Business Unit Relationship Sourcing Manager

Morgan Stanley; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 182,500; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley’s Global Supplier Services team is seeking a VP-level Business Unit Relationship Manager to lead execution, coordination, and enablement for the Business Unit Relationship Sourcing Lead. You will drive intake, track demand across categories, and ensure timely delivery of sourcing services.

You will partner with stakeholders across Technology, Professional Services, and Non IT, maintain lifecycle visibility, prepare leadership materials, and escalate risks while upholding

Qualifications

• Experience in sourcing, procurement, vendor management, or business operations.
• Strong organizational, coordination, and follow-through skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• Clear and effective communication with stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with contract management tools is a plus.
• Experience in financial services or a large enterprise setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary day-to-day execution and coordination support for the Business Unit Relationship Sourcing Lead.
• Support intake, clarification, tracking, and routing of sourcing demand across categories.
• Assist in managing sourcing workflows, priorities, and follow-ups across initiatives.
• Prepare materials for business unit discussions, leadership updates, and decision forums.
• Track milestones across renewals, negotiations, and initiatives to maintain momentum.
• Maintain visibility into the BU sourcing pipeline and upcoming demand.
• Support application of Global Supplier Services governance and standards.
• Identify risks or bottlenecks and elevate as appropriate.
• Assist with commercial summaries, analyses, dashboards, and BU reporting.

Skills

Sourcing

Procurement

Vendor management

Commercial management

Business operations

Organizational skills

Communication

Excel

PowerPoint

Financial services experience

Tools

Contract management tools

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint)

Job description

We're seeking someone to join our Global Supplier Services (GSS) team as a Business Unit Relationship Manager, VP providing execution, coordination, and enablement support to the Business Unit Relationship Sourcing Lead. This role plays a critical part in ensuring consistent, timely, and high quality delivery of sourcing services to the business by supporting intake, coordinating sourcing activity, maintaining lifecycle visibility, and enabling effective execution across initiatives.

In the Corporate Services division, we empower our businesses by creating collaborative workplace solutions and commercial services that enhance the employee and client experience, while optimizing the value of our sourcing and third‑party lifecycle to enable the Firm to do‑and‑win business. Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Act as the primary day to day execution and coordination support for the Business Unit Relationship Sourcing Lead
• Support intake, clarification, tracking, and routing of sourcing demand across Technology, Professional Services, Non IT, and other spend categories
• Assist in managing sourcing workflows, priorities, and follow ups across active initiatives
• Prepare materials for business unit discussions, leadership updates, and decision forums
• Track key milestones across renewals, negotiations, and sourcing initiatives to ensure momentum and follow through
• Maintain visibility into the business unit sourcing pipeline, active initiatives, and upcoming demand
• Support consistent application of Global Supplier Services policies, governance, and sourcing standards
• Identify execution risks, issues, or bottlenecks and elevate as appropriate
• Assist with commercial summaries, analyses, dashboards, and business unit level reporting.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Experience in sourcing, procurement, vendor management, commercial management, or business operations
• Strong organizational, coordination, and follow through skills with attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast paced, matrixed environment
• Clear and effective communication skills, with comfort interacting with business and functional stakeholders
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with sourcing or contract management tools is a plus
• Experience within financial services or a large enterprise environment preferred
• Exposure to Technology, Professional Services, or enterprise vendor ecosystems preferred
• Experience supporting senior stakeholders or relationship managers preferred

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients - helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated - and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what’s best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work‑life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $130,000 and $182,500 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.