Role: Supplier Management Development Lead REF 101132
Contract Length: 184 billable days | Location: Whittington or Andover (3 days per week onsite) | IR35: Inside | Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate | Security Clearance: SC requested
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT LEAD
* Working effectively with senior staff in the supplier organisation and establishing appropriate governance and relationship arrangements.
* Measuring performance, challenging inefficient processes and practices and making proposals for improvement.
* Applying a strong visual project management approach to procurement projects.
* Analyzing options, managing trade-offs flowing from decisions and mitigating key risks.
* Applying the concept of ‘value for money’ with respect to political goals and using this to articulate what a successful return on investment looks like.
* Maintaining commercial and corporate records and compliance.
* Sharing knowledge and best practice to achieve better outcomes for DIO.
* Deliver cash and efficiency savings to support the department's financial position and maintain a category level savings pipeline, demonstrating delivery against forecast.
* Ensure that Supplier Relationship Management methodologies and best practice is utilised throughout the lifecycle of the projects, programmes and procurements.
* Support the development of the Supplier Relationship Strategy and associated processes in accordance with policies, promoting performance, risk and data management and ensuring the department drives value through its commercial arrangements.
* Engagement with strategic suppliers, Crown Rep relationships, and Business Groups to drive supplier performance, commercial rigour, quality service, continuous improvement and innovation.
* Representation at Business Services Association and industry events such as DPRTE, Meet the Buyer, UKIS and others as required.
* Supply Chain Mapping and Contingency Planning.
* Providing advice/reports on economic and market behaviour, concentration, competition, shape and drivers to secure value.
* Procurement pipeline development and maintenance.
* Support optimal relevant governance structure, currently comprising: Supplier Management Board, Supplier Forum, Supplier Management Committee, Disputes Board Supplier workshops and webinars (evolve this as needed).
* Consider the long‑term resilience of supply chains and taking opportunities to mitigate the risks and develop opportunities.
* Evaluating and engaging with strategic and non‑strategic suppliers to ensure a competitive landscape and to manage the supply change.
* Producing and analysing data to inform category strategy and sector management, identifying new markets, quantifying risks to inform whether market making, or development is required to increase competition and improve ‘value for money’ in contracts.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT LEAD
* Stakeholder management and engagement in a proactive way.
* Experience in a similar (related) role, with demonstrable outcomes.
* Communicating and delivering.
* Delivering at pace.
* Comfortable working with limited information, finding what is needed, and compiling and presenting it.
* Willing to present findings and outcomes to senior stakeholders.
* Strong communicator.
* Familiarity with MS Office, Excel and SharePoint.
* MCIPs are highly desirable, or equivalent experience.
* Previous SRM experience.
We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
Disability Confident. As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Armed Forces Covenant. The client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex‑military candidates or military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
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