Saks

Procurement

• As a Strategic Sourcing Lead on the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement team, you’ll be responsible for developing and leading strategic sourcing events, writing and negotiating contract terms and documents, and analyzing spend associated with specific indirect spend categories.
• Simultaneously Lead indirect sourcing initiatives for Marketing, including building successful sourcing strategies, driving strategic improvements, and delivering on operational targets, savings goals, and business strategies
• Conduct total cost modeling and sensitivity/scenario analysis to help team members understand trade-offs and benefits to multiple outcomes
• Assist with the analysis and planning for various components of indirect spend categories to ensure operational success and results
• Use sourcing tools to support departmental efforts to refine and improve procurement processes and policies
• Develop and manage relationships with business stakeholders and provide regular project status updates
• Partner with multiple corporate functions (e.g., Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, Legal, etc.) as part of your sourcing projects and related activities
• Review, revise, and negotiate contract language
• Assist in the development and management of strategic and complex contract renewals
• Engage in supplier relationship activities (e.g., regular business reviews, vendor score carding, etc.)

Strategic Sourcing Lead, Marketing

Director

• Design, implement, and govern comprehensive compensation strategies that attract and retain top-tier talent
• Own all aspects of broad-based compensation, market pricing, annual merit cycles, and incentive plan design
• Lead the annual participation in luxury retail and general industry compensation surveys
• Analyze market trends and data to ensure competitive positioning
• Establish and evolve geographic differentials, salary bands, and hourly wage structures
• Own the end-to-end execution of the annual merit review, cost-of-living adjustments, and store incentive/bonus planning cycles
• Conduct regular internal equity analyses and comprehensive audits to ensure fair pay practices
• Partner with Finance to forecast compensation spend, model the financial impact of plan changes

Director, Compensation

People Operations

• Receive store requests to process Store Colleague’s transactions such as wage rate changes, job changes, transfers, and terminations.
• Respond and support basic requests from stores
• Coordinates and supports the new hire logistical onboarding experience remotely for new employees in partnership with store leadership
• Partners with cross-functional teams to audit and track completion of applicable administrative metrics (i.e. yearly compliance requirements, new hire learning, new hire assessments, unemployment claims, workers compensation updates etc)
• Ensures applicable documentation for all employee lifecycle changes, including internal offer letters, compensation updates, reporting structure changes, and role transitions are captured and housed within the Workday system
• Support global people team initiatives throughout the year (ie, Benefits enrollment, engagement surveys, etc.)
• Be available and responsive; provide customer service in a timely and efficient manner
• Introduces new ways of optimizing efficiency and effectiveness
• Maintain and utilize knowledge of local and federal regulations as well as company policies and procedures to ensure ongoing compliance
• Accuracy in keying transactions from a ticket-based system to capture in Workday
• Participates in and / or supports Manager with cascading communications to team
• Partners with store leadership and TA team to proactively support recruiting activities for both non-exempt and exempt positions as needed
• Ad hoc responsibilities as needed

Regional Generalist, People Business Partner

Manager

• Develops productive partnerships that serve to drive business forward, including but not limited to: Saks Global stores, Buyers, and Planners with a focus on: High volume and/or high potential strategic merchandise opportunities
• Captures high-level merchandise feedback from store visits, corroborates recommendations with data, and develops action plans (i.e. category expansion, floor productivity, brand matrix edits)
• Identifies merchandise category opportunities in key markets utilizing: ○ Evolving customer, market, and competitive trends ○ Division, group and/or specific vendor knowledge
• Provides Saks Global stores and executives with custom reporting and presentations including, but not limited to: Seasonal launches, category initiatives, store relayer proposals
• Assists in preparing weekly business review for stores in collaboration with the SVP, Accelerated Store Growth
• Holds stakeholders accountable to execute action plans and deliver results. Reports out results to pertinent leadership in a timely manner
• Ad hoc responsibilities as needed

