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SCM & Operations
Job Code
1354885
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:
- Regularly meet with business owners across Synchrony lines of businesses (LOBs) and/or Sourcing Leaders to provide guidance and direction to functional teams, with strong process responsibility to develop comprehensive plan to execute while meeting business needs (i.e., examine scope, cost, availability of products/services and market conditions to complete projects).
- Expertise on Global Supply markets (US and Asia) in terms of supplier/products/services and local compliance requirement for suppliers.
- Drive sourcing initiatives with focus on driving productivity, cost saving benefits and identifying rationalization opportunities.
- Leverage professional expertise with Legal and business owners to review and modify contractual terms & conditions.
- Oversight of supplier compliance with regulatory and reputational requirements throughout all stages of the sourcing process.
- Conduct and assist RFIs/RFPs, market research and identification, qualification and competitive analysis of required products and services.
- Utilize Source to Pay and e-Auction tools to leverage competition and drive cost reductions.
- Work with Sourcing Team Leader to identify, streamline and support implementation of improvement to Sourcing operating plan as well as the overall Sourcing process
- Identify, streamline and drive implementation of sourcing strategies for various categories (majorly Technology, Marketing, and Contingent Labour).
- Work with Supplier Management teams and the functional businesses to ensure alignment with strategies, goals, and objectives.
- Regularly monitor, track and report on Sourcing projects to ensure adherence to cycle-time performance metrics
- Create PowerPoint/Excel materials for review with senior and executive management teams, as required.
- Support updating of all purchasing-related SOPs.
- Perform other duties and/or special projects, as assigned.
Required Skills/Knowledge:
Minimum of 7 years of experience within Sourcing (including but not limited to category management, contract negotiations, supply chain management, supplier management, and/or logistics) with a proven track record for strong execution and delivering value.
Desired Skills/Knowledge:
- Experience within Financial Service or Banking Industry
- Demonstrated project management skills
- Must have proven strong facilitation skills and experience delivering presentations
- Must have proven quantitative and analytical skill set
- Experience providing outstanding oral and written communication skills at all levels of the organization
- High enthusiasm and desire to work in fast paced, ever changing environment
- Proven ability to manage complex initiatives across multiple teams/platforms
- Ability to work independently and effectively manage multiple priorities with little supervision
- Experience working with Source to Pay systems (Coupa, Ariba, Oracle, or comparable solution)
- Strong PC proficiency (Microsoft Suite including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) or comparable software application
Eligibility Criteria:
- Bachelors degree/Masters with a minimum 7+ years of experience in financial services or insurance (i.e., Supplier Risk Management, Operations, Customer Service, Collections), or in lieu of a degree 9+ years of experience in financial services or insurance (i.e., Supplier Risk Management, Operations, Customer Service, Collections)
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