Procurement Client Lead

Barclays•Wilmington, NC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Join us at Barclays as a Procurement Client Lead. In this Vice President role, you will assist your business clients in getting the best possible experience and service from the Procurement organization. Working with delivery partners within Procurement, key responsibilities will include evaluating and optimizing the 3rd party supply base to minimize risk and maximize savings and efficiency. Additionally, collaboration with the business to execute strategic sourcing and buying channel development/optimization.

Requirements

Procurement experience (Sourcing/Supplier Oversight)
Business operations experience
Project execution and deal completion experience
Validated stakeholder engagement experience
Internal stakeholder collaboration at the Senior Executive level

Nice To Haves

The ability to navigate multi-faceted commercial engagements with precision and strategic insight
Demonstrate outstanding written and verbal communication skills across stakeholders and formats
Excel in planning and executing deliverables on time and to a consistently high standard
Risk and controls
Change and transformation
Business acumen
Strategic thinking
Digital and technology
Job-specific technical skills

Responsibilities

Development & implementation of the wider Procurement strategy in collaboration with stakeholders and Procurement domains.
Implementation of the procurement strategy aligned to the bank’s objectives and relevant regulators, through the prioritisation and use of Procurement resources.
Provide expertise on Procurement policies and procedures, third party risk, sourcing strategy and supplier relations to business stakeholders through education.
Act as a point of escalation for Procurement service and delivery issues for business stakeholders.
Act as the primary interface for Procurement with senior stakeholders in the business, developing & utilising relationships and influence to deliver improvements in key indicators and objectives.
Identification of & where applicable, delivery of opportunities for business cost savings, client experience, service improvement & Procurement efficiency.
Voice of the business with Procurement domains, developing and utilising relationships & influence to impact Procurement service delivery.
Provide insights and actionable intelligence to business stakeholders to support business decision making to improve the commercial & risk profile of the business.
Support the business with strategic activity acting as the Procurement representative for key business change programmes, acquisitions and divestments.
To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.