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FIS · 2 days ago

Strategic Sourcing Manager

Jacksonville, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

FIS is a leading company in the fintech sector, focused on advancing the way the world pays, banks, and invests. The Strategic Sourcing Manager will be responsible for selecting and monitoring vendors/suppliers, ensuring performance meets requirements, and managing long-term relationships to support corporate functions effectively.

BankingFinancial ServicesFinTechPayments

Responsibilities

Facilitates development of relationships with vendors/suppliers and maintains relationships for long-term contracts

Establishes systems and procedures to ensure and enhance overall quality

Establishes requirements for suppliers to achieve process and quality standards

Reviews, analyzes, and monitors supplier contract performance and compliance

Negotiates and coordinates additions, deletions, and modifications to agreements

Develops and maintains vendor relationships including tracking and analysis of vendor spend and performance

Maintains solutions to ensure purpose and functionality of suppliers closely aligns with business procedures, directions and strategies

Manages the selection process to evaluate products based on user requirements, makes recommendations and ensures purchases are in alignment with current standards and strategy

Train, develop, and monitor lower level staff

May manage staff or line of business

Qualification

Strategic sourcingVendor managementContract negotiationFinancial managementProject managementCommunication skillsProblem solvingTeam managementTime management

Required

Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience

Typically requires three to five years of contract negotiation, financial management, and vendor relationship experience

Knowledge of strategic sourcing or vendor management functions and procedures

Knowledge of client or vendor relations

Knowledge of project management methods and techniques

Proficiency to supervise, lead and manage staff members effectively

Excellent verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization, e.g., executive, management, individual contributors

Excellent problem solving, team and time management skills managing multiple deadlines for self and others

Proficiency in evaluating the performance capabilities of subordinates as well as counsel subordinates in development and/or corrective discipline

Proficiency in making projections of future expenses based on analysis of cost effectiveness of past expenditures

Proficiency to operate independently