Marketing Category and Sourcing Manager

Barclays Bank Plc; Coulsdon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Marketing Category and Sourcing Manager to optimize their 3rd party spend. This role involves extensive collaboration with internal teams and effective sourcing across various marketing categories, along with managing a team and ensuring compliance with sourcing policies. Successful candidates will possess strong stakeholder management skills and experience in contract negotiations.

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder management.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Solid understanding of commercial practices.
• Experience in contract negotiations.
• Knowledge of procurement best practices.
• Ability to manage risks and controls effectively.

Responsibilities

• Profile spend in the category area and understand business strategy.
• Plan sourcing events including RFP/RFX.
• Monitor controls and compliance requirements.
• Develop and implement sourcing policies.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Lead a team to deliver effective sourcing outcomes.

Skills

Stakeholder Management experience

Strong organisation skills

Commercial knowledge

Contract negotiations experience

Procurement best-in-class practices

Resilience

Self-starter

Marketing knowledge

Job description

Overview

Join us as a Marketing Category and Sourcing Manager at Barclays, to optimise and address Barclays 3rd party spend requirements, including the definition, development and implementation of approaches for relevant spend categories and requirements with close collaboration with the business and execution of strategic sourcing across a wide range of marketing categories.

Location

Can be based out of Glasgow, Northampton or Knutsford.

Responsibilities

• Profile spend in the category area and develop understanding of business strategy, business requirements, cost levers and opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify sourcing needs, develop requests for proposal and ensure sourcing activities align to the bank’s needs and priorities.
• Plan and execute sourcing events including RFP/RFXs, negotiations to best meet the business requirements for value, speed, compliance and risk.
• Monitor and guide controls and compliance requirements to be met through the category and sourcing cycle from request to contract, including regulatory engagement, controls, audits, data quality and more.
• Develop, implement and operate policies and procedures for sourcing activities aligned to the policies, standards, relevant compliance and regulation.
• Identify and deliver change opportunities to improve effectiveness, control and efficiency of sourcing processes, including buying channel optimisation for relevant categories of spend (catalogues, demand challenge, etc.).
• Identify industry trends and develop related knowledge by attending conferences, participating in training, and conducting market research on techniques and tools.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.
• Set objectives, coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, and conduct performance appraisals linked to reward outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues, advising People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources, internal and external, to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information, influencing or convincing stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Stakeholder Management experience.
• Strong organisation skills and time management.
• Commercial knowledge.
• Contract negotiations experience.
• Procurement best‑in‑class practices.
• Highly valued skills: resilience, self‑starter, marketing knowledge.
• Key critical skills: risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, job‑specific technical skills.

Leadership Expectations

• Advises and influences decision making, contributes to policy development and takes responsibility for operational effectiveness.
• Collaborates closely with other functions/business divisions.
• The four LEAD behaviours: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.

Values & Mindset

• Demonstrate Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
• Operate with the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge and Drive.