Procurement operates the global sourcing, purchasing, supplier and spend management for Barclays within COO 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 bank of choice.
The role sits within the Global Professional Services Sourcing team part of the HR, Marketing and Professional Services Sourcing Pod. This group are directly responsible for managing commercial deals in excess of £2bn annually and are required to work collaboratively and strategically with the internal teams sitting within Procurement, Legal and SME functions, including External Suppliers, to deliver a consistently high quality product, service and minimise risk to the firm.
The role holder will be a sourcing manager within a team of sourcing managers with responsibility to shape and execute deals within the Sourcing domain with a prime focus in Professional Services.
Provide category knowledge and sourcing support to manage commercial negotiations with third parties, liaise with key business users across Barclays to ensure favourable commercial terms which mitigate business risk.
They must understand various commercial value drivers with a good knowledge of best procurement industry practices.
•	Sourcing experience within the following sub-categories would be beneficial: Management Consultancy, General Professional Services, Audit, Advisory, Legal Services , Employee Benefits, Recruitment Services, HR Consultancy, HR Operations, Contingent Labour, Training. Creative, Market Research, Marketing Print, Events, Sponsorship, Digital, Public Relations, Promotions, Media.
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