Strategic Sourcing Manager, 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

Strategic Sourcing Manager, Marketing & Advertising

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At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential, and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.

Your Role at Sephora:

Ready for a career glow up? As Strategic Sourcing Manager, Marketing & Advertising, you’ll be managing the end-to-end strategic sourcing process, process compliance, and Sephora goals in diversity, risk, and sustainability. The work you do will impact beauty, as you develop annual and multi-year sourcing plans in partnership with business stakeholders, aligning initiatives to business priorities, budget cycles, savings targets, and supplier roadmaps. You’ll be part of a team that’s united in beauty, supported by those who are equally passionate about delivering incredible service and value to internal stakeholders.

What You’ll Do:

• End-to-End Strategic Sourcing: Lead all aspects of the strategic sourcing process for assigned projects—including profiling the supply market, partnering with stakeholders to identify business requirements, leading RFI/X events using sourcing technology, gaining consensus on awards, conducting supplier negotiations, finalizing contracts, and handing awarded business off to business partners.
• Business Partner Support: Support business partners with sourcing objectives and supplier needs by leveraging the Intake-to-Contract process, assisting in contract negotiations for relevant categories, acting as the lead for assigned contracts, and summarizing negotiation results in deal summaries for senior leader approval.
• Category Strategy & Roadmaps: Build comprehensive category strategies across all assigned areas, understanding supply markets to optimize supplier capabilities at national and regional levels, and build strategic sourcing roadmaps in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Cross-Departmental Spend Optimization: Identify and optimize leverage spend opportunities across departments for both the US and Canada, Sephora Global, and LVMH to reduce total costs for the broader business while supporting the Senior Manager across categories- including Creative agencies, Influencer marketing, Events, Production, Branded goods, and Media—while identifying leverage spend opportunities to reduce total costs.

What You’ll Bring:

• 5+ years of proven success across end-to-end strategic sourcing engagements.
• 5+ years of sourcing experience with marketing categories across goods and services, preferably with a North American retail organization.
• 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.

What You’ll Get:

The annual base salary range for this position is $135,000.00- $151,000.00 The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job.Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses.This job will be posted for a minimum offivedays.

• CaringCommunity.You’llcollaborate with teammates who are equally passionateabout innovatinganddrivingthe industry forward – together, united in beauty.
• Fulfilling Path.Your career transformation starts here, with opportunities that will challenge,stretchand develop your skills.
• Meaningful Work.As you make an impact onbeauty,you’llfeel and see the positive change (consumer, industry,andsocial)thatyourindividual voice is a part of.

Some benefits have eligibility requirements and may depend on job classification and length of employment.

• Health.Choose a healthcare plan to fit you and your family’s needs withmedical,dental, and vision coverage.Sephora also fully covers our employees’ disability and life insurance.
• Wealth.We offer a competitive 401k with4%match as well as FSA and HSA programs. We also offer a Student Debt Retirement plan, where your student loan paymentsqualifyto earn the 401k match from Sephora.
• Balance.You’ll beempoweredto find the perfect blend of work/life balance thatactuallyworks for youwithPTO, flexibility,protectedleave, and more.
• Growth.Career growthis built into every role, with access to training,development,and tuition reimbursement.
• Perks.Thinkyou’vetried it all? Enjoya30%discount on all merchandise/services, opportunities forfreeproductor “gratis,”and flash sale discountsonLVMHbrandproducts.
• Support.Join a team thattruly cares– with free mental health and financial coaching resources with 24/7 access to Modern Health and Financial Finesse. Plus, volunteer and donation matching.

Sephora values a diverse andinclusiveworkplaceand considers allapplicants withoutregard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, national origin, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), age, religion, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, disability, or any other protectedcategory.Sephora is committed to providing reasonable accommodationtaapplicantswith disabilities or other medical conditions.

Sephora will consider all qualified applicants, including those witharrest and conviction recordsin a manner consistent with the requirements of allapplicable laws, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.

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