Associate, IT Service Project Sourcing

JPMorgan Chase seeks to do business with suppliers who provide the best price, quality and capability to meet our business needs. With over 600 team members in 11 countries, our Global Supplier Services (GSS) organization works proactively with line of business colleagues to identify capable suppliers, lead the competitive sourcing process, and negotiate and contract with the chosen suppliers. Leveraging firm-wide buying power and controlling risk are consistent overarching goals. GSS then ensures that the contracted goods and services can be obtained by our employees in an efficient, cost-effective manner globally.

Job Summary

As an Associate within the Global Supplier Services team, you will be responsible to support our global Category Management team and define category strategy and executing long-term category plans, foster relationships spanning cross functional business stakeholders and manage key supplier relationships. You will support the management of the category and the unique reporting and comparative analysis needs.

Job responsibilities:

Collaborate well with internal stakeholders to understand their IT Project Services needs and ensure alignment with procurement strategies that drive client success and business results.

Collaborate with aligned Category Management to establish, identify, and refine process improvements and relationship management (both internal and external).

Building and maintain professional relationships with vendors and ensuring vendor performance meets organizational standards. 

Update, maintain and create procedural guidelines, SharePoint sites and resource documents. 

Identify opportunities educate the business on souring Services and Contingent Labor Best Practices

Ensure compliance and utilization of strategic programs and adherence to executed agreements including pricing, processes and policies.

Partner with ITPS team to intake requirements, qualify and define opportunities for reporting requirements.

Apply analysis and trends to global sourcing category operations support. 

Consistently demonstrate a high level of professionalism in behavior and performance.

Focus on continuous learning regarding sourcing best practices through partnership with a variety of internal teams and gain experience in global sourcing systems. 

Maintaining emphasis on Communication, Mailbox & Vendor Management System dashboard management.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

5+ years of experience or equivalent work in Sourcing and Procurement

Knowledge of Professional Services/Contingent Workforce/Labor Sourcing best practices within a centralized sourced model, including exposure to supply chain and demand management planning

Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey procurement strategies, updates, and results to stakeholders and team members.

Knowledge of the key aspects of the RFI/RFP/RFQ and sourcing process

Technology or Clerical & Professional - Contingent Workforce/ Professional Services Sourcing experience.

Strong knowledge of MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, understanding of how to effectively use 

Ability to multi-task and work in fast paced and complex environment, working in very strong collaborative team environment

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Deliver first class service to our customers & improve end user experience

Thrive in a dynamic environment

Excellent prioritization and time management skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

Familiarity with procurement and vendor management software tools

Ability to conduct market/industry/supplier analysis and synthesize data into a consumable format

CCWP or CCWP SOW Mgmt. Expert certifications