Principal Associate, Supplier Management
At Capital One, we dare to dream, disrupt, and deliver in a better way. Our goal is simple — bring ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to an industry ripe for change. We are seeking a Principal Associate, Supplier Management to join our Enterprise Supplier Management (ESM) Team. In ESM, we empower associates to deliver their best by cultivating a culture of inclusion and belonging, where varying perspectives and opinions are valued.
As a Supplier Manager in the Third Party Management Center of Excellence (TPM CoE), you will lead several, cross-functional initiatives to enable a well-managed and adaptable supply chain. You will work closely with teams across the enterprise and maintain relationships with internal business customers. This role will be responsible for supporting the Third Party Manager community by creating tools which enable the success of the Third Party Manager roles, and sharing best practices and stepping in to resolve recurring problems that are raised by the TPM Community. As a representative from the TPM CoE, you will help prioritize areas that need improvement and also present regularly to the ESM leadership on any areas where you need additional executive level support. You will work with several stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time and with a high level of quality.

Key responsibilities include:

• Process Management: Support the CoE with documenting current state processes, identifying gaps, and proposing future state solutions
• Strategic Thinking: Leverage critical thinking skills to ideate future state solutions and best practices for third party management. Lead workshops to create and design innovative solutions
• Connecting Dots: Working with various stakeholder and partner organizations to troubleshoot issues and challenges as they emerge, identifying solutions, and driving remediation activities to completion
• Leadership: Teach, facilitate and coach Third Party Managers to deliver strong outcomes and manage their supplier portfolios with a risk focused approach
• Driving Intent: Represent the TPM community in several cross-functional forums to define new intent coming into ESM and provide feedback on the level of impact to the TPMs
• Communications: Deliver strong communications plan for the TPM community and share upcoming training opportunities
• Influence: Exercise influence across multiple domains to drive process improvements and adoption via presentation and storytelling skills