Role: Financial Services – Sourcing / Procurement Manager
Locations: Northampton, Manchester, Rabroke, Glasgow, hybrid woriking
Working Pattern: Hybrid / 2 days in-office preferred
Start Date: TBC
Contract Duration: Intial 6 months
Day rate: Inside IR35 through an umbrella company
Role: Sourcing and category execution support for specific categories of spend.
Responsibilities will include:
- Owning a portfolio of sourcing deals (new contracts, renewals, extensions, orders) of varying value levels, risk levels depending on the level of the role
- Engaging with business stakeholders to understand the demand, requirements and support the best commercial outcome
- Agreeing the sourcing approach with the category lead (e.g. RFX process, single source renewal/negotiation) aligned to the category strategy
- Execution of the process following Barclays processes and controls through to contract signature and hand over to the supplier manager
- Additional work on category planning (e.g. renewals pipeline development, spend analysis) may be required to support the category manager
Key skills/experience:
- Experience of end to end Sourcing process ideally Financial Services or in a similarly regulated environment for categories in scope of the role
- Structured approach to planning and execution ensuring key stakeholders and procurement colleagues are appraised of progress, plans and blockers
- Ability to work at pace with but with control at the front of mind
- Comfortable operaitng in complex matrixed environments
- Self-starter, pro-active and quick to learn process, controls and tools
- Good interpersonal skills to engage and influence stakeholders
- Good collaborative style with other Procurement and Bank teams
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