Global Sourcing Category Manager - Vice President

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.

- 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

- 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

- 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