GSS - Regional Sourcing Professional

• Supporting the Global Sourcing Category Leads / Managers in IT and NON IT categories in developing the overall spend category strategy in partnership with key stakeholders and managing the effective delivery of that strategy
• Managing and/or providing oversight to category-wide efficiency and governance initiatives

Effective management and delivery of new deals and renewals, including:

• Influencing the adoption of appropriate sourcing strategies and activities
• Leading RFPs and renewals, including complex and high-profile commercial/contractual negotiations
• Significant interaction with senior internal clients and senior representatives from external vendors
• Creating and presenting impactful deal summaries/recommendations
• Working as part of cross-functional and cross-regional teams
• Maintaining deal pipelines

• Providing a commercial advisory service to key stakeholders
• Meeting or exceeding a range of financial and non-financial performance targets
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative working relationships with stakeholders
• Build strong supplier relationships and supplier management programmes; driving initiatives with suppliers in co-ordination with the business and corporate functions
• Supporting the ongoing development of Nomura s Global Sourcing function
• Where applicable, supporting the execution of Business Continuity plans and pro-active operational risk management

• Degree level qualification or equivalent
• CIPS or other professional Sourcing/Procurement qualification desirable
• Minimum 8+ years of experience of sourcing the relevant spend categories in a blue-chip environment, with a proven track record of successfully leading commercial and contract activities, including:

• Supporting the Global Sourcing Category Lead in IT and NON IT in the development and maintenance of strategic Category-wide plans and initiatives in conjunction with stakeholders
• Portfolio opportunity analysis and subsequent benefit delivery
• Effectively influencing the sourcing strategy for individual projects
• Leading internal/market analysis, competitive bidding and negotiation activities for regional and global agreements, with a range of value and complexity
• Re-negotiation and value extraction from embedded legacy / incumbent suppliers
• Knowledge of the pricing and contracting mechanisms for global enterprise level suppliers
• Excellent understanding of commercial levers and legal terms and conditions relating to IT and Non IT contracts
• Knowledge of supply market, supplier capabilities, and expected trends at a geographic and global level

• Experience in a Banking environment may be an advantage, but is not essential
• Staff management experience essential and cross-regional team experience an advantage
• Ability to motivate, organise and develop team members
• Strong and experienced commercial and contract negotiator
• Is highly credible, an effective communicator (written and verbal) and is able to influence senior external vendors and senior internal clients
• Self-starter who can work with minimal supervision and manage a large volume of projects
• Can contribute effectively to and/or co-ordinate cross-functional teams
• Can drive projects to a conclusion while maintaining a high quality of task delivery

• Understand clients needs and issues, and provide solutions utilizing Nomura Group company s resources; earn the clients trust
• Acquire a wide range of knowledge as an employee of Nomura, instead of focusing only on one s own area of expertise; play a part in improving the company s service level and corporate value

• Take on new challenges for improvement and cultivate a corporate culture of challenge by driving change in business operations

• Ensure views are not biased, accept different opinions and perspectives, and collaborate with other members to create common values

• Provide appropriate guidance to others and act in a manner that places emphasis on the performance and growth of the organization

• Improve further the understanding and awareness of corporate philosophy, professional ethics, compliance, risk management, and code of conduct, and make decisions and take actions from a managerial position