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About the Role
This role involves shaping global procurement strategy for Consultancy Services and Non-Permanent Workforce within a major international bank. You will lead complex sourcing and negotiations, engage with C-suite stakeholders, manage global suppliers, and deliver savings, risk reduction, and innovation. The position offers broad enterprise exposure and the opportunity to make a visible impact across a global organization.
Responsibilities
- Lead global category strategy and planning for Consultancy and Non-Permanent Workforce within the assigned business area or function.
- Create, implement, and continually review category plans aligned with business priorities.
- Deliver measurable savings, demand management, lifecycle value, risk reduction, and innovation.
- Lead global strategic tenders and complex commercial negotiations with consultancy and resourcing suppliers.
- Manage high-value procurement transactions across multiple countries, business areas, and spend categories.
- Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, including C-suite and executive-level decision-makers, and provide constructive challenge.
- Manage supplier performance, risks, relationships, and post-contractual activities, including contract management and continuous improvement.
- Manage and develop an Assistant Category Manager, while maintaining accountability for delivery and ensuring compliance with procurement policies, controls, and governance.
Requirements
- Significant experience in global category management, strategic sourcing, or commercial procurement, ideally covering Consultancy Services, Professional Services, contingent labour, or resourcing.
- Strong experience managing consultancy suppliers and complex, high-value consultancy engagements.
- A proven track record of leading large-value negotiations, tenders, commercial deals, and sourcing strategies across multiple markets.
- Experience working effectively in complex, geographically dispersed, and multi-layered organizations; banking or financial-services experience is desirable.
- Strong senior stakeholder-management, influencing, and presentation skills, with confidence communicating with C-suite and executive audiences.
- Advanced data-analysis and commercial-modelling skills, with the ability to use market intelligence and procurement data to shape decisions.
- Experience in contract management, supplier relationship management, supplier performance, and risk management, including post-contractual activity.
- A hands-on leadership approach, including experience managing or mentoring colleagues, working at pace, using Coupa or a comparable procurement system, and collaborating with Procurement, Risk, Legal, Finance, and other control functions.
Skills
- Category Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Commercial Procurement
- Consultancy Services Procurement
- Non-Permanent Workforce Management
- Negotiation
- Stakeholder Management
- Supplier Management
- Risk Management
- Data Analysis
- Commercial Modelling
- Contract Management
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Procurement Systems (e.g., Coupa)
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced Professional
Benefits
- Tailored professional development opportunities
- Competitive pay and benefits package
- Private healthcare for all UK-based employees
- Enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support
- Contributory pension scheme with generous employer contribution
About the Company
- HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with a network covering more than 50 countries and territories.
- The company aims to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and helping people fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.
Equal Opportunity
- Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve.
- HSBC is dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or age.
- We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best.
- We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
- If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk via hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com.