KEY FUNCTION
Reporting to the Global Procurement Leaders (GPLs), the Global Procurement Manager (GPM) is the operational core of Carrefour’s future tower-control sourcing model. While GPLs set the strategy, the GPM drives execution, profitability, and governance across external partners and internal teams.
As the central interface between GPLs, International Product Managers, and sourcing hubs (Internal Asia & External India/new regions), the GPM translates product needs into precise briefs. The role ensures flawless execution, margin delivery, risk mitigation, and long-term sustainability.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Tower Control Governance & Strategic Execution
- Act as the operational “control tower” of the assigned product category within the externalized sourcing model.
- Translate the 3-year Sourcing Strategy and Purchasing Budget defined by the GPLs into clear execution roadmaps.
- Convert customer needs and product strategy into structured technical and commercial briefs for external partners.
- Ensure alignment between IPM expectations and partner capabilities, eliminating ambiguity in execution.
- Serve as the primary escalation point between IPMs, internal sourcing teams, and external partners.
- Filter and prioritize operational challenges, escalating only high-impact strategic risks to GPLs.
- Monitor and continuously assess partner performance (quality, speed, margin, compliance, capacity).
- Proactively deploy corrective action plans when execution deviates from strategic targets.
2. Tech Pack & Country Allocation Management
- Own the strategic allocation of technical packages (tech packs) across production geographies in alignment with the sourcing roadmap.
- Allocate production according to the defined strategic plan:
- India Sub-continent managed by external partner(s),
- China and Southeast Asia managed internally.
- Balance risk, cost optimization, capacity constraints, geopolitical exposure, and speed-to-market considerations when assigning production countries.
- Ensure production allocation decisions optimize profitability while securing supply continuity.
- Adjust allocation dynamically based on performance, macroeconomic shifts, and risk assessments.
3. Sample Consolidation & Product Validation
- Consolidate samples from all production regions and partners.
- Ensure technical, aesthetic, and cost compliance before submission.
- Submit consolidated samples to International Product Managers (IPMs) for final validation.
- Guarantee that samples reflect the expected customer value proposition, quality standards, and brand positioning.
- Drive corrective loops with partners when samples fail to meet expectations.
4. Production & Timeline Governance
- Co-develop operational retro-planning aligned with collection milestones and commercial calendars.
- Govern adherence to development and production timelines across internal and external networks.
- Anticipate bottlenecks related to capacity, raw materials, compliance, or logistics.
- Deploy structured mitigation plans to protect on-time delivery and margin.
- Maintain strict governance over execution KPIs.
5. Financial Performance & Margin Protection
- Validate partner pricing structures against the purchasing budget and target margin objectives.
- Challenge cost breakdowns to secure purchasing gains and protect Group profitability.
- Ensure optimized volume allocation across regions to leverage scale and negotiation power.
- Balance cost competitiveness with quality and compliance standards.
- Contribute to margin simulations and scenario planning.
6. 3-Year Strategic Roadmap Contribution
- Act as a key contributor to the development and refinement of the 3-year sourcing roadmap.
- Identify structural risks (geopolitical, capacity, dependency, regulatory, sustainability) and propose mitigation strategies.
- Identify opportunities (new countries, innovation, vertical integration, cost engineering).
- Provide field-level intelligence from partners and production countries to feed strategic decisions.
- Ensure the roadmap balances risk exposure, supply security, and profitability optimization.
7. Outsourcing Partner Governance & Performance Control
- Govern Outsourcing Partner performance against contractual and operational KPIs.
- Conduct regular business reviews with partners, ensuring accountability at factory-floor level.
- Drive execution excellence in:
- Cost management
- Quality compliance
- Lead-time reliability
- Sustainability and ethical sourcing standards
- Ensure full compliance with Carrefour’s Vendor Partnership Program (VPP), environmental and social requirements.
- Implement structured continuous improvement plans with partners.
8. Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration
- Serve as the key integrator between Procurement, IPM, Quality, Supply Chain, and Sustainability teams.
- Ensure seamless communication flow between strategic direction and operational execution.
- Promote a performance-driven, data-based sourcing culture.
- Act as a change agent supporting the transition toward a more externalized and performance-managed sourcing model.
SUCCESS PROFILE
The Global Procurement Manager combines:
- Strong strategic thinking with hands-on operational control.
- Deep understanding of sourcing ecosystems and production geographies.
- Financial acumen and margin sensitivity.
- Risk assessment and mitigation expertise.
- Cross-cultural and cross-functional leadership.
- Ability to translate customer and product needs into actionable sourcing execution.
- High resilience and decision-making capability in complex environments.
- 5 years of relevant experience, in sourcing, supply chain or related discipline
- At least 3 years of experience in working in a multi-skilled and multicultural environment, specifically APAC and Europe
- Fluent in English language, oral and written
- French and/or Spanish languages are a plus
IMPACT
The GPM is a critical profitability lever for Carrefour. By orchestrating sourcing execution, optimizing country allocation, and ensuring partner performance excellence, the GPM secures:
- Margin health and purchasing gains,
- Risk-balanced sourcing footprint,
- On-time market delivery,
- Sustainable and compliant operations,
- Long-term competitive advantage.
