Description
About Barclays
Barclays is an international financial services provider engaged in personal banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management with an extensive presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. Barclays' purpose is to help people achieve their ambitions - in the right way.
With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs approximately 140,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.
At Barclays, we recruit based on merit and are committed to promoting diversity throughout our organisation.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
GSSM operates within Operations and Technology and is responsible for working in partnership with Business Units and suppliers to deliver innovative solutions for Barclays, balancing costs against service levels and risks, enabling Barclays to achieve its ambition of becoming the 'Go-To' bank.
GSSM is responsible for:
- Leveraging group wide spend to drive best value from suppliers and delivering value across Barclays
- Delivering effective global spend management across Functions, Enterprise wide Technology and major deals
- Setting the framework for Sourcing and Third-Party Supplier Risk Management and supporting the procurement and management of suppliers across Barclays in a consistent manner
- Operating a number of procurement systems and processes to support and control buying activities
- The Sourcing Manager is responsible for managing/supporting PCB specific sourcing initiatives.
- The role holder shall have the following accountabilities and responsibilities:
- Proactively identify and support the development and execution of srategies and plans for PCB Sourcing, with deals covering an influenceable spend of c£1.2 bn
- Providing Sourcing subject matter expertise to assist in marketplace reviews, vendor selection and in creating service level agreements
- Leading and supporting sourcing related activities including RFPs, direct negotiations, reverse auctions and contracting as appropriate to find the best sourcing solution to meet business and commercial requirements
- Leading and managing commercial negotiations with PCB related suppliers, ensuring favourable commercial terms which mitigate business risk and ensuring robust SLAs
- Identifying and pro-actively seeking savings opportunities across category spend by supporting category strategy across the organisation
- Supporting the Business use appropriate processes and systems to execute sourcing and manage Third Party spend efficiently, ensuring adequate controls are in place eg contract award recommendation procedures, segregation purchasing
- Establishing and developing relationships with key stakeholders to ensure Business requirements are met
- Maintaining all associated data within the Bank systems including input of own agreements, service details and payment forecasts onto a Contracts Database
- Working collaboratively across the GSSM Team to deliver Sourcing and cross BU/Function agendas
Risk & Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards
Person Requirements
Professional/technical experience
The successful candidate will have-knowledge of appropriate commercial models and approaches/techniques necessary to achieve best in class deals as well as an ability to develop innovative sourcing strategies to maximise value-add.
The candidate will have excellent negotiation - in order to tackle escalated issues with key suppliers/internal stakeholders and develop win-win situations.
The ideal candidate will have prior experience gained within the Financial Services industry and specifically with respect to Personal and Corporate Banking over a complex, global, multi-business with significant experience in the design and delivery of operating model change
The preferred candidate will have a comprehensive understanding and knowledge of banking products and services
Academic and professional qualifications
The successful candidate will have an academic degree or professional qualification with excellent, proven Sourcing experience in a business environment.
The preferred candidate will have a CIPS or CPM/CSM qualification.
Experience in any of the following areas from a Sourcing perspective would be an advantage:
- Document Management
- Management Consultancy
- Couriers and Mail
- Printing
- Stationary
- Advisory Services
- Payment Solutions
Language and Numeric
The right candidate will have excellent written and oral communication skills, strong attention to detail, high levels of numeracy, and an analytical mind set will be a given.
The successful candidate will have excellent stakeholder management and networking skills at a senior level. They have will demonstrable commercial expertise and experience.
Personal attributes
The right candidate will be action-orientated with a focus on continuous improvement in all areas of responsibility, they will be a self-starter, innovative with the ability to deliver quality results with a challenging but positive and influential style.
The role holder will be a relationship builder with a reputation for integrity, evoking rapid trust and confidence in clients, colleagues and teams alike
Barclays Values and Diversity
Our common purpose is to help people achieve their ambitions - in the right way. We'll measure and reward our people, not just on commercial results, but on how they live our Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship and bring them to life every day.
To find out more about working at Barclays and the development opportunities we offer please visit our website
We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.