Procurement Client Lead

Join us at Barclays as a Procurement Client Lead. In this Vice President role, you will assist your business clients in getting the best possible experience and service from the Procurement organization. Working with delivery partners within Procurement, key responsibilities will include evaluating and optimizing the 3rd party supply base to minimize risk and maximize savings and efficiency. Additionally, collaboration with the business to execute strategic sourcing and buying channel development/optimization.

To be successful in your role as Procurement Client Lead it would be an advantage to have:

• Procurement experience (Sourcing/Supplier Oversight)
• Business operations experience
• Project execution and deal completion experience
• Validated stakeholder engagement experience
• Internal stakeholder collaboration at the Senior Executive level

• The ability to navigate multi-faceted commercial engagements with precision and strategic insight
• Demonstrate outstanding written and verbal communication skills across stakeholders and formats
• Excel in planning and executing deliverables on time and to a consistently high standard

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

This role is located in Wilmington, DE.

To partner with key stakeholders and forums to oversee Procurement service delivery, provide advice and develop procurement strategy to meet both the needs of the business and Procurement.

• Development & implementation of the wider Procurement strategy in collaboration with stakeholders and Procurement domains.
• Implementation of the procurement strategy aligned to the bank’s objectives and relevant regulators, through the prioritisation and use of Procurement resources.
• Provide expertise on Procurement policies and procedures, third party risk, sourcing strategy and supplier relations to business stakeholders through education.
• Act as a point of escalation for Procurement service and delivery issues for business stakeholders.
• Act as the primary interface for Procurement with senior stakeholders in the business, developing & utilising relationships and influence to deliver improvements in key indicators and objectives.
• Identification of & where applicable, delivery of opportunities for business cost savings, client experience, service improvement & Procurement efficiency.
• Voice of the business with Procurement domains, developing and utilising relationships & influence to impact Procurement service delivery.
• Provide insights and actionable intelligence to business stakeholders to support business decision making to improve the commercial & risk profile of the business.
• Support the business with strategic activity acting as the Procurement representative for key business change programmes, acquisitions and divestments.

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject…