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The P2P Business Support Project Manager will primarily coordinate the efforts of a team of 10 focused on the continued development and execution of the Compliant Purchasing ‘Center of Excellence’ based on a standard procure to pay process and facilitated by Oracle iProcurement and Purchasing. The Shared Services Compliant Purchasing activity will include oversight of the management of purchasing and payment risk, contract financials, and overall supply base management activity for each business across RBS Americas.
Responsibilities



Deliver and manage a world class procure to pay program.

Assure effective supply chain risk management and supply base rationalization in business line(s) evidenced by metrics.

Deliver streamlined purchasing processes and compliant purchasing channels that provide a high level of customer satisfaction and efficiency in order processing and customer support.

Provide excellent engagement with key business stakeholders to ensure services/support contributes added value/benefit to CFG.

Utilize appropriate project management processes and skills to provide a collaborative approach to delivery, liaising with program sponsors, effectively formulating plans and producing relevant reports and outputs at specific stages within the project lifecycle to evidence performance and successful completion.

Drive adherence to the Dealing With External Supply Policy across RBS Americas

Working with senior Business Partner stakeholders to develop a streamlined, and sometimes reengineered, purchasing processes for the business, creating efficiencies and value for the business

Development of Compliant Purchasing training content and toolkit built upon the value and principles of strategic Procurement to Payment and the Dealing with External Supply policy.

Development and execution of a training program that will be utilized to educate both the Procurement Services and Shared Services teams and the RBS Americas business.

Aligning the procurement to pay program to the contract management program and the Third Party Assurance program

Identify and manage the risk, minimizing the outcomes and escalating where appropriate. Ensure processes operate as designed. Key indications in place to ensure reliable, predictable and stable environment.



Qualifications

5+ years of previous experience in procure to pay program or project management.

An understanding of and experience working with web based applications.

Advanced knowledge of working Project Management disciplines and techniques as well as implementation experience of technical and non-technical projects.

Bachelors degree required

Master’s Degree preferred

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Proven negotiation skills

Strong process management skills

Strong resource management skills

Executive presentation experience

Advanced experience effectively prioritize and execute tasks

Experience adapting in a changing environment



Hours and Work Schedule

Hours per Week: 40


Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of RBS Citizens, N.A. to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status, or any other factor protected by federal, state, and/or local laws.
386758]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2452754-Providence-Corporate
The primary purpose of this role will be to ensure the Distribution Group LOBs have a dedicated point of contact that provides centralized expertise and guidance on the Group Policy Framework Dealing with External Suppliers Policy, Procurement Policy Standard and Contract Management Policy Standard. This role will facilitate the on-boarding of new vendors for Distribution Group, ensuring the vendors have completed all appropriate documentation and the documents are sent to the appropriate team for retention. This role will support the Distribution group on vendor selection and negotiation on an as needed basis, and will support Vendor Risk Management on-going issue resolution and SLA/KPI requirements and adherence work completed by when necessary
This role will not be the retention area of record for contracts. The Vendor Manager that engages directly with the vendor is separate from this role. The customer Vendor Manager will remain primarily responsible for vendor negotiation contact, budget adherence contact point, vendor “failure to perform” or shortfall to KPI contact point, or project management/ project support/ adherence to budget or timelines for vendor contracts.

Qualifications

Financial Services Industry Experience 5-7yrs
Project Management 3-5yrs
Bachelor’s required, Master’s preferred
Position is posted for Plymouth Meeting, PA but there may be potential flexibility around location (city/state).

Hours and Work Schedule

Hours per Week: 40


Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status, or any other factor protected by federal, state, and/or local laws.
386360]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2429988-Philadelphia-Corporate
The Sourcing Group Manager - MIB is an experienced Procurement professional providing strategic sourcing expertise and guidance across multiple business lines. This role will incorporate a strong consultant oriented approach working with the business lines to deliver cost effective, efficient solutions to sourcing challenges.  Through engagement with business partners and a deep understanding of the market and commodities you are responsible for developing and delivering sourcing strategies that positively impact the business. 
Purpose of the role:



Provide input to managed commodity strategies, delivering supply chain projects and managing key suppliers across RBS group.

