**Business Title:** Manager, Sourcing and Procurement, Market Data and Third Party Content
**Requisition Number:** 87708 - 66
**Function:** Business Support Services
**Area of Interest:**
**State:** NY
**City:** New York
**Description:**
Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it's no wonder we're consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, Diversity Inc. and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team.
KPMG is currently seeking a Manager, Third Party Content to join our KPMG's Strategic Sourcing and Procurement team.
Responsibilities:
+ Develop and execute category management strategies in collaboration with category lead and key stakeholders, inclusive of needs analysis, sourcing, contracting, negotiation and vendor management for third party content products and services such as company/news/sector/market/alternative business intelligence and respective data feeds, legal/regulatory guides and standards, professional journals, publications and subscriptions
+ Create and support short- and long-term sourcing plans and vendor strategies in partnership with the category lead and key stakeholders, which includes the major data funders and data and analytics practice leaders at the firm
+ Manage and support cross functional teams throughout the sourcing, negotiation, contracting and vendor management processes
+ Collaborate and partner across various legal, compliance and risk mitigation departments to ensure adherence with respective policies and achievement of relevant and favorable contractual terms
+ Identify and act, in collaboration with category lead, on opportunities for process re-engineering and continuous improvement
Qualifications:
+ Minimum seven years of relevant strategic sourcing and contracting experience in the third-party content space or management experience leading business research operations where duties included sourcing, structuring and funding third party content contracts, demonstrating success in positions of increasing complexity.
+ Bachelor's degree from an accredited college within relevant discipline; MBA from an accredited college/university and other relevant degree /certification highly desirable
+ Deep knowledge of standard third-party content providers, their data products and commercial models including but not limited to Bloomberg, Factset and S&P
+ A proven track record of negotiating large, complex data licenses with favorable prices, terms and conditions
+ Strong interpersonal, collaborative and influencing skills to effectively navigate a complex management and organization structure with a high degree of ambiguity
+ Demonstrated analytical, financial, problem solving, organization, and project management skills to include stakeholder and meeting facilitation skills and the highest ethical standards with a strong moral compass and a constant focus on doing what is right
KPMG LLP (the U.S. member firm of KPMG International) offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. KPMG is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. The attached link ( https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/us/pdf/2018/09/eeo.pdf) contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws. No phone calls or agencies please.
KPMG does not currently require partners or employees to be fully vaccinated or test negative for COVID-19 in order to go to KPMG offices, client sites or KPMG events, except when mandated by federal, state or local law. In some circumstances, clients also may require proof of vaccination or testing (e.g., to go to the client site).
**GL:** 4
**GF:** 15290