Supplier Manager - People & Places Supplier Management Team

End date

Monday 02 December 2024

Salary range

£57,546 - £63,940

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Agile Working Options

Job Share; Hybrid Working

Job description

Within People and Places Supplier Management Team, our main goal is to safeguard our customers, colleagues, and the Group throughout our supplier interactions. It is important that our suppliers deliver their services to us in a compliant and responsible way, and they share the same values we do.

Develops and delivers the group-wide supply chain management strategy for own area of accountability through managing supplier relationships in line with Divisional objectives. Understands business strategic requirements and builds partnerships, utilising data to identify trends, and deliver performance quality and continuous improvement to maximise value and minimise risk in the supply chain

Your responsibilities will include:

• Building and managing relationships with key internal and external partners
• Completion/oversight of Treatment Standards to ensure suppliers remain compliant with Group policies
• Management/monitoring/oversight of supplier contractual KPIs and contractual obligations, ensuring these are met
• By utilising data to identify trends, you will help shape continuous improvements to maximise value and efficiency, while minimising risk in our supply chain
• Proactively identify, capture and manage risks inherent to our suppliers' services, and ensure mitigating controls are put in place to protect our customers, colleagues, and the Group
• Ensuring supplier governance is kept up to date and stored in the correct systems for audit purposes
• Proactively find opportunities to add value to existing supplier relationships to benefit the Group

What you will need:

• Knowledge and ideally experience of our Group Sourcing Supplier Management Framework, or equivalent
• Excellent communication skills to manage relationships with important internal collaborators and act as their business partner
• Professional expertise! The ability to provide professional advice to key stakeholders and colleagues
• The desire to grow your own capabilities by pursuing and investing in personal development opportunities and develop the capabilities of others
• Accountability and advocacy for continuous improvement environment

This is a phenomenal opportunity to join a dynamic high performing team and make a real difference. Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our above office location or at our supplier locations.

So, what can we offer you in return?

In return for your expertise, you'll enjoy our total dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We'll help you perform at your best today, so you can fulfil all your potential in the future.

You'll be rewarded with excellent benefits, personal development and a career that's enriching and full of opportunity!

We're committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.