Specialist, Global Procurement Project Management Office

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the worlds most successful individuals families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service expertise and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

We are searching for a highly-skilled specialist for our procurement project management office to contribute to the effort and help us maintain momentum and growth trajectory.

The PMO Specialist is a senior individual contributor within the Global Procurement Project Management Office responsible for leading the execution of complex crossfunctional initiatives that advance the strategic objectives of Global Procurement.

This role provides program leadership operational governance and execution oversight across a portfolio of initiatives working closely with Procurement leadership and business partners to improve efficiency effectiveness and delivery outcomes. The PMO Specialist operates with a broad enterprise perspective managing ambiguity coordinating across disciplines and ensuring disciplined execution of strategic priorities.

The candidate will be responsible for working on multiple large- and small-scale projects at a time manage the projects to a successful outcome and collaborate with the Global Procurement teams.

Major Duties :

• Establish and oversee project plans workstreams and delivery cadence across the Procurement PMO portfolio.
• Consolidate and report progress risks and performance metrics to senior Procurement leadership.
• Partner with Procurement leadership to support development and execution of strategic plans priorities and roadmaps.
• Provide guidance and insight on operating model effectiveness delivery capacity and execution readiness.
• Conduct market analysis benchmarking and peer comparisons to inform continuous improvement and bestinclass procurement practices.
• Identify and lead initiatives designed to enhance efficiency scalability and the business partner experience.
• In partnership with Procurement Governance & Compliance support development and execution of programs policies and best practices that strengthen procurement operations and partner experience.
• Organizing training meetings townhalls enrichment activities and encourage a positive and inclusive employee experience focusing on participation teamwork and communication.
• Lead special projects and strategic initiatives as directed by Procurement leadership.
• Support coordination of space location or operational initiatives impacting the Global Procurement organization as applicable.
• Responsible for overseeing the employee engagement aspects of Driving Performance including enterprise talent management and succession planning change management.
• Leads other strategic projects as directed by Procurement leadership.

Knowledge :

• Knowledge of the corporate business strategy development is necessary to effectively manage the business continuity and disaster recovery units.
• Knowledge of communication and systems technologies usually acquired through formal education or previous experience is required for understanding how technologies function so that they can be adequately tested.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are required to manage the activities for the respective units.
• Strong organizational skills are necessary to determine the unit goals resources needed and to assess and develop the skills of the staff.
• Interpersonal (relationship builder respectful resolves problems influential people friendly and organizational savvy)
• Self-management (adaptability and resilience learning behavior integrity and ethics)
• Client Service and Quality (quality relationship building and client satisfaction)

Experience :

• University degree or equivalent experience required
• 7 years of experience in PMO support procurement or a related role.
• Experience in financial services or a regulated environment preferred.

Salary Range:

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension) health and welfare benefits (medical dental vision spending accounts and disability) paid time off parental and caregiver leave life & accident insurance and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged senior leaders are accessible and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve!Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us andapply today.#MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

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We hope youre excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.