Sr. Manager, Content Sourcing

**Sr. Manager, Content Sourcing**

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your experience to a world-class company that is market-leading for both content and technology? If yes, we are looking for you

Join our team Thomson Reuters is seeking a **Sr. Manager, Content Sourcing**. Global Procurement manages and optimizes the third party spend of Thomson Reuters. Our mission is to partner with our stakeholders to acquire the right goods and services at best value and within an acceptable risk perimeter to drive our corporate objectives. We integrate and manage a highly complex network of products, services, processes, technologies and suppliers across all Thomson Reuters locations worldwide.

**About the Role**
In this opportunity as **Sr. Manager, Content Sourcing**, you will:

- Manage team of Sourcing Analysts, assign and delegate workload, mentor and train, support on project escalation
- Develop Category Plans and Sourcing Strategies containing a portfolio of key initiatives which deliver the IT Strategy
- Contribute to the development of the annual pipeline of Content sourcing initiatives, integrating with the financial planning process
- Instill Global Procurement Methodology, as well as proper use of Procurement Policy across the organization
- Deliver Content sourcing initiatives, achieving best value within acceptable risk
- Draft, redline and negotiate supplier contracts within Thomson Reuters’s contracting standards and business objectives
- Rationalize the number of Content suppliers and reduce fragmentation in the spend base in order to simplify the supplier landscape and drive commercial efficiency
- Provide support and coaching to junior members of the larger Procurement organization
- Collaborate with Procurement Legal, Risk Oversight Functions, Product and Business stakeholders
- Build and enhance relationships with strategic Content suppliers to deliver high levels of service whilst maintaining best-in-class commercial terms and conditions
- Category Plans and Sourcing Strategies developed and approved by all relevant stakeholders
- High-quality collateral, Sourcing project artifacts, and negotiated supplier agreements developed and approved in accordance with the Global Procurement Methodology at each stage of the sourcing lifecycle to facilitate informed decision-making amongst the stakeholder community
- Significantly reduced third party risks with mitigation strategies for each Content sourcing initiative
- Significant and sustainable annual reduction in Thomson Reuters cost-base, demonstrated using a robust savings methodology which is consistently applied and rigorously approved

**About You**
You're a fit for the role if your background includes:

- At least 5-10+ years of experience in Sourcing including successful development and negotiation of agreements
- Experience in managing teams of various skill set; strong leadership capabilities with the ability to train and mentor team as well as delegate workload and support on escalations.
- Proven track record of delivering significant and sustainable cost reductions through effective implementation of a coherent Sourcing strategy
- Deep understanding of contract terms and contractual language; proven skills and experience in drafting and redlining contracts
- Good external and internal relationship management and cross-functional leadership skills
- Experienced sourcing practitioner, understanding of best-practice sourcing methodology and a demonstrated track record of working ethically to achieve excellent outcomes
- Experience of leading negotiations with major suppliers
- Knowledge of the sourcing marketplace and trends in the industry, as well as regulatory climate, including the ability to assess the impact of change in the context of the sourcing strategy
- Expert analytics and ability to develop coherent and high-quality sourcing collateral including business cases, contract summaries, presentations, and RFx materials
- Experience in building strong relationships with senior stakeholders and business executives
- Bachelor’s degree, Procurement certification or equivalent experience.

**To apply, please upload your updated resume in English.***

**Location: CDMX**

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**What's in it For You?**

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

- ** Hybrid Work Model**: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
- ** Wellbeing**:Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, and