Strategic Sourcing Lead, Marketing & Advertising

Sephora USA, Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with 4% match

Paid time off (PTO)

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Sephora USA, Inc. is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager, Marketing & Advertising, to lead end-to-end sourcing, ensure process compliance, and align with diversity, risk, and sustainability goals.

You will craft annual and multi-year sourcing plans with business stakeholders, budgets, and savings targets, guiding supplier roadmaps and contracts. You’ll partner with internal teams to optimize spend across Creative agencies, Influencer marketing, Events, Production, Branded goods, and Media,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven success across end-to-end strategic sourcing engagements.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business preferred (or equivalent experience).
• Advanced analytics, Excel, PowerPoint presentation, data visualization, and sourcing tools skills.
• Hands-on experience using employee collaboration, procure-to-pay, vendor management, and contract lifecycle management software.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder influence skills, with the ability to manage projects end-to-end in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing for assigned projects, including market profiling, stakeholder alignment, RFIs, negotiations, and contract awards.
• Support business partners with sourcing objectives and supplier needs via the Intake-to-Contract process; summarize negotiation results for senior leaders.
• Build category strategies across assigned areas and develop roadmaps in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Identify and optimize spend opportunities across departments for US and Canada, Sephora Global, and LVMH to reduce total costs.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Vendor negotiation

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Excel

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business

Tools

Procure-to-Pay systems

Vendor management software

Contract lifecycle management

Sourcing tools

Job description

Sephora USA, Inc. is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager, Marketing & Advertising, to lead end-to-end sourcing, ensure process compliance, and align with diversity, risk, and sustainability goals.

You will craft annual and multi-year sourcing plans with business stakeholders, budgets, and savings targets, guiding supplier roadmaps and contracts. You’ll partner with internal teams to optimize spend across Creative agencies, Influencer marketing, Events, Production, Branded goods, and Media,