Senior Category Sourcing Manager

Job Description

J ob Title Senior Category Sourcing Manager Corporate Title Vice President
Global Procurement provides support to Deutsche Bank’s business and infrastructure divisions globally. You will be a member of the Banking Services category management team supporting Investment Bank, Corporate Bank, Private Bank, and Infrastructure divisions.
Main Product areas that we actively engaged include Front Office Sales and Trading, Clearing, Settlement and Execution Services, Digital Custody Services, Payments – Cards, Payment Gateways, Online Banking, Loan servicing, shareholder servicing, HW, SW and Maintenance supporting banking and brokerage functions and Wealth Management banking, custody and brokerage
The Senior Category Sourcing Manager will need to have the aptitude to operate in this varied and often complex environment, with an ability to develop solutions to problems, with a self-led approach and strong communications skills.

A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits
Identifies specific sourcing projects/initiatives for the year including expected savings, resource requirements and associated timescales for completion
Actively support knowledge management. Manage complex sourcing deals, driving the supplier selection and negotiation process for key sourcing events

Manage programs, people, and change; as commercial lead and / or commercial advisor on sourcing deals, lead and influence programs and people to produce desired changes and transformation
Lead cross-functional teams spanning the Business line, legal, finance, and other Deutsche Bank functional areas. Experience with demand / consumption management, understanding of modeling techniques to monitor and adjust strategies dynamically
Experience with providing aggressive reductions in the non-comp expense base through procurement and process reengineering by identifying and driving cost reductions, supplier consolidation, service delivery improvements, process efficiencies and risk mitigation
Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

Skills That Will Help You Excel
Self-organized, strategic thinker as well as an “executer” with emphasis on getting things done in right quality and on time
Strong team player, able to work in virtual, global teams in a dual reporting matrix organization
Strong communication, influencing and presentation skills (written/verbal for contract negotiations)
High energy, flexible and with the ability to work in a fast-paced and global business environment

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the New York City office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

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