Senior Sourcing Manager Logistics And Warehouse

Job ID: 227471
Location Name: FSC REMOTE SF/NY/DC -173(USA_0173)
Address: FSC, Remote, CA 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Real Estate/Prop Dev
Remote Eligible: Yes

Company Overview:

At Sephora we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the Extra Ordinary in each of us. We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

The Opportunity:

Your role at Sephora:
As a Strategic Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for developing strong and effective business partner relationships and providing strategic sourcing support to the Sephora Supply Chain and Warehousing categories. Reporting to the Director of Technology & Supply Chain Strategic Sourcing, you will leverage your experience to deliver significant value to key stakeholders by managing the end-to-end strategic sourcing process for Supply Chain & Warehousing (your primary spend category) and lead stretch projects in other spend categories such as Packaging, Supply Chain Technology, and cross-functional category collaborations as needed.

In addition, you will:

• Effectively communicate status updates to key stakeholders, including timely identification and escalation/resolution of issues
• Collaborate with Finance and functional stakeholders to develop strategic sourcing plans with well-defined cost savings and avoidance targets
• Participating actively to improve Sephora's Sustainability, Supplier Diversity, and 3rd party Risk goals.
• Strategize across categories/departments to identify opportunities for gained efficiencies and cost-effectiveness in supplier negotiations
• Demonstrate Sephora values of Passion for Client Service, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect for All, Teamwork, and Initiative.
• Conduct all phases in the development of complex contracts, including reviewing statements of work or requirements, request for information (RFI), and request for proposal (RFP) development
• Advocate for and track compliance to Sephora's Indirect Spend and Delegation of Authority policies by delivering periodic training, aka "road shows," and appropriately escalating non-compliance
• Build an execute a plan to identify and evaluate diverse suppliers, with a goal of increasing the percentage of category spend with diverse suppliers
• Continually improve supplier performance by setting measurable, contractual, performance targets and related supplier performance management
• Keep up to date with market trends in the category and procurement functions
• Close sourcing projects in a timely manner, including but not limited to uploading executed agreements to our contract lifecycle management, and security stakeholder and finance approval on savings or cost avoidance
• Bring best practices in Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, and Indirect Procurement to drive automation and simplification.
• Provide thought leadership and support to ad hoc projects optimizing Strategic Sourcing's effectiveness, for example, by proposing and implementing process improvements
• Achieve year-over-year improvements in spend related to the category ownership, without sacrificing quality and service
• Partner with a broad mix of stakeholders on contract evaluation, redlining, and negotiation, such as Legal, Privacy, Information Security, and Internal Controls
• Develop strong relationships with and be recognized as a valued partner by stakeholders to influence business decisions
• Stay abreast of changes in the market, such as emerging technologies and suppliers, and evaluate and address any impact of changes in supplier status (eg, via acquisition)
• Build project plans and timelines to ensure key milestones are being captured and met as it relates to the sourcing process

We’re excited about you if you have:

• Ability to successfully influence both internal and external partners.
• Ability to influence and drive change while building solid relationships with your internal clients and external suppliers.
• Experience and skill as a negotiator with the utilization of flexible strategies.
• A proven track record of cost reduction and productivity improvements.
• Excellent project and timeline management skills to manage sourcing projects end-to-end, from project intake, through onboarding to project closure and transition.
• Excellent communication skills, including oral, written, and interpersonal. Experience interfacing with senior-level stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of sourcing category strategy, supplier relationship management, supplier continuous improvement programs.
• A continuous learning mindset
• Experience in sourcing key Supply Chain categories such as Freight, 3PL, Warehousing, and others such as materials, fixtures, packaging, construction, maintenance, and cleaning programs, a plus.
• 8+ years of strategic sourcing experience, with strong expertise in multiple categories in a multi-national retail corporation
• Excellent prioritization skills with the ability to adapt and change quickly.
• Advanced analytics, excel, presentation, data visualization, and Sourcing tools skills (required)

The annual base salary range for this position is $140,000.00 - $155,000.00 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. Sephora offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees, which includes comprehensive health, dental and vision plans; a superior 401(k) plan, various paid time off programs; employee discount/perks; life insurance; disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; and an employee referral bonus program.

While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy…

• The learning. We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
• The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.
• The culture. As a leading beauty retailer within the LVMH family, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. It is in our DNA to innovate and, at Sephora, all 40,000 passionate team members across 35 markets and 3,000+ stores, are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

You can unleash your creativity, because we’ve got disruptive spirit. You can learn and evolve, because we empower you to be your best. You can be yourself, because you are what sets us apart. This, is the future of beauty. Reimagine your future, at Sephora.

Sephora is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Sephora is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Sephora will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.