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For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com\nDepartment overview\nNomura is currently in the process of establishing a new Group Sourcing function to operate across Nomura Group companies, regions and functions to deliver an ongoing contribution to cost efficiency and commercial/contract risk mitigation associated with vendor engagements, and drive efficiencies through spend category commercial support, vendor/contract consolidation and Group-wide economies of scale.\nRole Decription\nWorking as part of a Category team that operates as part of an overall Group Sourcing team. 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