Support the development and implementation of category strategies for the areas under their direct control.

Develop and implement a robust project based approach to ensure the pro-active management of contracts and projects ensuring the delivery of cost saving and revenue benefits

Ensure that commercial agreements with third party suppliers mitigate both supply chain and contract risk.  

Deliverables:



Support delivery of sourcing benefits on approx. $200m of influenced spend across multiple commodities (wide range of commodities including Technology, Legal and Resourcing). 

Develop and execute regional or global sourcing strategies and practices across managed commodities and work with colleagues in UK, Europe, India, and Asia as needed.

Minimize commercial, legal and supply chain risk across all areas within remit.

Use sound knowledge of commodities supply base to make suitable recommendations for a range of project specific requirements.

Run e-sourcing events and demonstrate to business flexibility of e-sourcing approach.

Support Supplier Management activities to deliver measurable ongoing benefits.

Create and develop strong working relationships with key internal and external partners up to Executive levels to achieve sourcing objectives and be able to challenge business requests in line with demand management objectives.

Drive innovation related to strategic sourcing and supplier relations


Qualifications

A solid understanding of Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management approaches.

Bachelor's degree in business or a related technical field required

5 years relevant experience at a Fortune 500 organization; prior sourcing or consulting experience preferred

Ability to work under pressure with efficiency and accuracy

Ability to plan and prioritize workload

High-level understanding and application of financial and management accounting principles within purchasing

Strong negotiation skills applied in complex negotiations within the Purchasing cycle

Working knowledge of relevant sourcing platforms (Oracle, Ariba, etc) helpful

Demonstrable experience managing suppliers with pervasive relationships across many areas of a large organization a plus

Project management experience preferred

THESE POSITION WILL BE LOCATED IN STAMFORD, CT
It’s a unique time – having gone through an extraordinary period in our long history we are now delivering a renewed strategy. Procurement Services is playing a significant role in the Market and International Banking (M&IB) journey. We are consistently recognized as global leaders in supply chain management, our capability and solutions are in more demand than ever, delivering value to our customers and businesses in the Americas and globally as part of RBS.
In the US, M&IB is a leading banking and fixed-income capital markets firm. RBS is among the principal suppliers of corporate finance and debt capital markets services.
M&IB Products& Services:



Banking: Corporate Banking, Debt Capital Markets, Leveraged Finance Asset-Backed Finance, Corporate Finance, Real Estate Finance, Infrastructure Finance, Aviation Finance Project Finance and Equity Financing.


 

Markets: US Treasuries Primary Dealer, Agencies, Asset and Mortgage-Backed Trading and Sales, Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Trading and Sales, Investment Grade, High Yield, Loan and Distressed Credit Trading and Sales, Foreign Exchange, Futures, Commodities, Equities, Interest Rate Derivatives, Currency and Interest Options and Risk Management.

Non-M&IB Businesses in the US: Citizens Financial Group, RBS America, RBS Lynk and Charter One.
Customers (External and/or internal): Large and Mid-sized Corporate Banks, Insurance Companies, Pension Funds, Asset Managers and Hedge Funds. 
Key goal: Our key goal is to become a leading Corporate and Institutional bank in the US and a Top 5 Firm in the US Debt Markets. To accomplish this, we are looking to expand our reach with large corporates while deepening our penetration with our institutional clients.
Main locations: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Manhattan Beach, New York, San Francisco, Stamford, Washington, D.C.
 

Hours and Work Schedule

Hours per Week:   40


Work Schedule:    Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM
 

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of RBS Citizens, N.A. to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status, or any other factor protected by federal, state, and/or local laws.

385632]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2359854-Stamford-Corporate
This commercially experienced individual will provide a high level of supplier and internal quality and Risk assurance. The incumbent will work with the Business Units, Contract Management and Procurement Services in providing an independent assessment of Supply Chain compliance with current internal / external regulation.
The role will focus on performing a cycle of both planned and reactive reviews to understand the existing level of compliance within the Supply Chain; subsequently seek to improve levels to stated regulatory / legislative levels, as well as look to develop broad levels of excellence. There will also be an expectation to perform some Sourcing activity.
Purpose of the role:



Drive and report compliance to Purchase to Pay (P2P) channels (when applicable), preferred and approved suppliers, contract policy and Vendor risk assessment requirements.

