Why work for us?
A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a
brighter future together.
Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior
financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and
world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core
business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.
Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we
do:
Clients Come First
• Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win |
Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust
If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear
from you!
Your opportunity
• Develop and execute category strategies across professional services,
corporate services, marketing and client services, and HR and employee
services spend, aligned to business priorities, budget planning, risk
requirements, and enterprise procurement objectives.
• Lead sourcing events, including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, supplier evaluations, bid
analysis, commercial negotiations, and recommendation papers for stakeholder
decision-making.
• Own renewal planning for assigned categories, including early identification
of upcoming renewals, consolidation opportunities, and negotiation strategy;
mitigation of commercial risk and pricing increases.
• Partner with business stakeholders to define requirements, challenge scope
where appropriate, and ensure sourcing activity supports value for money,
appropriate service levels, and practical business outcomes.
• Support legal services and professional services spend management through
panel strategy, rate benchmarking, alternative fee arrangements, scope
discipline, and cost containment.
• Manage assigned spend categories, including Professional Services:
consulting, legal, audit, tax, recruitment, and contingent labor; Corporate
Services: facilities, travel, workplace, real estate, fleet, print, and
office services; Marketing and Client Services: creative agencies, events,
conferences, media, PR, sponsorships, and digital marketing; and HR and
Employee Services: benefits, wellbeing, learning, relocation, payroll, and
background screening.
• Develop and implement a contingent workforce strategy, including supplier
rationalization, rate-card governance, worker classification controls,
statement-of-work discipline, tenure management, onboarding processes, and
reporting to improve cost, compliance, and operational outcomes.
• Analyze spend, contract, supplier, and market data to identify savings
opportunities, supplier consolidation opportunities, demand management
levers, and unmanaged or fragmented spend.
• Partner with Legal on contract negotiation strategy, fallback positions, and
escalation points, while ensuring procurement leads the commercial strategy
and supplier negotiation plan.
• Collaborate with Information Security, Data Privacy, Business Continuity, and
other business teams to support appropriate due diligence, onboarding,
monitoring, and exit planning.
• Track and report sourcing pipeline, savings delivery, avoided cost, contract
risk improvements, renewal status, cycle times, and stakeholder outcomes.
• Build strong relationships with key suppliers and internal stakeholders,
acting as a trusted commercial advisor and escalation point for assigned
categories.
• Contribute to procurement playbooks, templates, governance standards,
sourcing workflows, and continuous improvement initiatives that support a
scalable global strategic sourcing model.
• Carry out other duties as assigned
What to expect when you join our firm
• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
• Generous Holiday policies
• Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to
Wellhub
• Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
• Support to grow through professional development courses,
tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
• Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
• All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
• Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen
Must have skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Law, Operations, or a
related field, or equivalent practical experience.
* 5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, vendor management,
commercial negotiation, category management, or a related discipline.
• Experience managing spend across one or more of the following categories:
Professional Services, including consulting, legal, audit, tax, recruitment,
and contingent labor; Corporate Services, including facilities, travel,
workplace, real estate, fleet, print, and office services; Marketing and
Client Services, including creative agencies, events, conferences, media, PR,
sponsorships, and digital marketing; and HR and Employee Services, including
benefits, wellbeing, learning, relocation, payroll, and background screening.
• Demonstrated experience implementing or materially improving a contingent
workforce strategy, including governance, supplier model design, commercial
controls, compliance processes, stakeholder engagement, and measurable
performance improvements.
• Demonstrated experience leading sourcing events and commercial negotiations
with external suppliers.
• Strong commercial acumen, including the ability to analyze pricing models,
fee structures, rate cards, statements of work, total cost of ownership, and
supplier proposals.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to use spend, contract,
supplier, and market data to develop category strategies and measure
outcomes.
• Experience working with Legal, Finance, Risk, Compliance, HR, Facilities,
Marketing, and business stakeholders in a matrixed organization.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with
the ability to engage senior stakeholders and translate commercial issues
into clear recommendations.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple sourcing
initiatives, renewals, negotiations, and stakeholder priorities at the same
time.
• Sound judgment, integrity, and professionalism when handling confidential
business, supplier, financial, and commercial information.
Nice to have skills
• Experience in the financial services, asset management, investment
management, or other regulated industries.
• Experience with law firm panel management, consulting spend, audit and tax
advisory, contingent labor programs, corporate services, marketing services,
client services, HR services, or global indirect spend categories.
• Familiarity with third-party risk management, outsourcing governance,
operational resilience, privacy, information security, and regulatory due
diligence processes.
• Experience using procurement, contract lifecycle management, spend analytics,
or sourcing platforms such as Coupa, SAP Ariba, Jaggaer, Ivalua, Agiloft, or
similar tools.
• Experience using a contingent labor management tool such as SAP Fieldglass or
similar.
• Knowledge of procurement governance, supplier performance management, vendor
code of conduct requirements, and sustainable or responsible sourcing
practices.
• Professional qualification or certification such as CIPS, CPSM, CSCP, Lean
Six Sigma, project management, or equivalent experience.
Supervisory responsibilities
• No
Potential for growth
• Mentoring
• Leadership development programs
• Regular training
• Career development services
• Continuing education courses
At Janus Henderson Investors we’re committed to an inclusive and supportive
environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications
from candidates from all backgrounds. Don’t worry if you don’t think you tick
every box, we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different
commitments and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’re
happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If
you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please
get in touch and let us know at recruiter@janushenderson.com
[recruiter@janushenderson.com]
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Annual Bonus Opportunity: Position may be eligible to receive an annual
discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based
on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company,
department, team and individual performance.
Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards
package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation,
pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits.
To learn more about our offerings please visit the Why Join Us section on the
career page here [https://www.janushenderson.com/careers/].
Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,
disability or veteran status. All applications are subject to background checks.
Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or
sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an
employee’s job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole
discretion).
You should be willing to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory
Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure
and certification requirements, including past political contributions and
political activities. Applicants’ past political contributions or activity may
impact applicants’ eligibility for this position.
You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and
abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your
role.