Senior Team Manager, IT Sourcing (PL)

Your Opportunity

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us “challenge the status quo” and transform the finance industry together.

Corporate Vendor Management (CVM) at Charles Schwab & Co. is responsible for implementing a firm-wide, end-to-end vendor relationship management process to maximize vendor performance and value. CVM provides strategic sourcing support; identifies, mitigates, monitors, and manages vendor risk; and assists Schwab in meeting regulatory and compliance requirements. The CVM organization is currently seeking to expand category management and strategic sourcing capabilities in the Technology space (Hardware, Software, Telecom and Networks).

What you’ll do:

The Senior Team Manager, IT Sourcing will play an essential role within Corporate Vendor Management.  You will be responsible for leading and coaching several senior IT Sourcing Managers and providing Schwab Technology business partners with contracting support, planning, and expertise across key technology vendor relationships. You will also be responsible for identifying opportunities, building business cases, and then implementing action plans to drive strategic sourcing efforts.

This position will be responsible for fostering strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the Schwab Technology Services function; developing, maintaining and executing Technology category plans with business partners and the IT Sourcing team; managing all aspects of the strategic sourcing lifecycle; as well as collaborating with risk groups and legal, as required on vendor engagements. The Senior Team Manager will also ensure that industry-leading procurement tools are utilized to support growth relationships for our suppliers and business partners.

Success in this role requires a passion for building and maintaining relationships, demonstrated experience leading teams via sound decision making and execution, strong communication skills, and effective analysis of needs and best practices across sourcing and contracting. Essential to your role as a people manager is the ability to translate strategic thinking into manageable steps for execution, detailing required tasks and key milestones. The successful leader will be skilled in coaching and developing teams of professional individual contributors.

Please note: This position is Monday-Friday during standard business hours with a hybrid work model (4 days in office, 1 day working from home).

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.

What you have

To ensure that we fulfill our promise of “challenging the status quo,” this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, consulting, vendor management, risk management and/or procurement
• Deep understanding and experience of Technology sourcing (Hardware, Software, Telecom and Networks) in complex corporate environments
• Effective team leader with the ability to influence and implement process improvement
• The ability to lead cross-functional teams and build category management plans that maximize value and mitigate risks while ensuring internal stakeholders’ requirements are met 
• Expertise in training, coaching and developing a high performing team in a fast paced high pressure environment
• Proven track record of building effective working relationships with senior level business partners and internal/ external stakeholders
• Energetic, Self-starter, able to manage multiple projects and succeed in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with minimal direction
• Flexible and adaptable in handling/implementing change and understands how that change will impact the team, internal Business Partners and vendors
• Ability to oversee multiple projects and work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
• Strong interpersonal, problem solving, conflict resolution, facilitation, and negotiation skills 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Excel (required) and experience with Ariba, Hiperos, PeopleSoft and/or Access is a plus