GWS Sourcing Manager

Job Scope:

• Implementation and Compliance to JC Purchasing Strategies and Processes.
• Responsibility for Procurement and sourcing for the GWS.

Main Responsibilities and Duties:

• Co-ordinate the implementation of JC Corporate Sourcing; Supply Chain Strategy within the Country. This includes promoting the use of Preferred Suppliers, ensuring adherence to Building Efficiency Integrity; SOX requirements and generating savings across FM services lines.
• Streamline the Contract Register for the ops Accounts, enforce the use of preferred Suppliers [in order to reduce supplier base and leverage spend], and put in place formal contracts with key suppliers [ensuring back to back risk with client accounts].
• Develop a Sourcing Plans for ops Accounts.
• Ensure services lines are tendered in line with the Sourcing Plan.
• Ensure consistency of specifications, SLAs and processes.
• Manage risk and supply chain cost.
• Work closely with operations on the accounts with regards to Sourcing.
• Promote compliance and process. Also, act as a point of escalation for supplier issues on Accounts.
• Actively support the Regional Sourcing team and the Account Directors in identification and reporting of savings and ownership and reporting of specific sourcing initiatives.
• Driving the central GWS Sourcing Team in developing central initiatives, undertaken central [JC] projects as and when required, undertake sourcing training and sharing best practice.
• Ownership and Management of selected central Preferred Suppliers. This involves quarterly reviews and management of these suppliers in the Supplier Database.
• Under the guidance of the Regional Sourcing manager, work with Solutions Development team in tendering service lines for bid proposals.
• Under the guidance of the Regional Sourcing manager, transitioning suppliers [as part of sourcing Transition module] to JC when new business is secured.
• Management responsibility for sourcing teams.
• Supporting the Regional Sourcing Director with development of sourcing processes; procedures, Savings authorizations and tracking, the provision of management information, and ad hoc initiatives which drive the SCM department forward [ie legal library, tender templates, university research, accreditations].