At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.    

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Buyer to join our Enterprise Sourcing Office team. This role is located in Wrocław, Poland. 

Working arrangements: Hybrid model

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:  

• Function as a member of Enterprise Sourcing Office.
• With BNYM’s IT department, help determine solutions and actions in response to business requirements and opportunities including issuance of RFP-s, auctions, competitive events, supplier consolidation initiatives and commercial negotiations.
• Lead and negotiate highly complex contract negotiations with deep understanding of supplier commercials, and other complex contract issues including SaaS, MSA, SOW, Terminations and NDA.
• Contribute to the achievement of business area objectives including annual savings targets.
• Independently review and analyze contract asks, effectively communicate requirements and determine solutions and actions in response to requirements
• Independently negotiate sourcing contracts and manage the contract administration for a variety of contracts across multiple IT categories globally.
• Team with Legal department to negotiate procurement contracts based upon end user requirements.
• Serve as the direct point of contact with supplier for contract negotiations.
• Understand finance and can use Excel to support or reject the financial and business terms of a supplier proposal.
• Can effectively communicate and represent business justification to senior management.  Use PowerPoint to create justification for approval request.
• Build product/vendor knowledge across multiple technology categories.
• Deep understanding of given technology category. Understands current economic climate, demand cost of a given supplier product and competitive landscape for a given product functionality
• Represent the IT Sourcing Group in stakeholder and business partner meetings focused on both short-and long-term business requirements.
• Be partner for internal clients; set up regular meetings with key partners to review and prioritize deal pipeline and identify engagement opportunities early.
• No direct reports.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• 7-10 years of total work experience is necessary, understanding of procurement and sourcing processes and practices for the specific categories preferred, demonstrated experience managing large, complex projects and spend categories.
• Experience negotiating commercial and legal terms and conditions with strategic IT suppliers in relevant categories- hardware, software, cloud, networking, etc.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience required.
• Business or Supply Chain degree preferred.

At BNY Mellon, our inclusive culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:  

• Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies & Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion  
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI) 
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score  
• 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, Fast Company 
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 100% score Corporate Equality Index 
• CDP’s Climate Change ‘A List’ 
• Forbes Blockchain 50  

Our Benefits:  

BNY Mellon offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves that can support you and your family through moments that matter.  

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.