Marketing Category and Sourcing Manager

Barclays Bank Plc; Rochdale; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Marketing Category and Sourcing Manager to join their team in the UK. The role involves optimising third-party spend across various marketing categories. Key responsibilities include collaborating with stakeholders, planning sourcing events, and monitoring compliance. Candidates should possess strong organisational skills, contract negotiation experience, and a background in procurement practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder management is essential.
• Strong organisational skills and time management required.
• Knowledge of contract negotiations is necessary.
• Familiarity with procurement best practices preferred.

Responsibilities

• Profile spend in the category and understand business strategy.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify sourcing needs.
• Plan and execute sourcing events including negotiations.
• Monitor compliance requirements throughout the sourcing cycle.
• Deliver change opportunities to improve sourcing effectiveness.

Skills

Stakeholder Management experience

Strong organisation skills

Commercial knowledge

Contract negotiations experience

Procurement best-in-class practices

Risk and controls

Strategic thinking

Digital and technology skills

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.