Christian Dior Couture · 7 hours ago
Director, Procurement
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$150K/yr - $165K/yr
10+ years expChristian Dior Couture is seeking a Director of Procurement to design, build and lead this function from the ground up. This highly strategic and hands-on leadership role aims to deliver sustainable cost reduction, best-in-class supplier partnerships, compliance, and operational efficiency in a fast-growing, complex retail environment.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement an America procurement operating model
Define governance, policies, approval flows, and sourcing standards
Build category strategies and supplier segmentation
Create clear spend visibility and controls across all business units
Lead strategic sourcing and competitive bidding across all major spend categories
Deliver measurable savings and cost avoidance year after year
Renegotiate key supplier contracts (logistics, store services, fixtures, IT, marketing, facilities, etc.)
Eliminate maverick spend and create disciplined buying practices
Lead all major commercial negotiations in America
Establish long-term strategic partnerships with key suppliers
Ensure contracts reflect best market terms, performance KPIs, service levels, and risk protections
Manage vendor performance, pricing, and compliance
Partner with Retail, Store Development, Supply Chain, Marketing, IT and Finance to support: Visual merchandising and fixtures, Logistics and transportation, Events, media, and marketing services
Ensure procurement enables speed, quality and luxury standards — not bureaucracy
Create full spend transparency across 60+ stores and corporate functions
Implement procurement tools, catalogs, and reporting dashboards
Track savings, contract compliance, supplier performance and risk
Qualification
Required
10–15+ years in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, or Supply Chain
Proven track record of building or transforming a procurement function
Strong background in indirect spend (logistics, marketing, facilities, IT, store operations, services)
Elite negotiator — commercially tough but partnership-oriented
Highly analytical with strong financial acumen
Able to operate in complex, matrixed, international organizations
Comfortable working with senior leadership and challenging the status quo
Strong contract, sourcing, and vendor management expertise
Builder mentality — enjoys creating structure where none exists
Pragmatic and business-oriented (not overly bureaucratic)
Understands the balance between cost discipline and luxury brand excellence
Comfortable in fast-paced, high-growth environments
Preferred
Experience in retail, luxury, fashion, consumer goods, hospitality, or multi-site operations strongly preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive benefit plans such as medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, and short and long-term disability
Employee discount program
Various paid time off
Volunteer time off
Holidays
Mental health and wellbeing support
Family friendly benefits
Reproductive health care
Child and elder care services
Commuter benefits
401k plans with an employer contributions matching plan
Employee referral program
And more
Company
Christian Dior Couture
Welcome to Christian Dior Couture, House of Dreams, House of Talents. Christian Dior was the designer of dreams.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2017-04-30Acquired
1999-04-01IPO
Leadership Team
Bernice Sun
UNESCO and Women@Dior Mentee - Co-founder of FabricAddicts and Top 20 Finalist
Annie Smith
Senior Partner
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