Technology Sourcing Manager

Step into the role of Technology Sourcing Manager at Barclays, where you will lead Sourcing activities for one or more sub-categories of spend within Technology, with a focus on Enterprise Software and Business Applications. The role interacts with senior stakeholders in Barclays Businesses, Technology, Finance, and Procurement.

Required Experience

To be successful as a Technology Sourcing Manager, you should have experience with:

• Leading and delivering strategic sourcing projects, preferably within Technology but not essential.
• The ability to lead highly complex RFPs and demonstrate capability to multitask and prioritize the workload.
• Stakeholder management with excellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, and a high attention to detail and urgency.
• In-depth knowledge of commercial models, approaches, and techniques.

Additional Valued Skills

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience with Technology Sourcing and leading complex Software Sourcing projects.
• Experience working within Financial Services.
• Experience supporting category management development.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Purpose of the Role

To optimize 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/optimization.

Accountabilities

• Profile spend in the category area and develop understanding of business strategy, business requirements, cost levers, and opportunities. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify sourcing needs, develop requests for proposals, and ensure sourcing activities align with the bank's needs and priorities.
• Plan and execute sourcing events including RFP/ RFXs and negotiations to best meet business requirements for value, speed, compliance, and risk.
• Monitor and guide controls and compliance requirements throughout the category and sourcing cycle from request to contract, including regulatory engagement, controls, audits, and data quality.
• Develop, implement, and operate policies and procedures for sourcing activities aligned with the policies, standards, relevant compliance, and regulation.
• Identify and deliver change opportunities to improve the effectiveness, control, and efficiency of sourcing processes, including buying channel optimization for relevant categories of spend (catalogues, demand challenge, etc.).
• Identify industry trends and developments related to sourcing and category management by attending conferences, participating in training, and conducting market research on techniques and tools.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute to 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.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. Lead specialists to influence the operations of a department, aligning with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long-term goals and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviors to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviors are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energize and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• For an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within their own discipline and guide technical direction. Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for other areas of specialization to complete assignments. Train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long-term profits, organizational risks, and strategic decisions.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management, on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• 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.
• Comprehensively understand organizational functions to contribute to achieving business goals.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business-aligned support areas to keep up with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretive 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 to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.