Regional Merchandise Manager

Ecommerce

• Execute and test customer journey for online events, promotions, and product launches to drive traffic, conversion, and revenue
• Own the curation of seasonal gift guides and select curated shops using both data and merchant recommendations to promote discoverability, customer engagement & revenue
• Support quarterly global site taxonomy and refinement updates to ensure successful implementation on site
• Monitor inventory levels to adjust product placements based on availability and sales velocity
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Buying, Marketing, Creative) to ensure accurate and timely content execution
• Ensure accurate set-up and visibility of key digital services, such as Digital Stylists, across site touchpoints, and monitor customer engagement
• Provide weekly/monthly/quarterly reports on site performance, product findings method trends, and merchandising effectiveness
• Utilize data insights to make recommendations for improving product presentation and overall site performance
• Assist in pulling key KPIs for promotional events to understand drivers of performance against plan, and last year's benchmarks
• Help develop holistic recaps of live events to drive recommendations for immediate performance optimizations and post-event recaps to summarize key learnings
• Generate and maintain monthly navigation performance reports
• Support A/B testing initiatives and analyze results to inform future site navigation strategies
• Identify and work with cross-functional partners to troubleshoot any site navigational or SFCC setup issues that may arise
• Help identify and troubleshoot any on-site errors, broken links, or customer experience issues
• Monitor competitor sites for promotional marketing, merchandising trends and UX opportunities
• Advise on and partner with various internal teams to improve processes, identify opportunities, and scale best practice and governance for site setup

Ecommerce Specialist, Cross-Category

Growth Marketing

• The E-commerce Category Specialist is responsible for driving the online performance and growth of assigned product categories.
• This role involves optimizing the online customer experience, managing product presentation and information, analyzing performance data, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve sales targets and enhance profitability within the e-commerce channel.
• Partner with the manager to implement comprehensive e-commerce category strategies aligned with overall business objectives and online sales targets.
• Collaborate with merchandising and buying teams to influence product assortment and productivity.
• Ensure merchandising is aligned with best practices and executed in a timely manner to ensure an intuitive and engaging shopping experience.
• Maintain effective product categorization, filtering, and navigation to enhance user experience.
• Track, analyze, and report on key category and brand performance metrics (e.g., sales, conversion rates, average order value, traffic, bounce rates).
• Monitor competitor activities and adjust strategies as needed.
• Collaborate with the digital experience teams to implement website enhancements and resolve technical issues.

Category Growth Specialist

General Counsel

• The Lead Counsel, Privacy will provide Saks with legal guidance on enterprise privacy and data security practices and policies
• In collaboration with Digital, Marketing, Tech, Information Security, and other cross-functional teams, provide day-to-day counsel as well as recommendations on policies/compliance protocols to protect Saks, its customers, its employees, and other third party partners
• Provide strategic advice to address privacy and security risks while supporting customer focus and business growth
• Actively monitor and advise on global privacy requirements and compliance with emerging privacy and data security laws
• Review/draft a variety of agreements related to data and privacy and security, including vendor and customer agreements
• Draft and negotiate relevant data processing or other 3rd party data transfer or protection agreements
• Assist with periodic evaluation and updating of business unit privacy policies
• Assist with development of and conduct global privacy training programs that are tailored for audience and geography
• Manage incident response plans and processes in partnership with the tech security team
• Drive implementation of regulatory and compliance initiatives such as developing project plans to manage product-related changes or respond to changes in applicable laws
• Support various business functions in identifying data flows and documenting data flow maps as part of global privacy compliance program
• Serve as primary manager of all consumer request workflows for different consumer rights

Lead Privacy Counsel

• Lead, grow, and develop a high-performing team of digital stylists
• Own full accountability for team sales performance
• Develop and execute business-driving strategies
• Drive personalized, high-impact client engagement strategies
• Oversee content and styling standards
• Host structured business reviews and sales-focused team meetings
• Collaborate with Merchandising, Marketing, and other teams
• Continuously optimize workflows and outreach strategy
• Conduct regular 1:1 check-ins and business coaching sessions
• Track, analyze, and act on weekly and monthly sales and engagement metrics
• Act as a central collaborator across Saks Global selling function

Manager, Digital Styling and Selling Initiatives

Consultant

• Supports the team in the development and execution of strategies and frameworks directly related to enterprise-level operating model definition, enterprise-level organization design, in-function / cross-functional process improvement
• Contributes to key deliverables and proactively manages their own and others’ work against core timelines
• Leverages strategies and frameworks developed by the team to shape their own deliverables with some oversight
• Able to produce high-quality, accurate drafts of core documents such as project frameworks, project plans, and project analysis
• Builds strong working relationships by listening actively, seeking input, and valuing different perspectives
• Applies analytical capabilities to in-flight programs and initiatives, identifying basic trends and patterns in data or outcomes
• Supports the team in proactively identifying everyday challenges and proposing practical solutions
• Communicates clearly and respectfully - both in writing and in conversation
• Shows up with professionalism and confidence, demonstrating self-awareness and a respectful approach in team interactions
• Embraces change with a learning mindset by adapting to new priorities, accepting feedback, and seeking opportunities to grow.