Contract Remediation

Join us as a Contract Remediation at Barclays, where you will oversee the sourcing deal allocation process. Your responsibilities will include reviewing, researching, and discussing allocations with category leads or Vice Presidents, updating trackers, and managing ongoing discussions to ensure quick and efficient assignment and processing. Additionally, you will support the team in fulfilling deals accurately and promptly. Key skills for success in this role include a keen eye for detail, strong communication abilities, proactivity, ownership, and relevant job-specific expertise.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with Contract remediation role, as well as job-specific skillsets.

To be successful as an Contract Remediation, you should have experience with:
Essential Qualifications:

- Basic sourcing/ procurement understanding.
- Data analysis, reporting and tracking along with little bit of automation.
- Curiosity to learn and ask questions.
- Overseeing negotiations for the contract schedules pertaining to third party vendor engagement risks. Providing support to stakeholders across the areas of Sourcing, Supplier Management, and Business in doing contract related work.
- Negotiate identified third party risks and key regulatory requirements, engage with the Subject Matter Experts in Barclays, and escalate risks, if any, with the goal of working towards contract execution.

Desirable skillsets:

- Worked in typical sourcing team’s agnostic to category.
- Experience in working with bank or BFSI.
- Risk mindset approach.

This role will be based out of Noida.

**Purpose of the role**

To optimise and address Barclays 3rd party spend requirements, including the definition, development and implementation of approaches for relevant spend categories and requirements with close collaboration with the business and execution of strategic sourcing and buying channel development/optimisation.

**Accountabilities**
- Profile spend in category area and develop understanding of business strategy, business requirements, cost levers and opportunities. Collaboration with internal stakeholders to identify sourcing needs, develop requests for proposal and ensure sourcing activities align to the banks needs and priorities.
- Planning and execution of sourcing events including RFP/ RFXs, negotiations to best meet the business requirements for value, speed, compliance, risk.
- Monitoring and guiding of controls and compliance requirements to be met through the category and sourcing cycle from request to contract, including regulatory engagement, controls, audits, data quality etc.
- Development, implementation and operation of policies and procedures for sourcing activities aligned to the policies, standards, relevant compliance and regulation.
- Identification and delivery of change opportunities to improve effectiveness, control and efficiency of sourcing processes including buying channel optimisation for relevant categories of spend (catalogues, demand challenge etc.).
- Identification of industry trends and development related to sourcing and category management by attending conferences, participating in training, and conducting market research on techniques and tools.

**Analyst Expectations**
- To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
- Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
- Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
- They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others.
- OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
- Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
- Partner with other functions and business areas.
- Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
- Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
- Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
- Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
- Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, al