Procurement Manager - Vendor Management - Pontoon : Job Details

Job title: Procurement Manager

Location: London

Duration: Until March 2025

The Role:

The Procurement Manager will form part of a wider team of delivery focused members (PMs, BAs, Workstream leads). The Procurement manager will be responsible in supporting the execution of tasks relating to Procurement deliverables for a large scale offshore outsourcing project the Bank is undertaking.

Responsibilities:

• Manage on-going offshoring services against Contractual Terms especially in relation to monitoring KPI's and service credits.
• Support drafting SoW's and supporting functional leads in transposing their requirements to contractual terms.
• Working to provide category expertise and knowledge in support of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).
• Providing BPO market insights and best practices.
• Coordinating with business leads to track and maintain progress on saving initiatives.
• Produce and embed outputs to ensure commercial and contractual negotiations remain on track.
• Work closely with the Legal Department to ensure contracts are finalised appropriately.
• Lead and support commercial and contractual negotiations.
• Work closely with the America's Division to align offshoring requirements.
• Ensure savings, pipeline, milestones, risks, issues & compliance are accurate and report to line management and appropriate governance forums.
• Lead/ participant in Procurement related meetings, project reporting and governance.

Requirements:

• Industry experience of working with BPO vendor and ability to demonstrate previous offshoring experience in the banking industry is essential.
• Initiative-taking and organised with excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload to deliver within set time frames to the highest quality.
• Strong business awareness, researching, investigating and problem solving.
• Demonstrable experience in governance and spend control in the banking industry necessary.
• Analytical thinking: Ability to critically evaluate complex documentation/stakeholder updates for the Project Manager/to wider project forums.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to build positive relationships with stakeholders of various jurisdictions and seniorities - with the ability to influence to gain agreement.
• Presentation: Ability to produce high quality materials to ensure informed decision-making and information sharing across senior stakeholders.
• Strong BPO vendor management and governance oversight experience.
• Strong analytical capabilities and critical thinking skills; ability to translate data into decision making.
• Excellent collaborator with the ability to build successful and productive relationships.

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