Procurement Client Business Partner

Barclays Business Banking; Northampton; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Procurement Client Business Partner to enhance client experiences within the Procurement organization. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to implement strategic sourcing and optimize the supply base, ensuring efficiency and risk management. The ideal candidate will possess strong procurement and stakeholder management skills, along with excellent communication and project management abilities. Join a dynamic team where your insights will drive significant improvements and contribute to the overall success of the organization. If you are ready to make an impact and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement and supplier management is essential.
• Strong stakeholder management and project management skills are highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Procurement service delivery and develop procurement strategy.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings and service improvements.

Skills

Procurement (Sourcing/Supplier Management)

Stakeholder Management

Business Management

Strong written communication

Strong verbal communication

Time Management

Project Management

Job description

Join us at Barclays as a Procurement Client Business Partner. In this role you will assist your business clients in getting the best possible experience and service from the Procurement organisation. Working with delivery partners within Procurement, key responsibilities will include analysing and optimising the 3rd party supply base to minimise risk and maximise savings and efficiency. Additionally, collaboration with the business to execute strategic sourcing and buying channel development/optimisation.

To be successful as a Procurement Client Business Partner it would be an advantage to have experience with:

• Procurement (Sourcing/Supplier Management).
• Strong Stakeholder management.
• Business Management.

Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include:

• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Time Management and the ability to deliver on time and to a high standard.
• Project Management experience.

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

This role can be based out of Northampton or Knutsford.

Purpose of the role:

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.

Accountabilities:

• 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.

Vice President Expectations:

• 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 escalate 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 matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.