Sourcing Manager – Team Lead for Physical Banking Operations

Manchester, United Kingdom

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Date live: 11/10/2022

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Sourcing/Procurement

Reference Code: 90274043

Contract: Permanent/Regular

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Sourcing Manager Team Lead
Manchester

As a Barclays Sourcing Manager Team lead you will lead a team of Sourcing Managers who are responsible for delivery of deals primarily for the Physical Banking Ops category. You will be directly responsible for managing commercial deals in excess of £800M annually and are required to work collaboratively and strategically with the internal teams sitting within Procurement and Legal and SME functions as well as with External Suppliers, to deliver a consistently high quality product and service.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.
This opportunity is open to dynamic working arrangements. Such as working from home, flexible or compressed hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please apply and discuss this with us during the hiring process.

What will you be doing?
•   Delivering, managing and leading team members to deliver end to end Sourcing activity from requirements scoping, sourcing strategy development and eRFX negotiations
•   Coordinating category plans driven by the sourcing/category leads into business objectives, and translating those into planned sourcing activities for the category
•   Ensuring the team manages end to end Sourcing events including commercial negotiations with relevant Vendors
•   Partnering as appropriate with the legal support teams to ensure consistent and favourable commercial terms which always mitigate business risk for Barclays
•   Ensuring the team follows all relevant Sourcing documentation which is required to be inputted as part of the deal management
•   Ensuring contract systems are compliant with business and internal policy requirements
•   Supporting teams in opportunity assessment and identification
•   Monitoring the sourcing projects to ensure delivery remains aligned to desired business outcomes

What we’re looking for:
•   Extensive experience in procurement with a reputable firm, preferably in financial services industry with exposure to Banking Operations
•   Knowledge and experience of specific markets and key vendors and a detailed knowledge of appropriate commercial models and approaches/techniques to achieve best in class deals
•   Proven track record of overall management and direction of small teams / sub-functions where the development of staff has been a core delivery
•   Experience in Project Management and execution, including collaborative stakeholder management

Skills that will help you in the role:
• CIPS qualified
• Experience within data analysis

Where will you be working?
In the centre of Spinningfields, Hardman Street is right in the centre of the best of Manchester’s professional business network. A multi divisional space with Corporate, Wealth, Premier and Digital colleagues, the offices include a client suite for meetings for up to 100 people, but are equally intimate for smaller meetings. Set in the heart of the cities gyms , bars, restaurants and shopping, Barclays offices are a real benefit to its 300 staff and an attractive venue for clients.

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