GSS - Team Leader

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• Responsible for leading the sourcing and contracting process for third party supplier spend for various groups within a Line of Business.
• Works proactively with line of business colleagues to identify capable suppliers, lead the competitive sourcing process and negotiate and contract with the chosen suppliers.
• Support the vendor rationalization program across GSS
• Drive channel compliance across the vendor landscape of GSS, while ensuring contracted goods and services can be obtained by our employees in an efficient, cost-effective manner globally.
• Leverage firm-wide buying power and control risk to be consistent with overarching goals.

Role Responsibilities:

• Help support the category management deliverables including; Analysis & Data Gathering - Product and service awareness study, historical spend, TPO, inputs from the LOB, market analysis, partnering with onshore team for findings and observations, with procurement operations and SRM; Supplier Management % of gold & diverse supplier spend, segmentation, preferencing, capability analysis and rationalization; Commercials - Negotiate savings to P&L, EPD enabled spend; Contract Management - New or improved MSA & SLA terms; Compliance ADA, Secondary Data Use Restrictions, purchasing channel
• Develop working relationships with senior executives in the Business operations, Marcom and other lines of business, understand their business drivers, and their requirements for engaging third parties
• Ensure 3rd Party vendor relationships and channel compliance are consistent with GSS strategic priorities.
• Lead the development and execution of strategies for significant sourcing transactions
• Identify qualified candidate suppliers capable of meeting JPMC requirements
• Carry out in depth supplier due diligence as required.
• Work with LOB clients and other stakeholders to define requirements for a sourcing transaction
• Design and execute the competitive process for each sourcing transaction to obtain the best overall value-added solutions from candidate suppliers
• Evaluate competitive offerings from suppliers to develop and present sourcing options that meet JPMC’s business requirements
• Lead the negotiations to establish commercial terms and lead the contract development process through its approval and execution
• Maintain compliance with all policy and procedural guidelines
• Partner with global teams and clients on local, regional and global sourcing projects.
• Partner closely with internal JPMC legal, risk, third party oversight and finance teams towards the successful completion of intricate negotiations and initiatives
• Ensure all the selected vendors are compliant with SLA’s (Service Level Agreements) through collaboration with our internal partners and client teams
• Conduct in depth cost and spend analysis in order develop target saves initiatives though various cost reduction means

Requirements:

• Extensive business operations sourcing experience, specifically with global and regional 3rd party providers
• Extensive Sourcing, Contracting and Procurement knowledge
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal skills and good judgment.
• Ability to successfully multitask and complete difficult assignments/deals within defined deadlines
• Ability to work with all levels of management within the bank across all regions
• Extensive client management skills
• Strong relationship management skills
• Strong financial analysis skills
• Good people management skills

Qualifications:

• Degree level education
• At least 4-5 years experience working within the area of managing third party providers. Experience in managing commodity or spend category spend would be an advantage.
• Working experience of the Banking & Financial Services industry
• Advanced proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite (especially advanced Excel) as well as Ariba
• Excellent internal client management skills.
• Proven track record of broad, strategic thinking in a Sourcing or Vendor Management type role
• Project management experience in complex initiatives.
• Knowledge of the key aspects of the RFI/ RFP/RFQ.
• Strong understanding of legal contracts including service level agreements.
• Knowledge of IT systems and financial systems would be an advantage
• Strong knowledge of PO: administration, developing, specifying goods and services, interpreting legal clauses, managing contractual risks, improvements in contracting practice.