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You will join the Operational Excellence and Safe Business structure, where sourcing plays a critical role in enabling safe, compliant, and sustainable delivery across the bank. In this environment, your role is to lead strategic sourcing ensuring optimal supplier outcomes, regulatory compliance, and strong governance.
You act as a strategic interface between sourcing, business, procurement, risk, and senior governance bodies. By setting clear standards, strengthening oversight, and guiding complex sourcing decisions, you contribute directly to business continuity, cost efficiency, and regulatory confidence. You embed a strong value‑for‑money mindset across all sourcing initiatives and ensure sourcing decisions deliver sustainable, fit‑for‑purpose outcomes.
Role Purpose And Responsibilities
As Lead Sourcing, you lead a team of experts and set standards for sourcing in alignment with global sourcing strategy. You are accountable for developing and safeguarding sourcing expertise, steering complex sourcing initiatives, and ensuring alignment with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and operational resilience objectives. In a fast‑evolving and global environment, you define and steer a forward‑looking sourcing strategy focused on performance and long‑term value. You work closely with senior leaders, ExCo‑level stakeholders, risk and compliance functions, and delivery teams to ensure sourcing decisions are well prepared, properly governed, and executed with impact.
Key Responsibilities
Lead strategic sourcing projects, in alignment with procurement strategy and business priorities
Steer sourcing and supplier‑related initiatives linked to offshoring and outsourcing, or operational change
Define and maintain sourcing frameworks, standards, and governance models in line with internal policies and regulatory expectations
Prepare, structure, and facilitate governance and decision forums, including steering committees involving ExCo members or Board representatives (TIPM, TIPM Sub Committee)
Monitor supplier‑related risks, dependencies, and performance issues in collaboration with business contract owners and operational resilience stakeholders
Monitor sourcing performance and cost efficiency, and propose corrective actions where required
Ensure compliance with regulations for both third party and intragroup by pro‑actively managing the sourcing portfolio
Build and develop sourcing and category management capabilities within the team through coaching and formal development
Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on sourcing decisions and supplier‑related topics
Ensure clear governance, roles, responsibilities, and decision‑making structures across sourcing initiatives
Drive stakeholder engagement and communication to support buy‑in, adoption, and sustainable change
Contribute to the definition and continuous improvement of the sourcing strategy, ensuring strong alignment with the department’s strategic positioning, global context, and long‑term objectives
Proactively challenge and improve sourcing initiatives by assessing their performance outcomes and value for money, including intragroup sourcing arrangements
Additional Leadership And Management Responsibilities
Act as a business partner for internal stakeholders, balancing cost, risk, resilience, and strategic objectives
Set clear performance objectives, track delivery, and hold teams accountable for results
Drive continuous improvement by simplifying, standardizing, and professionalizing sourcing and vendor management practices
Support capacity and workforce planning to ensure adequate expertise for sourcing and supplier oversight
Success Profile
Strong leadership skills with the ability to build, inspire, and develop high‑performing expert teams
A strategic mindset combined with strong execution discipline
High standards of ownership, accountability, and results orientation
Excellent communication skills, able to translate strategy into clear direction and action
Proven experience in strategic sourcing, or supplier governance in regulated environments
The ability to operate confidently with senior management, ExCo members, and governance bodies; and navigate organizational complexity
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
Comfort dealing with ambiguity and complex regulatory expectations
Key Skills And Expertise
Governance design and assurance for large and complex initiatives
Risk, issue, and dependency management
Stakeholder engagement and senior‑level advisory skills
Performance management and results tracking
Continuous improvement and innovation in ways of working
Financial and business acumen to support business cases and investment decisions
Sourcing and supplier management capabilities, including the ability to steer strategic sourcing activities and vendor‑related initiatives in collaboration with procurement and business stakeholders’ expectations
Experience in preparing, structuring, and facilitating governance forums, steering committees, and decision‑making bodies involving ExCo members or Board of Directors representatives
Strong understanding of sourcing‑related regulations, outsourcing frameworks, third‑party risk requirements, and regulatory
Knowledge of operational resilience principles, including critical service identification, dependency mapping, and impact tolerance considerations
Familiarity with the TIPM ecosystem and its application for managing third‑party risks, controls, and oversight across transformation initiatives
Strategic sourcing and category management expertise
Supplier and contract management for complex and critical services
Strong strategic reflection capabilities, with the ability to contribute to the long‑term development, positioning, and maturity of the sourcing domain
Negotiation and influencing skills to challenge sourcing approaches, suppliers, and intragroup arrangements, and to drive increased value, performance, and sustainability of sourcing outcomes
Recommended Qualifications
Master’s degree or equivalent experience
6 to 10 years of experience in sourcing, category management, procurement, or supplier governance; or transformation, change management, or complex program delivery
Several years of experience leading teams or complex (sourcing) initiatives
Strong knowledge of sourcing frameworks, negotiation, contract management, and regulatory requirements
Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
Employee Experience And Benefits
ING supports your professional development and wellbeing. You will benefit from autonomy in your role, a hybrid working model supporting work‑life balance, and collaboration with experienced colleagues committed to operational excellence and safe business. In addition, ING offers competitive compensation, health coverage, retirement benefits, paid time off, learning opportunities, mobility support, and wellbeing services. xphnsxz We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and value diversity, learning, and innovation.
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