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 Spinwell is recruiting for a Supplier Management Development Lead for an excellent opportunity within the public sector. 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. • Analysing 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 departments 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 to 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, quantify 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 role, with outcomes • Communicating and delivering • Delivering at pace • Comfortable working with limited info, able to go find what needed, and be able to collate and present it. • Willing to present to senior stakeholders – findings and outcomes • Strong communicator • Familiar with MS Office, Excel, and SharePoint • MCIPs are highly desirable, or equivalent experience • Previous SRM experience. If you are a Supplier Management Development Lead, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell! We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion. 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