AVP - Technology Sourcing

Join us as an AVP - Technology Sourcing professional at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings 3rd party services, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences. As an International Sourcing Manager, you will be primarily responsible for working with our colleagues within Europe to deliver local language support on our non-English contracts. Initially this would involve the day-to-day management of 2 contracted resources who are currently delivering for this area.

To be successful as an AVP - Technology Sourcing, you should have experience with:

• Sourcing Management/Category Management/Procurement Experience.
• Business and commercial acumen.
• Stakeholder management.
• Leadership experience in people management.
• Responsible to manage end to end sourcing projects in technology and non-technology space with aim to close this quickly without compromising compliance with sourcing policies or local legal requirements.
• Oversee end to end execution of the project, and prepare and share periodic reports with the wider stakeholder groups.
• Prepare & present project journey and identify key themes to be flagged for consideration for successful delivery.
• Work on incorporating regulatory terms in contracts for activities such as DORA OCIR, Data Transfer Agreements, Data Privacy, country-specific local conditions, and others as required.
• Oversee end to end execution of the project, and prepare and share periodic reports with the wider stakeholder groups.
• Prepare & present project journey and identify key themes to be flagged for consideration for successful delivery within regulatory timelines.
• Contributing individually on contract remediation for Barclays third party Supplier Control Obligations (SCOs).
• Overseeing negotiations for the contract schedules pertaining to third party vendor engagement risks. Providing support to stakeholders across the areas of Sourcing, Supplier Management, and Business in doing contract related work for the SCO schedules.
• Negotiate identified third party risks as part of the engagement with Suppliers, engage with the Subject Matter Experts in Barclays, and escalate risks to Stakeholders, if any, with the goal of working towards contract execution.
• Demonstrate strong process understanding to identify process improvement opportunities.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Preferred to have experience in working with core or operational sourcing teams.
• Proven contractual review and redlines experience in Banking environment.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with procurement functions as well as job-specific skillsets.

Location - Noida.

Purpose of the role

To optimise and address Barclays 3rd party spend requirements, including the definition, development and implementation of approaches for relevant spend categories and requirements with close collaboration with the business and execution of strategic sourcing and buying channel development/optimisation.

Accountabilities

• Profile spend in category area and develop understanding of business strategy, business requirements, cost levers and opportunities. Collaboration with internal stakeholders to identify sourcing needs, develop requests for proposal and ensure sourcing activities align to the banks needs and priorities.
• Planning and execution of sourcing events including RFP/ RFXs, negotiations to best meet the business requirements for value, speed, compliance, risk.
• Monitoring and guiding of controls and compliance requirements to be met through the category and sourcing cycle from request to contract, including regulatory engagement, controls, audits, data quality etc….
• Development, implementation and operation of policies and procedures for sourcing activities aligned to the policies, standards, relevant compliance and regulation.
• Identification and delivery of change opportunities to improve effectiveness, control and efficiency of sourcing processes including buying channel optimisation for relevant categories of spend (catalogues, demand challenge etc.).
• Identification of industry trends and development related to sourcing and category management by attending conferences, participating in training, and conducting market research on techniques and tools.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.