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Job Description
Your Team Responsibilities
In this role you will be assigned to support stakeholder groups in Technology Finance and/or Marketing with their needs for quality third party services including Temporary Labor. You will serve as trusted partner and provide sourcing expertise business insights market knowledge and global perspective. You will have an opportunity to influence outcomes as you navigate stakeholders and suppliers through the sourcing selection and contracting process. You will work closely with your stakeholder groups to understand their objectives and better anticipate and/or respond to their needs. You will be expected to have a good understanding of commercial topics relating to Professional Services including pricing models service delivery models SLAs etc. You will coordinate the sourcing lifecycle which includes managing RFPs or candidate sourcing events performing due diligence on new suppliers coordinating third party risk and privacy assessments and working closely with Legal on master contracts for new suppliers and SOWs for complex engagements. You will use your negotiating skills to reach favorable terms with global suppliers and occasionally resolve service disputes.
The role owns all related administrative tasks such as onboarding and creating purchase orders.
Your Key Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to running end-to-end sourcing events (i.e. RFP Temporary Labor requests) with key emphasis on supplier selection price negotiation and contracting processes. You will be responsible for educating your stakeholders on policies and processes that affect the procurement of addition you will help orient your assigned stakeholders to consider the ESG practices of their key addition to the strategic aspects of this role there are recurring operational activities that you will be responsible for including issuing POs coordinating onboarding for project resources trackingand supplier performance escalations.
Your skills and experience that will help you excel
General:
Hands-on problem solver with high level of resiliency
Strong can-do attitude with passion to resolving challenging situations in a dynamic environment
Confident negotiation willingness to move out (and move others out) of comfort zone
Ability to navigate through conflicting priorities and stay focused
Humility towards work and colleagues
Near native English proficiency is a must (C2 level is expected) with outstanding communication skills
Experience at a multinational firm
Sourcing specific:
Minimum of 5 years related work experience is required in the field of procurement and sourcing at least part of which must be sourcing Professional Services
Experience managing US based suppliers and stakeholders
Mastery in end-to-end sourcing experience including supporting key stakeholders influencing and driving high exposure decisions
Experience sourcing Technology services is great to have
About MSCI
What we offer you
- Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits tailored to your location ensuring your financial security health and overall wellbeing.
- Flexible working arrangements advanced technology and collaborative workspaces.
- A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.
- A global network of talented colleagues who inspire support and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.
- Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey followed by access to our platform LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.
- Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges internal mobility and expanded roles.
- We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities Asian Support Network Black Leadership Network Climate Action Network Hola! MSCI Pride & Allies Women in Tech and Womens Leadership Forum.
At MSCI we are passionate about what we do and we are inspired by our purpose to power better investment decisions. Youll be part of an industry-leading network of creative curious and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself our clients and our industry.
MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research data and technology we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.
MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color religion creed age sex gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin citizenship disability marital and civil partnership/union status pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave) veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process please email and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
