Strategic Sourcing Manager, Retail Operations & Facilities
LVMH
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Sephora is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager for Retail Operations & Facilities in San Francisco. You will build strong business partnerships, drive sourcing strategies, and lead Source-to-Contract activities to deliver savings across store supplies, asset protection services, and facilities.
You’ll bring 5+ years in strategic sourcing, NA retail category expertise, and strong negotiation and analytics skills to a collaborative, growth‑minded team.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of end-to-end strategic sourcing experience.
- 5+ years of retail store and facilities sourcing experience (NA retail preferred).
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, or Operations preferred (or equivalent).
- Experience negotiating enterprise agreements (MSAs/SOWs).
- Advanced analytics, Excel, PowerPoint, data visualization, and sourcing tools; experience with CLM.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and project management with cost-reduction track record.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing for assigned projects across categories.
- Support stakeholders with sourcing objectives and contract negotiations; lead for assigned contracts.
- Develop category strategies and roadmaps; optimize national/regional supplier capabilities.
- Identify and drive spend optimization across departments in US/Canada and globally.
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Strategic Sourcing Manager, Retail Operations & Facilities
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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.
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, Retail Operations & Facilities, you’ll be developing strong and effective business partner relationships and providing strategic sourcing support to Sephora at an enterprise level and to the Store Operations and Facilities business units. The work you do will impact beauty, as you generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies and leverage the Source-to-Contract process to deliver measurable value and savings across store supplies, asset protection services, and facilities. 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 and driving the scaling of our Sourcing team and processes.
- 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 Director of Strategic Sourcing with broader retail operations and facilities requirements.
- Strategic Sourcing Experience: Proven success with 5+ years across end-to-end strategic sourcing engagements.
- Retail Category Expertise: 5+ years of sourcing experience with retail store and facilities categories across goods and services (preferably with a North American retail store organization).
- Educational Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or Operations preferred (or equivalent experience).
- Negotiation & Agreement Mastery: Experience in negotiating enterprise agreements typical of assigned categories (such as master services agreements and statements of work) in a timely manner.
- Technical & Analytical Skills: Advanced analytics, Excel, PowerPoint presentation, data visualization, and sourcing tools skills, alongside hands-on experience with employee collaboration, procure-to-pay, e-RFX, and contract lifecycle management software.
- Stakeholder & Project Management: Excellent project and timeline management skills with a proven track record of cost reduction, productivity improvements, and building strong cross-functional relationships.
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 willperform 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.
Sephora’s stores offer passionate beauty fans across the world a privileged freedom to touch and test products since 1969. The House provides a superior selection of quality products and always keeps pace with the latest trends. The house is built upon the exceptional talents of its beauty professionals who create a perfect environment for adventurous clients who want to experiment and learn. With the innovative range of products in the Sephora Collection, its distinctive stores and bold commitment to new ideas, the House is always able to surprise and delight its clients. At every touch point with its clients, in store and online, Sephora provides an unconventional approach which has made it the most loved beauty community in the world.
At LVMH, people make the difference in the art of crafting dreams. Our people fuel our dynamic, entrepreneurial culture. We value collective ambitions, encouraging our talents to push boundaries and champion a curious, audacious state of mind. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in nurturing every individual with a growth mindset and development opportunities, consistently empowering them to reach their full potential. We are actively committed to positive impact through an inclusive environment that supports and gives back to our talented community. Join us at LVMH, where your talent is at the heart of our collective successes.
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