Talent Vendor Management Strategy Lead – Vice President

At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future – we shape it. Embark on a transformative journey as Talent Vendor Management Strategy Lead – Vice President where you'll spearhead the evolution of our Talent function. As a member of the Talent Vendor Management Strategy Lead – Vice Presidentyou will lead the build-out of strategic vendors to deliver Talent products and services. You will identify and drive opportunities to enhance vendor experience, effectiveness, efficiency and control. Additionally, you will assist in supporting colleagues with understanding and navigating and E2E vendor processes.

To be successful as a Talent Vendor Management Strategy Lead – Vice President, you should have experience with:
• Team player with demonstrable people leadership skills and able to work collaboratively and partner with multiple stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Prior experience in working with RPOs.
• Excellent problem-solving skills: demonstrated ability to analyse data, structure complex problems, develop solutions.
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work proactively in ambiguous environments and ability to manage multiple tasks/projects and a diverse set of stakeholders across different levels and parts of the business.
• Strong ability to work in a global and highly matrixed organization.
• Business and commercial acumen.
• 3rd party management skills.

Additional Skills:
• Strong ability to work in a global and highly matrixed organization.
• Business and commercial acumen.
• Extensive Procurement/ Sourcing experience as well as experience of the HR Function.
• Third party management skills.
• Experience in managing RPO vendors
• Experience in Prof Hiring/ Exec Recruitment/Campus or Early Careers.
• Working knowledge of Workday.
• Adaptable and fast learner

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

Any UG/PG Degree.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based out of Chennai.

Purpose of the role

To monitor existing Barclays supplier relationships and operations to mitigate risk to the Bank and our customers.

Accountabilities
• Management of existing Barclays suppliers relationships by developing Management Information (MI) that meets the needs of the bank and complies with quality and control standards.
• Development of service level agreements to guide service delivery aligned to time efficiency and support the monitoring of service performance.
• Collaboration with various stakeholder groups to align services to the clients’ needs and the banks objectives.
• Development and execution of service improvement initiatives that improve service efficiency and competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Vice President Expectations
• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.