Support existing and any new Divestment programmes and Deliver Procurement Services activities in line with Divestment programme milestones.

Support existing and any new Vendor management regulatory activity and report on progress to internal partners up to Executive levels.

Support the implementation of the Contract management policy within the Market International Banking (M&IB) business

Support sourcing activity across multiple commodities.

  Deliverables:



Support P2P program implementation (FIRST) in 2013 and investigate/support the need to implement an interim P2P channel solution prior to FIRST. 

In the absence of a formal interim P2P channel pre-First; define/ help implement a process that will ensure that due diligence is followed when on-boarding new vendors or services (i.e.: automate the new vendor request approval form, no payment to vendors in the absence of a contract and/or risk assessment…).

Support the Contract Management team in identifying contracts in scope, engaging with the business, aligning with sourcing strategies.

Support delivery of sourcing benefits on approx. $50m of influenced spend across managed commodities (multiple commodities including Legal, Resourcing and Technology). 

 

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in business or a related technical field required

5 years relevant experience at a Fortune 500 organization; prior sourcing or consulting experience preferred

Ability to work under pressure with efficiency and accuracy

Ability to plan and prioritize workload

Experienced in driving change across levels of an organization, and challenges that purchasing department experiences.

Understanding of role that purchasing plays in an organization, and challenges that purchasing department experiences.

Project management experience preferred

 

Hours and Work Schedule

Hours per Week:   40


Work Schedule:    Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM
 

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of RBS Citizens, N.A. to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status, or any other factor protected by federal, state, and/or local laws.

385328]]> Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2343528-Stamford-Corporate
The Sourcing Group Manager is an experienced professional providing strategic sourcing expertise and guidance across multiple business lines. This role will incorporate a strong consultant oriented approach working with the business lines to deliver cost effective, efficient solutions to sourcing challenges.  Through engagement with business partners and a deep understanding of the market and commodities you’re responsible for, you’ll develop and deliver sourcing strategies that positively impact the business.  Leaders with World Class drive and ambition will find opportunities to make an important contribution to Citizens’ and RBS strategy and future success.
The Sourcing Group Manager will be responsible for:
Developing and executing regional or global sourcing strategies and practices for one or more commodities - Major commodity areas include: professional services, technology, marketing, property



Create and develop strong working relationships with key internal and external partners up to Executive levels to achieve sourcing objectives

Lead cross-functional teams to execute sourcing initiatives from start to finish, including the competitive bidding process and contract negotiations

Drive innovation related to strategic sourcing and supplier relations

Possess and apply strong analytical skills (i.e. cost modeling, supplier selection) throughout the sourcing process.


Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in business or a related technical field required

5 years relevant experience at a Fortune 500 organization; prior sourcing or consulting experience preferred

Ability to work under pressure with efficiency and accuracy

Ability to plan and prioritize workload

High-level understanding and application of financial and management accounting principles within purchasing

Strong negotiation skills applied in complex negotiations within the Purchasing cycle

Working knowledge of relevant sourcing platforms (Oracle, Ariba, etc) helpful

Demonstrable experience managing suppliers with pervasive relationships across many areas of a large organization a plus

Project management experience preferred

 *THESE POSITIONSMAY BE LOCATED IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: – PROVIDENCE (CRANSTON) RI; BOSTON (DEDHAM/NORWOOD) MA; STAMFORD, CT
 It’s a unique time – having gone through an extraordinary period in our long history we are now delivering a renewed strategy. Procurement Services is playing a significant role in the Citizens journey. We are consistently recognized as global leaders in supply chain.
 

Hours and Work Schedule

Hours per Week:   40


Work Schedule:    Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM
 

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of RBS Citizens, N.A. to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status, or any other factor protected by federal, state, and/or local laws.

384107]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2217685-Providence-Corporate