Associate Manager Sourcing Services

Standard Chartered India; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Competitive salary and benefits

Wellbeing and learning programs

Job summary

Standard Chartered India is seeking a Supply Chain professional to manage data accuracy in SAP Ariba (SC Buy) for sourcing projects, contracts and vendor management. You will ensure base information is accurate to enable effective sourcing, reporting and workspace creation.

The role involves creating RFPs, onboarding suppliers, and maintaining up-to-date SC Buy data while partnering with global leads and stakeholders to drive process improvements and compliance.

Qualifications

• Degree in Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Economics or Business Administration.
• Experience with SAP Ariba/SC Buy processes and data accuracy.
• Knowledge of contracts, vendor management and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and monitor Sourcing Project metadata in SC Buy.
• Ensure data quality for base information in SC Buy.
• Assist in creating RFPs, supplier onboarding, and contract workspaces.
• Support process improvements and maintain SLA turnaround times.
• Coordinate with global leads and stakeholders to keep SC Buy updated.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organised

Ariba

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Commercial risk

Education

Degree in Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Economics or Business Administration

Tools

SAP Ariba/SC Buy

Job description

Job Description:

Job Summary

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is responsible for the full lifecycle management of the commercial relationship with its external third-party vendors. To meet increasing business and efficiency demands, the SCM team is looking for a candidate with the ability managing request within the SAP Ariba System (known internally in SCB as SCBuy). The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring data accuracy as it relates to the base information required to raise workspaces relating to Sourcing Projects, Contracts and Vendor Management that will underpin the successful execution of sourcing and enable accurate reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Tools & Processes

• Creation, monitoring and administration of Sourcing Project meta data within the SC Buy Procurement
• system. Documentation of related documents and quality assuring SC Buy Critical Data Elements (CDE)

Facilitate in:

• Create Requests for Proposals (RFP) within SC Buy
• Request Supplier onboarding into Ariba as required
• Contract workspace creation
• Continuously support simplification and improvement of processes and applicable controls to realise efficiency

Stakeholder Management

• Work with Global Category Lead (GCL) , Global Category Manager (GCM), Sourcing Manager, Cluster Lead to ensure that SAP Ariba System (known internally in SCB as SC Buy) is up to date and accurate.
• Guides Business Stakeholders through the SAP Ariba System (known internally in SCB as SC Buy.
• Provides guidance on SCM process, systems, policy and procedure.

Project Management

• Ensures Sourcing Requests (SR) / Custom Form (CF) projects are prioritized and assign within agreed SLA turnaround time.
• Ensures Purchasing Requisition accuracy and approve within agreed SLA turnaround time.
• Supports sourcing initiatives within agreed target operating model.

Cross Functional Engagement

• Raises and sees through any opportunities for improvement.
• Takes part in forums to assist process improvement teams as applicable.
• Keeps open channels of communication to ensure high level of engagement within the team.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives

Risk Management

• Operate in compliance with mandated sourcing processes, policies and procedures
• Supports the business functional vendor management teams in day 2 supplier matters

Key Stakeholders

• Key stakeholder interactions are SCM Global Category Leads/Category Managers /SCM operations
• SCM Cluster Leads, Country Leads, SCM Risk and Governance and Vendor Management.
• Cross functional teams during category management development and during strategic sourcing events. This includes, but not limited to, Business stakeholders, Legal, Compliance, Tax and Finance

Sustainability

• Educates the business on sustainable ways to procure goods and services and ensures continuous improvement in terms of adoption

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Lead the Group/Country Stakeholders to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment. *
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, diminish, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters

Skills And Experience

• An Eye for detail
• Organised
• Knowledge in ERP system (Ariba)
• Commercial Contract knows howCommunication skills
• Commercial Risk Management
• Contract Management
• Stakeholder Management

Qualifications

Academic/ Professional Qualifications

• At least a Degree in Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Economics or Business Administration

Language Proficiency

• Fluent in English.
• Vietnamese/Thai/Korean Language Skill is a significant advantage

Experience

• At least 2 years’ working experience a corporate environment
• Previous experience of working within the Financial Services or technology sector is an advantage
• Relevant experience in stakeholder management (i.e. practices, leadership, effectiveness).
• Working with a SAP ERP system is an advantage

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together We

Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do

Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What We Offer

• In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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