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Tech Sourcing Manager

Knutsford, England

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Tech Sourcing Manager

Knutsford, England

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Date live: Apr. 02, 2024

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Sourcing/Procurement

Reference Code: 90384590

Contract: Permanent

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Tech Sourcing Manager
Knutsford

As a Barclays Tech Sourcing Manager, you will be accountable for ensuring that all relevant sourcing documentation is inputted to the deal management and contract systems to be compliant with business and internal procurement policy requirements. You will also be required to build and maintain a good operational and strategic network with the category management teams to report, measure and improve on deal execution capability.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. 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.

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.


What will you be doing?

•    Operating within a team of sourcing managers, in charge of shaping and executing deals across the Category
•    Focusing on sourcing of IT services across the bank, supporting the Category Manager and independently leading projects
•    Independently leading projects with the businesses and functions across the bank
•    Helping the Sourcing team with the day-to-day management of key stakeholders and executing deals according to policy and agreed timelines
•    Working closely and strategically with the internal teams sitting within Procurement, Legal and SME functions
•    Providing category knowledge and sourcing assistance to manage commercial negotiations with third parties


What we’re looking for:

•    Understanding of CIPS or CPM/CPSM/ISM
•    Understand various commercial value drivers with a good knowledge of best Procurement industry practices
•    Negotiating supplier contract terms and conditions
•    Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, able to present to senior management

Skills that will help you in the role:

•    Additional sourcing experience within another category, E.g. Professional Services, HR 
•    Excellent networking and senior stakeholder management skills


Where will you be working?

The Barclays Technology Campus, just outside Manchester, is our transatlantic tech command centre for information security in the UK. It’s the vital strategic powerhouse behind our global operations. Radbroke is a place where big ideas become realities. Where the talent in the world can build careers full of scope, variety and reward, by creating the technical solutions that meet today’s demands, answer tomorrow’s questions and redefine the future of finance.








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