Supplier Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key technology and security suppliers, negotiating and drafting favorable terms into contracts, ensuring the highest standards of quality and service.
Market Analysis: Conduct thorough market research and analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities within the supply chain, and prepare PowerPoint decks to support informed sourcing decision-making.
Risk Management: Identify potential risks within the supply chain and develop mitigation plans to ensure business continuity and minimize disruptions.
Cost Management: Implement cost-saving initiatives and strategies to reduce overall expenses without compromising on quality or performance.
People Management: Recruit, coach, mentor, and indirectly manage junior staff as necessary.
Requirements
10+ years in strategic sourcing in a complex, global environment (ideally financial services, technology, or consulting)
Experience partnering with internal stakeholder organizations at the COO and Managing Director level
Design and execute sourcing strategies that balance cost optimization, quality and innovation
Translate sophisticated spend, usage, and risk analytics into executive‑ready business cases and recommendations
Lead complex negotiations and contract structures with the largest suppliers in the respective fields
Expertise with category planning, competitive bidding techniques (RFI, RFP, RFQ), creation of business cases, vendor selection, vendor risk due diligence, operations management, and vendor dispute/escalation management
Financial modeling skills for negotiation scenarios, total cost of ownership, and demand forecasts
Depth in drafting, redlining, and negotiating global contracts, including experience drafting service level agreements (SLAs) and experience level agreements (XLAs)
Solid understanding of contract law and regulatory obligations in financial services
Competencies:
Highly strategic thinker with a proactive approach to challenges and opportunities, possessing superior analytical skills, including the ability to translate analyses into negotiation strategies and results
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment, eliciting support fo
Additional Information
About this role
Business Unit Overview:
BlackRock Finance consists of finance professionals across several disciplines such as Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury, Tax, Finance Controls, Global Strategic Sourcing ("GSS"), Finance Platform Support and Controllers. GSS is a global team, with team members primarily based in New York, Gurgaon, Edinburgh and Budapest. GSS aims to be an organization of trusted strategic sourcing advisors enabling BlackRock to achieve more value. The GSS team advises and supports business functions on all their supplier-related initiatives whether they involve supplier identification, evaluation, selection, negotiation, performance management or escalation management. GSS seeks to avoid certain costs, deliver tangible cost reductions, furnish reliable analytical data and insights for improved decision making, and enable a socially responsible and diverse supplier base.
Operational excellence, risk management, and disciplined third‑party engagement are foundational to BlackRock's ability to deliver long‑term value at global scale. As technology, data, and professional services become increasingly critical to the firm's operating platform-and as regulatory expectations continue to rise-BlackRock is making a strategic investment in senior sourcing leadership.
Blackrock · New York, NY