Sourcing Deal Governance Manager
On-siteManchester, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Oversee global governance oversight for sourcing deals, facilitating deal approvals and enhancing visibility of long-range pipeline and category plans. Define and maintain centralized governance policies, including materiality thresholds and approval limits, while administering a robust deal pipeline linking all contributing Boards and Forums. Drive continuous process improvements to automate workflows and simplify procedures for sourcing managers. Build and maintain a navigable documentation repository subject to regular review, ensuring ownership remains with relevant stakeholders. Support the development of the Category Plan Review Calendar and coordinate inputs for Board presentations. Act as a trusted adviser on governance procedures and policies, providing checks and challenges to ensure compliance with financial discretion limits and terms of reference.
Required Qualifications
- Understanding of functional governance
- Subject Matter Expert on appropriate governance procedures and policies
- Knowledge of approval limits
- Ability to define and maintain policies and accountabilities supporting a centralised governance model
- Ability to administer a robust deal pipeline linking all contributing Boards & Forums
- Ability to build a simple to use repository of documentation that is maintained in current state, easy to locate and navigate and subject to regular review and scrutiny
- Ability to work with Board Secretariats to define operating principles in line with Financial Discretion Limits, Terms of References & Matters Reserved for the Board
Desired Qualifications
- Ability to provide check and challenge on governance processes
- Naturally inquisitive mindset
- Ability to seek ways to automate and create simplification for Sourcing Managers
- Ability to create a greater visibility of the long range pipeline and category plans
- Ability to facilitate securing of deal approvals
- Ability to disseminate governance materials
- Ability to ensure ownership of content remains with relevant contributing stakeholders
- Ability to support the build out, and maintenance of the Category Plan Review Calendar
- Ability to ensure inputs and Contributors are timely, on brief and available for presentation to Boards & Forums
- Ability to create a rich view for Sourcing & Procurement Leadership to share an informed and long range view to Senior Stakeholders across the business
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