Media strategy across all markets, develop mid‑term portfolio strategy and roadmap to deliver objectives, collect and share supplier & market insights.
• Actively collaborate with global and local business and procurement to deliver the business needs and the overall sourcing process, ways of working, best practices, policies.
• Implement plans, follow closely with affiliates on identified local initiatives, provide escalation support to find solutions.
• Execute the contracting strategy and build the category S&R and SRM roadmap.
• Understand Media market dynamics and secure good supplier intelligence and innovation.

Soft skills:

• Collaborate with cross‑disciplinary local and global teams, excellent stakeholder management & alignment capability.
• Performance driven, ability to deliver objectives in the context of time pressure.
• Execute change, always seeking new ideas and chances.
• Solution‑oriented mindset, able to make timely decisions based on the data.
• Ability to translate vision with operational engagement (a hands‑on approach).

Referent: Sarah Kerlan / Cecilia Soares

Job Posting End Date:

Target Hire Date: 2026-01-01

Target End Date: