AddressAt 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 ExtraOrdinary in each of us.
We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.
Position: Vice President, Strategic Sourcing
Reports to: SVP, Internal Operations and Business Planning
Location: San Francisco, with a hybrid work environment (2 days/week in office, 2 days remote, and 1 flex day)
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. We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.
Your role at Sephora:
As Vice President of Strategic Sourcing you will lead and innovate a Center of Excellence for the Strategic Sourcing function utilizing an end-to-end process leveraging a matrix organization with highly interactive global stakeholders.
The Strategic Sourcing VP is responsible for delivering value and leading innovation for the organization through a broad set of sourcing, procurement, and governance activities. This position is responsible for collaborating closely with stakeholders in our C- Suite to understand needs and Strategic objectives for the various departments to develop a long-term roadmap for sourcing opportunities to drive value and mitigate risks. This person leads a diverse team, works cross-functionally with the various departments and offices throughout the firm to evaluate requirements of goods and services, manage implementation of new supplier programs, communicate contract terms, and facilitate hand-off of contract management to our legal partners and the business unit to establish new supplier relationships in an efficient manner while enhancing our diverse supplier base.
This role also oversees our Contingent Labor Program and Supplier Diversity Initiative functions.
This leader will be adept at change management and implementing new programs and processes on a regular basis in partnership with other key stakeholders.
This team leader manages over $1.8 Billion in annual in-direct spend over several categories for various departments in the organization.
In addition, the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing will develop, manage, and execute a global compliance function that works in tandem with Internal Control, Legal and LVMH global partners to ensure adherence to all corporate policies and guidelines. You will be responsible for implementing a global corporate compliance program, managing a team of compliance professionals, partnering with leaders across the business globally to instill and reinforce a culture of ethics, integrity, and compliance. This role will also develop and oversee a robust compliance program and advise stakeholders on risk management.
- Enhance, develop, and implement anti-corruption, trade violations, conflicts of interest, antitrust and competition, and political activities compliance policies, guidelines, and documentation in partnership with Human Resources, Finance, Legal and Sephora Global.
- Build compliance strategy and strengthen a proactive compliance culture, including promoting open discussion regarding risk with complete transparency.
- Advise on effective risk management strategies to support risk mitigation activities across a global organization
Lastly,this role is accountable for leading all in-direct good and services, while managing to deliver prescribed cost avoidance and annual savings targets. Reporting to the SVP of Internal Operations and Business Planning, you will be responsible in developing and building strong relationships with senior leadership and be recognized as a value partner in and influence business decisions. In addition, you will:
- Provide leadership to a team of sourcing professionals to establish category plans, execute sourcing strategies, mitigate risk, drive innovation, manage key suppliers and achieve savings targets
- Be responsible for roughly $1.8B in annual spend across in-direct categories supporting the following departments: Corporate Services, Retail Operations, Store Development, Marketing, Supply Chain, Digital and IT
- Establish policy, governance and manage Managed Service Provider for all contingent workforce
- Develop and manage senior stakeholder relationships and lead the business in their approach to maintaining and leveraging value in their supplier relationships
- Develop an annual sourcing strategy plan by partnering with key stakeholders and translating business priorities into sourcing initiatives
- Utilize spend analytics to proactively recommend strategies for maximizing value and prioritize initiatives
- Implement best in class end-to-end sourcing policies and procedures
- Strategize across categories/departments to identify opportunities for gained efficiencies and cost effectiveness in supplier negotiations
- Deliver measurable savings against agreed targets to leadership
- Work in collaboration with Sephora Global and LVMH in leveraging processes and supplier relationships
- Establish policy, governance and manage Managed Service Provider for all contingent workforce
- Attract retain and develop talent
- Establish and utilize network to keep abreast of industry best practices and innovation
- Demonstrate our Sephora values of Passion for Client Service, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect for All, Teamwork, and Initiative.
We’re excited about you if you have:
- 15+ years of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement leadership experience
- A track record of being an inspiring leader known for attracting, developing and supporting a high performing team
- Ability to build effective, collaborative relationships with key stakeholders to drive and execute sourcing strategies
- Excellent negotiation, interpersonal and communication skills, with a commitment to excellent customer service
- In-depth knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practices
- Strategic mindset and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively and cultivate strong relationships across all levels of the organization
- The following competencies: Help Others Grow, Leads & Inspires, Drives Results, Strategic Vision
You’ll love working here because:
- The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, smart, and kind leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.
- The product. Employees enjoy a product discount and receive free product (“gratis”) various times throughout the year. (Think your friends and family love you now? Just wait until you work at Sephora!)
- The business. It feels good to win – and Sephora is a leader in the retail industry, defining experiential retail with a digital focus and creating the most loved beauty community in the world…with the awards and accolades to back it up.
- The perks. Sephora offers comprehensive medical benefits, generous vacation/holiday time off, commuter benefits, and “Summer Fridays” (half-days every Friday between Memorial and Labor Day)…and so much more.
- The LVMH family. Sephora’s parent company, LVMH, is one of the largest luxury groups in the world, providing support to over 70 brands such as Louis Vuitton, Celine, Marc Jacobs, and Dior.
While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy...
The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.
The learning. We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
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 proud to be an equal opportunity workplace for all. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, or other employment practices. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.
