Strategic Sourcing Manager, Retail Operations & Facilities

sephora.com•San Francisco, CA

2d•$135,000 - $151,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Proven success with 5+ years across end-to-end strategic sourcing engagements.
5+ years of sourcing experience with retail store and facilities categories across goods and services (preferably with a North American retail store organization).
Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or Operations preferred (or equivalent experience).
Experience in negotiating enterprise agreements typical of assigned categories (such as master services agreements and statements of work) in a timely manner.
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.
Excellent project and timeline management skills with a proven track record of cost reduction, productivity improvements, and building strong cross-functional relationships.

Responsibilities

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.
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.
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.
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.