Global Sourcing Category Manager - Vice President

Job summary

As a Global Sourcing Category Manager - Vice President in Global Supplier Services, you will lead category strategy, sourcing execution and contract negotiations for third-party supplier spend. You will support business partners across logistics, transportation, fulfillment, carrier pricing, card manufacturing, enterprise print, mail operations and other large-scale operational services. You will use market insight, commercial judgment and stakeholder partnership to deliver savings, reduce risk, improve supplier performance and support business priorities.

Job responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies for assigned supplier spend
• Analyze spend, cost drivers, supplier markets and industry trends to identify savings and value opportunities
• Lead sourcing events, including requirements gathering, supplier identification, proposal evaluation, negotiation and contract development
• Partner with business stakeholders, regional sourcing teams, Legal, Risk, Finance, Third Party Oversight and control partners to deliver compliant sourcing outcomes
• Manage supplier relationships and drive accountability for performance, service delivery, value and risk
• Identify opportunities to improve total cost of ownership, operational performance and supplier optimization
• Communicate sourcing recommendations, risks, trade-offs and decisions to stakeholders
• Support preferred supplier, savings, compliance and risk mitigation objectives

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 5 years experience managing sourcing categories, supplier negotiations or third-party supplier spend
• Experience supporting logistics, transportation, print, mail, fulfillment, card manufacturing or other operational services categories
• Strong commercial, analytical and negotiation skills
• Ability to conduct market, industry, supplier and cost-driver analysis to support decision-making
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and communicate across functions
• Experience leading sourcing events, including RFI, RFP or RFQ processes
• Experience interpreting and executing supplier agreements, schedules or transaction-level documents
• Strong project management skills, including planning, execution, issue resolution and stakeholder updates
• Strong risk management judgment with the ability to identify, mitigate and communicate business risks
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience supporting financial services, consumer banking, digital banking or large enterprise operations
• Experience with transportation, logistics, carrier agreements, print production, card manufacturing, mail or print operations equipment
• Experience using Ariba or similar sourcing and contracting platforms
• Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset with the ability to challenge the status quo and deliver practical solutions
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
• Experience building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and supplier partners