Senior Manager, Technology Sourcing - Global Procurement Services

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In this role you, will :

Develop relationships with IT leaders to support enterprise objectives, influence key stakeholders and jointly develop strategic sourcing strategies while collaborating on sourcing initiatives and projects

Collaborate with Business Unit and Operations leaders to fully understand key business drivers, spend drivers, and achieve required support levels

Lead business value through the development of high quality and cost effective supply relationships, while pursuing and championing total cost of ownership (TCO) savings directly by savings captured through leveraging Bank-wide purchasing volume, strategic supplier relationships, demand management or indirect savings realized by driving innovation and or enhancing the overall effectiveness of the supply management process

Directly lead and implement best practices in sourcing initiatives

Manage category within and across the Bank’s business segments, and serve as a key contributor to a well-developed and evolving supplier management process

Track sourcing initiatives for multi-functional stakeholder teams, ensuring effective strategy development, market assessments, RFP processes, contract and supplier negotiation, and supplier management while enabling collaboration and innovation between stakeholders and suppliers

Establish and develop on-going strategic relationships with key suppliers during major sourcing / project initiatives

Proactively work with the Business Line VMOs and contract owners to understand business needs, business strategy, and pipeline of contract renewals to build an overall supplier contract strategy (consolidate and reduce contracts where opportunity exists)

Lead Top-to-Top Supplier Meetings for enterprise suppliers

Act as the issues / incident escalation point for the supplier that may have an enterprise wide impact or not resolved at the business level

Contribute to a disciplined effort to influence spend and drive cost savings across all business segments

Support consistent application of procurement processes across constituent groups

Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge

Understands how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions

Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his / her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML / ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML / ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct

Champions a high performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates team members by fostering an inclusive work environment;

communicating vison / values / business strategy and managing succession and development planning for the team

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? - We'd love to work with you if you have :

Bachelor’s degree in management, business, or related field; master (MA or MSc) in business or engineering, CIS, science, or finance an asset

Minimum of 5-10 years progressive sourcing experience

CPM (Certified Purchasing Manager) preferred

Global sourcing experience including technology services-related expertise

Ability to bridge communications between Sourcing, IT, business and legal stakeholders / partners with a focus on developing an understanding of how to structure contracts to deliver against bank’s needs

Excellent change-leadership and conflict resolution management as well as advanced problem solving skills

Excellent stakeholder management skills and comfort in speaking with senior leaders at the Bank

Knowledgeable in financial services and regulations (e.g., OSFI, OCC, CFPB, UDAAP) and how they are applied to Third Party relationships is preferred

Ability to comprehend complex technical and financial issues and use them to inform the creation of effective action plans and supplier strategies

Strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills

Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with global stakeholder groups. Superior interpersonal and communication skills, exhibits a high level of professionalism

Knowledge and experience with state-of-the-art procurement and analysis technologies

Knowledge and understanding of emerging IT and related architecture