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What's the Role?

You are passionate about negotiating that next deal, being part of a Global Department delivering top quality service and advice. Our resourceful and dynamic Procurement Department is looking for an experienced Sourcing Manager to join its US Headquarters based in New York.

As a Sourcing Manager for our Workplace Operations and Supply Chain categories, you will build and manage relationships with our internal clients and the vendors who support our exciting and varied requirements across the whole US region. You will need to show good knowledge of procurement principles, strong negotiating skills and an eye for detail. You will be part of our Americas Sourcing Team supporting multiple internal stakeholders, from a wide spectrum of departments with many and varied needs, in a dynamic demanding environment.

We'll Trust You To:

-Build strong and lasting relationships with internal stakeholders and key suppliers to understand their businesses and needs

-Work collaboratively, negotiate and engage with key stakeholders to facilitate delivery and compliance with the procurement strategy

-Engage stakeholders across various business units and/or geographies to support in aligning their objectives and overcome internal obstacles

-Work with cross-BU stakeholders to ensure "One Bloomberg" approach to common suppliers

-Develop sourcing strategies and manage a robust strategic sourcing pipeline

-Determine specifications and requirements for products and services through communication with stakeholders and the department's strategic plan

-Understand the internal and external environment for the goods/services required by your stakeholders

-Communicate the impact of market changes and potential effects on suppliers to stakeholders

-Articulate the dynamics of the relationships between Bloomberg and key suppliers

-Negotiate contract terms with key vendors to ensure value for money, quality standards and delivery terms with technical and operational input from stakeholders as appropriate

-Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms

-Lead change management initiatives and overcome resistance through discussions and actions

-Ensure adherence to the purchasing policies and thresholds set by the Global Procurement Team

-Help develop or update purchasing policies as needed

-Provide guidance on the sourcing and purchasing process to stakeholders

-Respond to Stakeholder requests in an accurate and timely manner

-Provide support to the rest of the team to make sure we deliver first class customer service

-Support regional sourcing opportunities, including RFPs and reverse auctions, direct negotiations, etc. as necessary

-Experience with continuous improvement and developing and enforcing CAPEX standard operating procedures

You'll need to have:

-7-10 years experience in a strategic sourcing and category management role with Supply Chain specifically Logistics and Warehousing, Facilities construction and CAPEX sourcing and vendor management experience.

-Extensive experience in issue resolution, problem solving, timely delivery and ownership of tasks

-Excellent negotiation, executive presence, project management and supplier management skills

-Strong familiarity e-Sourcing and contract management tools, specifically eBuilder, SAP Ariba Sourcing and Icertis CLM tools

-Experience gathering, analyzing, and reporting on internal and external data to drive sourcing insights and decisions

-Education to degree level, CIPS or combination of education and work experience

-Proven ability to perform in a cross-functional environment with multiple levels of stakeholders

We'd love to see:

-Keen understanding of the end-to-end RFx process.

-Demonstrated application of negotiation and purchasing principles

-Knowledge of international trade terms

-Applied knowledge of Regulatory/Compliance contracting

-SAP, SAP Ariba, eBuilder, Icertis or other ERP systems knowledge

-Bloomberg Terminal knowledge

-BA/BS

-CPP / CIPS / CPM

Does this sound like you?

Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know that the next steps are, but in the meantime feel free to have a look at: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/what-we-do/