Aquent · 5 days ago
Strategic Sourcing Manager, Store Operations & Facilities [207001]
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$42/hr - $47/hr
5+ years expAquent is a company focused on connecting the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with leading brands. The Strategic Sourcing Manager will develop strong business partner relationships and provide strategic sourcing support to Sephora, implementing sourcing strategies and managing the end-to-end strategic sourcing process.
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Hiring Manager
Michele Giella
Responsibilities
Leads all aspects of strategic sourcing process (i.e. 7 step 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 award using insights throughout the sourcing process using PPT, conducting supplier negotiations, finalizing contracts, and handing awarded business off to business partners to ensure long term success
Supports business partners with sourcing objectives and supplier needs leveraging the Intake-to-Contract Process and associated tools; assisting in negotiations for contracts for relevant categories in support of optimizing value for the organization. Acts as the lead for assigned contracts to facilitate approval across internal business partner teams and suppliers. Summarize negotiation results in a deal summary and facilitate senior leader approvals
Builds comprehensive category strategies across all areas assigned. Understand supply markets for respective categories and determine the appropriate strategies that optimize supplier capabilities at a national and regional level
Builds out strategic sourcing roadmap in collaboration with key stakeholders for all categories. Leverage data, contract expiry, and other information to inform and support stakeholder objectives
Support the Director, Sourcing with broader category support across the Retail Operations and Facilities Teams’ requirements
Identify and optimize leverage spend opportunities across departments, for both US and Canada, Sephora Global, and LVMH to reduce total costs for the broader business
Build strong and trusting relationships with key stakeholders by delivering against plans and communicating effectively
Qualification
Required
Proven success across end-to-end strategic sourcing engagements 5+ Years
Sourcing experience with retail store and facilities categories across goods and services (preferably with a North American retail store organization) 5+ Years
Experience in negotiating enterprise agreements typical of your assigned categories, for example, master services agreements, and statements of work, among others, in a timely manner
Experience developing relationships and gaining buy-in with key stakeholders on category strategies, multi-year sourcing plans, supplier relationship management, continuous improvement plans, ‘should-cost' models, and negotiation strategies
A proven track record of cost reduction and productivity improvements; 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, operationalization, and governance
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
Skilled negotiator with a current understanding of various contract models and on-market terms; ability to shepherd a contract from beginning to end ensuring all commercial and legal terms are optimally negotiated on behalf of Sephora. Negotiate directly with suppliers on terms
Ability to successfully influence both internal and external partners and interface with senior-level stakeholders
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to thrive in a dynamic environment
Excellent communication skills, including oral, written, and interpersonal; confidence in presenting to all levels of the organization
Advanced analytics, Excel, presentations in Powerpoint, data visualization, and Sourcing tools skills (required)
Hands-on user of various software tools critical to strategic sourcing: employee collaboration and productivity tools, procure-to-pay and vendor management solutions, e-RFX, sourcing pipeline and savings reporting, and contract lifecycle management, as examples
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or Operations preferred (or equivalent experience)
Benefits
Subsidized health, vision, and dental plans
Paid sick leave
Retirement plans with a match
Company
Aquent
We supply Fortune500 clients with the best talent on the market!
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$12.5MKey Investors
Crystal Financial
2015-06-15Debt Financing· $12.5M
Leadership Team
Steven Kapner
Co-Founder and Managing Director
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