Indirect Sourcing Manager, Director

Were seeking candidates to join our Global Supplier Services team within Corporate Services as a Sourcing Manager who will be responsible for managing Indirect sourcing activities. Commodities include Professional Services, Benefits, Marketing, Construction & Facilities Management In the Corporate Services division, we provide solutions that enable Morgan Stanleys workforce, across our global workplace locations, to effectively support and deliver value to our business clients. The Sourcing Manager is a Director position within Firmwide Sourcing. The Sourcing Manager is responsible for all elements of the Source to Contract process, including business demand management, supplier management, competitive bidding, sourcing project management, negotiations, and contracting. Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals. At Morgan Stanley Mumbai we support the breadth of the Firms global business and functions from Wealth Management and Institutional Securities to Technology and Operations, Finance, Corporate, and Human Resources divisions. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. Theres ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work. Interested in joining a team thats eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on What youll do in the role: Act as a quarterback to facilitate both new supplier engagements and service/product renewals with a primary focus on the assigned category and strategic suppliers Serve as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders and work collaboratively across multiple levels and geographies to develop sound sourcing and commodity strategies that drive business value and mitigate risk Leverage all tools and resources available, including but not limited to developing and conducting competitive bids and leveraging benchmarking/advisory companies Create, present, and defend sound financial analysis and interpretation of supplier proposals to stakeholders as well as Sourcing Leadership Work cross-functionally with Software Asset Management; Legal and Compliance; Third Party Program Management; and Finance on deal analysis and preparation, contract drafting and execution, funding and budgets Fulfill a variety of administrative requirements including but not limited to preparing supporting documentation for sourcing projects, conducting various due diligence tasks to enable contract execution, preparing purchase order requests and facilitating resolution of payment disputes