Strategic Sourcing Manager, Marketing & Advertising

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with match

Paid time off

Discount on Sephora merchandise

Job summary

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

You will develop annual and multi-year sourcing plans with business stakeholders, aligning initiatives to priorities, budget cycles, and supplier roadmaps to drive value in a fast-paced beauty environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven success across end-to-end strategic sourcing engagements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic sourcing process for assigned projects, profiling the supply market and partnering with stakeholders to identify requirements.
• Scorecard, gain, and document award decisions using insights throughout the sourcing process; conduct supplier negotiations and finalize contracts.
• Use market intelligence, benchmarking, spend analysis, and supplier insights to inform sourcing strategies, negotiation approaches, and category recommendations.
• Support business partners with sourcing objectives and supplier needs, creating decision-oriented updates with recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, and financial impact.
• Understand supply markets to determine strategies that optimize supplier capabilities at national and regional levels; build strategic sourcing roadmaps with stakeholders.
• Support Senior Manager with broader category work across Marketing and Advertising requirements including Creative agencies, Influencer marketing, Events, Production, Branded goods, and Media.

Skills

End-to-end strategic sourcing

Marketing & Advertising sourcing

Advanced analytics

Excel

PowerPoint

Data visualization

Sourcing tools

Procure-to-Pay (P2P)

Vendor management software

Contract lifecycle management software

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Data visualization tools

Sourcing tools

Procure-to-Pay software

Vendor management software

Contract Lifecycle Management software

Job description

Job ID: 297116

Location Name: CA-FSC SF Off (0174)

Address: 350 Mission St, 20th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States (US)

Job Type:

Position Type: Regular

Job Function: Real Estate/Prop Dev

Work Location:

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Belong to Something Beautiful

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

• Lead the strategic sourcing process for assigned projects - including profiling the supply market, partnering with stakeholders to identify business requirements, and leading RFI/X events using sourcing technology.
• Score card, gain, and document award decisions using insights throughout the sourcing process, conduct supplier negotiations, finalize contracts, and hand awarded business off to business partners.
• Use market intelligence, benchmarking, spend analysis, and supplier insights to inform sourcing strategies, negotiation approaches, and category recommendations.
• Support business partners with sourcing objectives and supplier needs, leveraging the Intake-to-Contract Process and associated tools while creating decision-oriented updates that outline recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, and financial impact.
• Understand supply markets for respective categories to determine appropriate strategies that optimize supplier capabilities at national and regional levels, and build out strategic sourcing roadmaps in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Support the Senior Manager with broader category support across Marketing and Advertising requirements - 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 you will perform the job. Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses. This job will be posted for a minimum of five days.

• Caring Community. You'll collaborate with teammates who are equally passionate about innovating and driving the industry forward - together, united in beauty.
• Fulfilling Path. Your career transformation starts here, with opportunities that will challenge, stretch and develop your skills.
• Meaningful Work. As you make an impact on beauty, you'll feel and see the positive change (consumer, industry, and social) that your individual voice is a part of.

Rewards as Unique as You

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 with medical, dental, and vision coverage. Sephora also fully covers our employees' disability and life insurance.
• Wealth. We offer a competitive 401k with 4% match as well as FSA and HSA programs. We also offer a Student Debt Retirement plan, where your student loan payments qualify to earn the 401k match from Sephora.
• Balance. You'll be empowered to find the perfect blend of work/life balance that actually works for you with PTO, flexibility, protected leave, and more.
• Growth. Career growth is built into every role, with access to training, development, and tuition reimbursement.
• Perks. Enjoy a 30% discount on all merchandise/services, opportunities for free product or "gratis," and flash sale discounts on LVMH brand products.
• Support. Join a team that truly 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 and inclusive workplace and considers all applicants without regard 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 protected category. Sephora is committed to providing reasonable accommodation ta applicants with disabilities or other medical conditions.

Sephora will consider all qualified applicants, including those with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable 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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