Indirect Procurement Manager

About the role

The Indirect Procurement Manager delivers sustainable business value across assigned indirect-spend categories in Korea. The role partners closely with Business Units and key functions to lead end-to-end sourcing and contracting, balancing quality, service, cost competitiveness, risk management, sustainability and protection of the CHANEL brand. It strengthens the local Source-to-Contract (S2C) process and supports Procure-to-Pay (P2P) compliance, and works with Local Business Units, Regional and Global Indirect Procurement, Finance, Legal, Sustainability and suppliers.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and run sourcing strategies for assigned goods and services categories, including OPEX and CAPEX spend, and conduct spend, market, supplier and opportunity analysis
• Lead competitive sourcing (RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, bid analysis, supplier selection, award recommendations) and commercial and contractual negotiations
• Track savings, process improvement, risk reduction and sustainability outcomes, and manage sourcing projects through scope, milestones, stakeholder alignment and risk management
• Maintain sourcing, supplier and performance KPIs
• Build partnerships with Business Units, clarify requirements and demand plans, and present commercial analysis, options, risks and recommendations
• Set up supplier segmentation, performance evaluation and relationship management, and carry out supplier due diligence covering risk, insurance, data privacy, IT security and compliance
• Improve contractual terms, service levels and KPIs through renewals and re-negotiations
• Support adoption of S2C and P2P processes and act as a local S2C/Coupa subject-matter expert, offering training, coaching, templates and process improvements
• Integrate ESG, sustainability and responsible procurement into sourcing, supplier selection and contracting, and support CSR audits and ESG due diligence