VP- Procurement Supplier Management

Lead global supplier management for Corporate Real Estate & Procurement, assess and strengthen internal control frameworks, manage third-party risk and audits, report findings to senior stakeholders, and lead a team to drive continuous improvement and compliance with Barclays control standards.

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Job Description

Purpose of the role

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.  

Accountabilities

• Knowledge of business areas, products, processes and platforms to be able to assess risk
• Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.
• Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations.
• Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders.
• Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice.
• Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework.

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.

Join us as a “VP- CRES & Procurement Supplier Management” at Barclays, where you'll be part of the global Supplier Management team, managing suppliers in the Corporate Real Estate Solutions and Procurement (CRES and Procurement) category globally. The category includes suppliers delivering a wide variety of services including real estate management, construction/ fit-out project management, facilities management, building engineering, sustainability and a wide variety of related consultancy and software/ technology services.

To be successful as a “VP- CRES & Procurement Supplier Management, you should have experience with:

• Expertise in Supplier Management and Third Party Risk Management.
• Experience in managing large and multi-faceted Corporate Real Estate supplier relationships, including suppliers deploying technology to manage various Corporate Real Estate functions.
• Organised and structured with high attention to detail.
• Analytical, process orientated, diligent and logical approach to work
• Proficiency in pulling reports and crunching data.
• Proficiency in summarisation and presentation of complex concepts to senior stakeholders.
• Highly articulate and persuasive communicator with proven written and verbal communication.
• Ability to balance speed of delivery with requirement to deep dive in different situations
• Address critical situations in a seamless and comfortable manner.
• Proven track record and experience in global organisations with matrix reporting and managing diverse teams in a global environment.
• Ability to thrive in a highly complex operating environment and with a huge variety of tasks and challenges.
• Proactively seeking opportunities for continuous development.
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office, especially Excel (formulae, VLookup and other similar basics), MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
• Functional know-how: Strong and credible functional knowledge and deep understanding of Third Party Risk Management activities with a focus on ongoing management and monitoring of risk within the supply chain
• Value-based business perspective: have a strong understanding and be a subject-matter expert on supplier onboarding and ongoing management; with a view of driving efficiencies both on the process and commercial side
• Experience managing Audits/ Controls Assurance: Extensive experience in audit and controls assurance or risk and compliance functions.
• People leadership experience: The role-holder will be required to lead a team of experienced Supplier Managers, and should be able to lead by example, providing coaching, performance management and career development
• Senior stakeholder management: Experience with facing and managing senior global stakeholders in a matrixed global organisation is critical for this role.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Industry-recognised qualifications in Supplier Management.
• Highly experienced Third Party Risk Specialist at a prominent financial institution or consultancy firm.
• knowledge of GRC tools such as Process Unity, as well as familiarity with Tableau or other similar analytical tools.
• Any experience in Compliance, Audit or similar functions.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with Supplier Management and Third Party Risk Management, as well as job-specific skillsets.

This role will be based out of Pune