Market Data Professional

Responsibilities will include: • Lead a team on client site, ensuring successful delivery against client targets. • Establish and maintain strong client relationships, understanding their business practices and requirements. • Shape and negotiate deals to achieve optimal commercial terms, tailored to client needs. • Lead assigned MDS initiatives, including demand management and savings challenges, across varying scopes and scales. • Build and present tailored solutions for initiatives while ensuring alignment with client objectives. • Review and negotiate vendor contracts, ensuring beneficial terms and conditions for the client. • Provide advice on best practices for contract management, licensing issues, and compliance with usage rights. • Maintain MDS industry awareness to contribute to the value chain and identify displacement opportunities. • Develop and implement demand management strategies to optimize costs and operational efficiency. • Generate accurate business and financial reports to aid decision-making and performance tracking. • Drive cost efficiency exercises by leveraging spend analysis, RFPs, and savings opportunities. • Maintain and manage a comprehensive global MDS inventory to support business operations. • Oversee the ordering and cancellation of MDS services to ensure efficient service delivery. • Manage financial processes, including invoice validation, internal cost allocations, and vendor balance accuracy. Facilitate third-party declarations to support compliance and smooth workflows. • Adhere to corporate standards, tools, and processes to ensure consistency in sourcing initiatives and delivery. • 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)• 10+ years’ experience of the end-to-end MDS process • 10+ 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. Ideal Candidates should normally be in one of the following roles. - MDS Sourcing/Vendor management specialist - MDS Business Analysis - MDS Administration Manager