WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead the development and execution of global category strategies, ensuring effective delivery both locally and internationally.
- Engage with existing and potential suppliers at all levels, maximising commercial value for the business
- Build and manage programs of work that balance cost and service considerations, mitigate risk, and contribute to broader business objectives.
- Conduct financial planning and analysis, developing models and analytical tools to inform procurement strategies.
- Naturally adapt between leading teams and acting as a hands-on project manager, delivering initiatives on schedule while managing risk, resources, and costs. Manage competing priorities and multiple tasks, while proactively and consistently communicating progress and results.
- Evaluate new business ideas, apply analytical judgment, and provide data-driven insights to drive meaningful change. Ensure the team’s work program is effectively governed, accurate, and aligned with financial plans.
- Partner with stakeholders up to and including C-Suite across functions and geographies, navigating a multi-cultural, international environment. Collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver initiatives within budget and established timelines.
- Influence stakeholders with credible arguments and perspectives to achieve better outcomes. Build and manage strong stakeholder relationships, engaging with senior leaders across business units.
- Demonstrate strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills, and a proactive approach to streamlining processes, researching industry trends, and embedding best practices.
WHO YOU ARE
- Degree level qualification; Master’s degree preferred.
- 7+ years of relevant procurement experience.
- Proven experience managing and developing teams.
- Expert Negotiator with ability to think outside of the box and challenge the status quo
- Strong sourcing, project management, and planning skills.
- Strong business partnering experience with multiple stakeholders fostering outstanding relationships
- Track record of managing deliverables from multiple parties under challenging deadlines.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to operate with a high degree of autonomy.
- Willingness to travel occasionally to Farfetch global offices or any external parties if necessary.
What We Do
FARFETCH is the leading global platform for the luxury fashion industry. Our mission is to be the global platform for luxury fashion, connecting creators, curators and consumers. Founded in 2007 by José Neves for the love of fashion, and launched in 2008, FARFETCH began as an e-commerce marketplace for luxury boutiques around the world. Today the FARFETCH Marketplace connects customers in over 190 countries and territories with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,300 of the world’s best brands, boutiques and department stores, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a single platform.
FARFETCH’s additional businesses include Browns and Stadium Goods, which offer luxury products to consumers, and New Guards Group, a platform for the development of global fashion brands. FARFETCH offers its broad range of consumer-facing channels and enterprise level solutions to the luxury industry under its Luxury New Retail initiative. The Luxury New Retail initiative also encompasses FARFETCH Platform Solutions, which services enterprise clients with e-commerce and technology capabilities, and innovations such as Store of the Future, its connected retail solution.
