To apply for this role, it is essential to have experience in Banking operations, Professional & General Services and Travel & Transportation. Additional experience in Insurance is advantageous.
The Senior Manager is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies for a set of tech or non-tech categories across ENBD Group locations. This role ensures category-level delivery of service to businesses, manage spend and cost savings in line with strategies set by the Business / Tech Sourcing Heads. It plays a pivotal role in translating sourcing strategies into actionable plans within assigned categories across Group Locations.
On a day-day you will be responsible for:
- Developing and Implementing Sourcing Strategies for Multi Categories across Group Locations – you will be using leading sourcing tools to develop and implement Strategic Sourcing, including: supplier assessment, supplier financial analysis, RFI, RFQ & RFP based on certain threshold, Strategy Advisory, Scope Advisory, etc.
- Manage direct reports.
- Drive annual cost savings, supplier and service improvement in each spend category across Group Locations.
- Measure And Track Performance Within Each Spend Category and Define Budgetary Impact: Establish KPIs for each spend category. Define the data collection process; forecast budgetary impact and track actual savings.
- Monitor Category Strategy Implementation and Contract Compliance: Actively monitor the performance of contracts under management of assigned categories to ensure savings identified are meet, and business comply with the contracts in place.
- Cross Functional Team Management: Meet stakeholders weekly / monthly to collaborate and discuss all the activities, including ensuring alignment of sourcing team across Group Locations.
- Supplier Relationship Management: Manage and develop key supplier relationships for the assigned portfolio.
- Drive Best Practices For Sourcing Categories: Ensure adoption of best practices and regular exchange of knowledge across Group Locations.
- Uphold Internal And External Policies, Regulations And Laws: Maintain a working knowledge of applicable laws across the bank International locations.
To be successful in this role, you will need the following skills and experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- MCIPS, CIPS 3 / 4 level
- Multi-year track record in delivering cost savings and strong supplier performance.
- Specific commodity experience.
- 8 year+ Strategic sourcing/category management.
- Technical skills: problem-solving and analytical skills, construct/execute multiple complex analyses simultaneously, market research & intelligence, demand management, risk management
- Managerial skills: project management, negotiating skills, change management, stakeholder management, planning categories.
What we offer you:
- Competitive salary package
- Market-leading incentives
- Strong emphasis on work-life balance and wellbeing across the bank
- Preferential banking facilities for employees
- Generous annual leave entitlement and Private Healthcare
- World-class Learning & Development platform and career development
