Global Sourcing Director

Job ID

164300

Posted

30-Apr-2024

Service line

Corporate Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Facilities Management, Workplace Strategy

Location(s)

London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting a Global Sourcing Director to join the team based in London. The primary responsibility of the Global Sourcing Director - Products is to oversee and manage procurement strategies and programs for the Global Workplace Solution (GWS) Product team on a global scale in alignment with overall global workstream strategy and as a valued thought leader.

This entails prioritizing, globalizing, and mainstreaming products that include the strategic sourcing support of Smart FM, Sustainability, and EV Charging. The Director will be responsible for managing and supporting the sourcing of regional suppliers, negotiating contracts, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products in conjunction with and parallel to direct reports.

Collaboration with cross-functional teams is crucial for developing and implementing procurement strategies aligned with the GWS business goals. Additionally, the Director will coordinate the monitoring of market trends, identify cost-saving opportunities, and drive continuous improvement in procurement processes fully aligned with global product strategy.

Ultimately, the goal is to deliver growth and provide superior customer value through differentiation in the global product offerings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide world-class sourcing, contract management, and value management expertise to achieve increased product or service quality, reduced total cost of ownership (“TCO”) and enhanced operating efficiencies.

• Develop and execute an integrated, dynamic supply chain strategy for Smart FM, Sustainability and EV product, installation, and maintenance solutions, where appropriate considering global, regional, country, local and Sector requirements, while providing input as required to the IFM Solutions and Solutions Architects (BTO) Teams.

• Ensures that all Procurement activity delivers value for money, including the introduction of low-cost country sourcing, where CBRE can evidence best in market pricing globally, through the planned and skillful management of all agreed categories and the supply base.

• Develop a process for value engineering products with the supply chain.

• Explore how CBRE might reduce cost by exploring low-cost country supply options.

• Working with the GWS Product team, responsible for strategic supplier selection, maintaining relationships, negotiating contracts, and managing supplier performance to ensure timely delivery, cost effectiveness, and quality of goods or services provided.

• Provides expert reach-back on strategic categories, providing insight on market pricing, suppliers, competitors, technology etc.

• Consolidates spend and strategically leverages supplier relationships to deliver the best proposition at the lowest total cost whilst maintaining customer service and product quality.

• Clear transparent Make Versus Buy consideration.

• Supports, Contract Management & Risk Mitigation – minimising CBRE operational and financial exposure by ensuring and securing complete and favourable contractual terms & conditions for all contracted agreements.

• Develop a methodology to identify disruptive technology and innovation with existing and new suppliers to CBRE, working with selected partners to value engineer solutions, ensure connectivity and potentially secure exclusivity for CBRE.

• Ensures that contracts for Preferred suppliers that underpin a category strategy have commercial rigor, incorporate continuous improvement targets and are executed in accordance with policy.

• Ensures the team is utilizing appropriate technologies to conduct supply market research, analysis, evaluation, etc.

• Ensure Preferred Suppliers are proactively engaged to create integrated solutions, providing differentiation, innovation, and preferred pricing/exclusivity.

• Optimize Procurement tools, benchmarks, and costing databases to ensure solution pricing provides the best achievable value for the client with minimum risk, where we maximise CBRE market position, which can be evidenced with a robust audit trail applying a standardized process where appropriate.

• Devise and implement strategies to meet client ESG objectives such as supplier diversity, sustainability & emissions reductions, and responsible sourcing.

• Participate in all Solution Review activities to communicate how a competitive procurement solution has been developed, providing data analysis and background.

• A wealth of case studies to be generated, held, and maintained centrally, with best-practice and innovation proactively shared.

· REQUIREMENTS & CAPABILITIES:

• An experienced Procurement professional with extensive knowledge of sourcing and supply chain management.

• 8-10 year’s Procurement experience

• Experience of both value engineering and low-cost country sourcing

• Advanced degree in Supply Chain or MBA desired.

• Demonstrated ability to develop sourcing strategies and lead team in implementing those strategies.

• Participation on a Divisional or Business Unit leadership team.

• Demonstrable experience managing and supporting direct reports, crafting career development programming, consistently evaluation of performance, and maintaining applied HR governance.

• Proven ability to effectively manage in a matrix organization with the ability to influence up, down, and across the organization.

• Demonstrated experience with supplier partner programs and driving supplier leverage.

• Support supplier development and performance measurement.

• Demonstrate strong negotiation skills.

• Demonstrate and manage contract law knowledge and working experience of supplier T&Cs.

• Client / Customer facing skills desired and experience with business development.

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, as well as the ability to develop and present compelling business cases to CBRE client senior leadership.

• Must have a proven track record to execute and deliver results.

• Demonstrate strong business acumen.

• Certification in APICS and/or CPM or equivalent supply chain management experience preferred.

• Travel less than 20%

About CBRE Global Workplace Solutions:

As one of CBRE’s core global businesses, Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) provides end-to-end services to occupier clients across the entire lifecycle of a building. Our teams help companies improve their operations and reduce costs, through expert facilities management, project management, real estate and energy and sustainability services. Our dedicated teams work across all industries, and support clients ranging from global Fortune 500 companies to single, iconic buildings.

CBRE Group, Inc. is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with 2019 revenues of $23.9 billion and more than 100,000 employees (excluding affiliate offices). CBRE has been included on the Fortune 500 since 2008, ranking #128 in 2020. It also has been voted the industry’s top brand by the Lipsey Company for 19 consecutive years, and has been named one of Fortune’s “Most Admired Companies” for eight years in a row, including being ranked number one in the real estate sector in 2020, for the second consecutive year. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CBRE.”

Application Process:

Your application will be reviewed by our Talent Resourcing Team and you will be contacted if you have been successful in being short listed for the role.

Taking into consideration the costs of sponsorship, the nature of the role and the financial resources of the account in question, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

No agencies please.

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