Senior Manager - Information Technology Strategic Sourcing
Company: EDWARD JONES
Location: Blairstown
Posted on: January 25, 2023
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Job Description:
At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious,
long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and
implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client
experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our
more than 7 million clients live and work.
In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients
and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building
deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St.
Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help
U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We
continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual
investors.The Senior Manager is responsible for leadership and
management of a department or team of Sourcing Negotiators. These
Sourcing Negotiators are responsible for managing and implementing
sourcing strategy and contracting for high value indirect
categories. The Senior Manager is also responsible for the
management of processes, significant vendor relationships, business
and system technical matters, appropriate internal controls, and
the management of large, complex projects including indirect
responsibility for associates and contractors through these
projects. This includes development of associates, as well as,
overall supervision of the activities of department leaders,
managers and individual contributors in the execution of their
responsibilities. Assignments are broad in nature and require the
individual to draw on a variety of experiences and resources. This
involves communication and collaboration, with multiple business
areas within and outside of the Finance division, at all levels of
responsibility in the organization, in addition to external parties
such as vendors, banks, and regulatory agencies. Additional
responsibilities include collaborating with other divisions, e.g.
Information Systems for support, enhancements and/or the
implementation of new systems used or impacted by the division.
Problem Solving:
Recognize, anticipate, and diagnose business process and/or system
issues, and recommmend and implement solutions that will solve
immediate problems, as well as, provide long term solutions in the
particular area(s) of responsibility including firm or client
issues that may have a business or financial impact on the firm.
Many issues are governed by regulations, internal policies, and
have legal implications which give guidance but may also present
constraints in problem solving. This requires an understanding of
current and future financial and technical climates in the
industry, and assessing the potential impact to current processes,
controls, systems and the firm's growth objectives.
Decision Making:
Decisions can be complex, have broad implications technically and
financially, and are generally not routine. Evaluating numerous
priorities that are dynamic and directing proactive (long term) and
reactive (short term) solutions. This requires making decisions
autonomously based on assessment of problems(s), multiple solution
options that may directly or indirectly impact clients, financial
advisors, the division, internal controls, business processes and
other areas in the organization. Includes decisions regarding size
and staffing needs of particular area(s) of responsibility.
Span of Influence:
Most decisions are complex and non-routine requiring analysis and
recommendation of solutions that will impact the system or business
processes for the life of the process or system, and have material
financial impacts to the firm. The breadth of these decisions
impact both the Branch Teams and the Home Offices, require
determining appropriate staffing levels for their teams and
departments, and include responsibility for financial management of
related expenses. The financial management responsibilities at this
level are high considering the spend, programs, and processes
managed.
The solutions must align with the technical, regulatory, financial,
and growth objectives of the firm and require the knowledge and
experience to hire, develop, and lead a team(s) of individuals
(directly or indirectly) to implement these solutions. Individuals
in this position are typically responsible for a significant number
of associates.
Impact of decisions can have a lasting impact on the firm (5+
years).
Salary: $106916 - $182047
Category: Headquarters
Keywords: EDWARD JONES, Independence , Senior Manager - Information Technology Strategic Sourcing, Executive , Blairstown, Missouri
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