Foodservice Purchasing Manager - CDI (M/F)
Join the Lagardère Travel Retail France Team! Be part of a dynamic & connected community that has been providing an unprecedented experience to all travelers for over 170 years. A leader in Travel Retail sectors - Travel Essentials, Foodservice, Duty Free & Fashion - in 42 countries worldwide with more than 20,000 employees, we imagine a different way to travel by offering unique moments of shopping and dining. With nearly 1,000 stores in France and supported by its leading brands:
RELAY, the emblematic brand for travelers;
Aelia Duty Free, the reference where iconic brands meet regional & authentic products;
RELAIS H, a brand dedicated to the hospital network for over 40 years, or Bread&Co, a modern "bakery café" concept designed for gourmet travelers.
Lagardère Travel Retail France also offers partnerships with recognized players such as FNAC, Monop'daily, Hermès, Chanel, Pokawa, Eric Kayser.
🎯Your daily role? Within the Food Purchasing department of the Marketing and Sales Division, you will manage with your team (2 buyers and 2 interns) and in connection with the Group's other purchasing teams (international purchasing and indirect purchasing), a portfolio of food and non-food purchases intended for our foodservice brands. You will play a key role in improving results through negotiation, selection, and supplier management, as well as through logistical optimization. As a true expert in your scope, you will take charge of the following missions: Identify and analyze real needs in order to define appropriate purchasing strategies
Develop and manage supplier relationships based on a logic of sustainable performance
Define purchasing budgets and develop associated strategic action plans
Ensure follow-up of operational execution (specifications, sourcing and calls for tender, commercial negotiations, stock management and optimization, PCA, quality audits…)
Ensure contract follow-up in connection with legal teams and guarantee their proper application.
Deliver presentations to decision-makers regarding the choices and orientations of the recommended purchasing strategies
Measure the achievement of purchasing gains and their impact on network results
Implement and monitor contracts in collaboration with the legal team
Manage the performance of platforms (Staci/Sysco)
Optimize logistics at points of sale
Monitor internal customer satisfaction and perform reporting to operational management
Supervise, support, and develop a team composed of two buyers and two interns.
What are the details & conditions of the position? Contract type: CDI
Full time
Status: Cadre
Location: Levallois-Perret
Desired start date: as soon as possible
Do you recognize yourself in the following qualities?🙋 Preferred Experience/Education With a minimum of a Bac+4/5 higher education degree, specializing in Purchasing, you have at least 3 to 5 years of experience in a similar function within the distribution or out-of-home catering sector, including management.
Main skills sought: Soft skills: Ability to persuade and sense of negotiation
Analytical and synthesis skills
Rigor, reliability, and organization
Flexibility and adaptability
Listening skills and customer orientation
Excellent interpersonal skills
Team spirit
Sensitivity to the foodservice universe and/or food products
Hard skills: Management of performance improvement projects
Mastery of Pack Office
Fluent English
🏢 Why join us? Career and development opportunities: A desire to evolve? Discover varied opportunities and mobility possibilities, in France and internationally, depending on available positions.
A thirst for knowledge? Benefit from a complete integration program and varied training throughout your development, led by our internal Campus.
A friendly and committed company A passion? Come and share it in one of our clubs
Sensitivity to CSR themes? Dedicate time to others and the planet by participating in our environmental and charitable actions
A desire to create connections? Participate in various internal events
Strong values? Lagardère Travel Retail France is committed to inclusion and diversity, notably through its actions in favor of disability and equality between women and men.
Still hesitating? Remote work possible up to 2 days per week
Vacation Bonus
Navigo Pass coverage (75%)
CSE benefits: trips, weekends, outings, discounts, and private sales
Company restaurant
💚 We are committed! At Lagardère Travel Retail, we promote diversity and inclusion; we recruit and recognize all talents. We are a company attentive to: our talents, our partners, and the planet. To learn more, discover our PEPS (Planet Ethics People Social) program! We look forward to meeting you! If you wish to learn more about our activities, our professions, and discover all our job offers: come explore our career site! #LI-MS1