Sourcing Market Data Services

At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast.

Responsibilities Will Include

• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with clients
• Understand the client’s business practices and requirements and shaping deals to meet those requirements.
• Conducting information and commercial tenders and managing the evaluation with the clients’ stakeholders to determine optimal supplier selection.
• Negotiating deals to achieve optimal commercial terms for the client.
• Leading assigned MDS initiatives (including Demand and Savings challenges) which will vary in terms of client, scope and scale.
• Building and presenting potential solutions to assigned initiatives.
• Reviewing and negotiating vendor contracts terms and conditions to ensure the most beneficial impact for the client.
• Providing advice on best practices for ongoing contract management and licensing issues.
• Leverage knowledge and experience to manage and provide input to client cost efficiency exercises that will reduce costs and enhance data usage.
• Provide advice on contract usage rights to ensure the client is compliant with existing terms and conditions.
• Working with Client on savings targets, displacement opportunities and RFPs where appropriate.
• Maintaining MDS industry awareness which will contribute to the Chain IQ MDS value chain.
• Adhering to the Chain IQ corporate standards, including using the defined sourcing tools and processes in delivery of sourcing initiatives.
  

Your Profile

• University degree (Bachelor or Master)
• 7 + years experience of the end-to-end MDS process
• 7 + years experience working with MDS vendors and their services
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent networking and relationship-building skills at all levels of an organization together with the ability to work effectively in a matrix environment.
• Strong negotiating skills
• Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities, often to tight deadlines, and deliver results
• Experience in working with MDS related sourcing tools, practices, and systems
• Professional team player, motivated and highly flexible
• High cultural awareness to support a global client base
• Ability to work under pressure and consistently meet deadlines
• A transparent and accountable approach to work
• Desirable – understanding of UK contract law
  

Join a truly global team.

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