Assistant Manager, Tech Services

Role Overview: As a member of the Group Procurement team at LSEG, you will be responsible for supporting the Category Lead and Category Managers in delivering the category strategy and deploying the supplier relationship management program. Your role will involve a combination of sourcing, supplier management, and business engagement activities, with a focus on sourcing. You will play a key role in ensuring quality issues are resolved with the supply base and monitoring the PR/PO pipeline. Additionally, you will be handling a subset of LSEG's Focused suppliers with category spend above 500K and driving the supplier relationship management program with those suppliers. Key Responsibilities: - Support the delivery of the category strategy and deployment of the supplier relationship management program - Lead sourcing and negotiation activities for low to medium spend SOWs across the team - Engage SOW owners to ensure renewal is required and scale is accurate - Support Category Leads or Category Managers with SRM activities, handle allocated supplier relationships - Review pipelines of projects, PR/PO approvals, SOWs approvals in Fieldglass, and liaise with the Category Lead and relevant Category Managers - Ensure purchase requests meet required standards - Research market and industry developments - Engage regularly with key partners across the business and key functions such as Legal, Finance, and HR to progress queries and act as a procurement point of contact - Maintain data within Procurement systems and tools - Ensure that relevant contracts are in place for key suppliers as assigned and supported by the Category Lead - Actively promote continuous improvement by challenging process and procedure to identify and implement valid changes Qualification Required: - Good experience in buying/procurement (IT Professional Services e.g., developers, testers, system implementors, business analysts, etc.) - Commercially minded and proficient negotiator - Strong communication skills (written and verbal) - Experience in market and category analysis - Strong IT skills - Proven track record in building relationships and influencing stakeholders across the organization - Educated to degree level Company Details: LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. With a commitment to excellence and open-access partnerships, LSEG has been supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for over 300 years. People are at the heart of LSEG, and the company values Integrity, Partnership, Excellence, and Change. LSEG offers a dynamic and inclusive work culture where innovation and sustainability are prioritized. With a global presence spanning 65 countries, LSEG is dedicated to empowering economies and enabling sustainable growth.,