Job ID: 233813
Location Name: CA-FSC SF Off (0174)
Address: 525 Market St, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Real Estate/Prop Dev
Remote Eligible:Hybrid
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:
Role to be filled for a January 1st, 2024 start date
Your role at Sephora:
As an Analyst in Sephora’s Indirect Procurement team, you will support the Indirect Procurement and Sourcing leaders to plan and execute procurement strategies to drive short and long-term favorable results. Reporting to the Director of Indirect Procurement & Operations, you must be able to use experiences to deliver value to key stakeholders and be recognized as a partner to influence business decisions. In addition, you will:
- Analyze data to identify areas of opportunity to consolidate and reduce spend for procurement and sourcing categories.
- Intake new sourcing requests, collect business requirements, analyze supplier quotes, and propose unbiased recommendations to business partners.
- Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, service, support, reliability, and distribution capabilities for one-time purchases or those that support larger strategic efforts.
- Provide input for areas of opportunity and recommend operational improvements and efficiencies.
- Build project plans and timelines, effectively communicate status updates to key stakeholders, and provide timely identification and resolution of issues.
- Support the Indirect Procurement Managers in ad-hoc projects, including but not limited to; data collection, cost analysis, benchmarking studies, consolidating spend reports, and contract-related activities such as building and renewing contracts, etc.
- Responsible for automating and providing insights using data, creating visuals, and storytelling material such as PowerPoint presentations with data-driven insights
- Serve as an evangelist in spend data analysis and visualization techniques, dashboard designs, Infographic displays, and information delivery best practices
- Responsible for administration of our Source to Pay Tool (Coupa) and other tools that streamline the Source to Pay process
- 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:
- 6+ years of corporate/retail level strategic sourcing or purchasing experience.
- Excellent prioritization skills with the ability to adapt to change quickly.
- Knowledge of procurement processes, Coupa category strategy, supplier relationship management, and supplier continuous improvement programs.
- A proven track record of cost reduction and productivity improvements.
- Expert in executing Procurement systems to improve automation, including but not limited to building and running eRFx events, Auction/Reverse Auctions, building catalogs, order lists, etc.
- Ability to influence and drive change while building solid relationships with your internal clients and external suppliers.
- Excellent project and timeline management skills to manage sourcing projects end-to-end, from project intake, onboarding to project closure and transition.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience and skill as a negotiator with the utilization of flexible strategies.
- Ability to successfully influence both internal and external partners.
- Excellent communication skills including oral, written, and interpersonal. Experience interfacing with senior level stakeholders.
- Advanced analytics, excel, presentation, and data visualization skills (required).
The annual base salary range for this position is $71,000.00 – $94,000.00 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 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 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.