Supplier Manager

Location: Wilmslow, GB Edinburgh, GB Company: Royal London Group Job title: Supplier Manager Location: Wilmslow or Edinburgh Contract: Permanent At Royal London we want to attract the best talent to help us achieve our vision of becoming the most trusted and recommend financial company in the UK. We are the largest mutual life, pensions and Investment Company in the UK The Procurement Team is a successful and growing team entering the second year of our three year transformation strategy. We have the ambition and drive to be the best in our market. Due to our success in 2019 we have been able to secure additional roles so that we can increase the impact of our department on the Royal London Group. In 2019 we smashed our savings target, built our relationships and reputation across the Royal London Group and attained market leading employee engagement scores. Our success however led to demand for our services outstripping our capacity and we are now in a position where we need to recruit new people into the team. With the support of new recruits we will be pushing boundaries into new areas of spend and business strategy. Those who join us will have the opportunity to join a team that is supportive, fun, high performing, focussed and has a relentless hunger to innovate. We have an excellent track record of supporting professional development through CIPS and specialist negotiation sponsorship. We are looking for ambitious people with a strong procurement or supplier management background to join our team to help build on our success and deliver an improved service for our stakeholders and members. Key Accountabilities Define the balance between risk and innovation Implement innovation forums and create a Supplier Management community Build a model for Supplier Management resourcing requirements for all existing and new suppliers – ensuring this is reflected in Procurement processes. Define a clear handover from Procurement to Supplier Management, with RACI’s and templates in place. Support, design, and implement a strategic supplier management framework based upon business and supplier collaboration models. Develop the Supplier Management System functionality. Develop and manage key supplier account plan templates and strategies to include revenue targets, continuous cost and service improvement plans, issues, potential growth/change contractual and regulatory requirements, risk/reward and exit strategies Work in collaboration with the Procurement team with respect to the process for the management of strategic and preferred supplier relationships. Build and develop strong senior stakeholder relationships throughout Royal London. Become a trusted supplier management advisor through successful stakeholder engagement Skills and Experience Demonstrable experience in supplier management Very strong knowledge of commercial models and approaches/techniques necessary to achieve best in class supplier management. Proven ability to achieve substantial cost benefit. Proven negotiation skills and comprehensive knowledge of contract law. Essential Criteria Good analytical skills – a strong attention to detail and capability to see, assess and mitigate commercial risks. Strong planning and organisational skills to see project through to completion. Ability to build and maintain effective business relationships (internal and external) Experience in a role managing suppliers. Desirable Criteria Experience of building presentations and MI packs. Clear thinker, with proven commercial acumen and strategic focus. Ability to manage a variety of complex projects simultaneously. Ability to build and maintain effective business relationships (internal and external). What we offer We've always been proud to reward employees by offering a number of benefits such as Pensions and Protection, Performance and role-related benefits, Lifestyle and Wellbeing Our culture comes from within, or to put it another way, it comes from our people. It’s what makes Royal London a great place to work. Our People Promise is something we live up to every day. We know we can rely on you, and you can expect plenty from us in return. Glassdoor have again ranked as among the best places to work in the UK We are an equal opportunities employer. We work hard to attract the best talent for our award-winning team. We believe that embracing difference makes us stronger. Our diverse people bring us different skills – whatever their educational background, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. In fact, the first pillar of our People Promise is designed to make sure you 'work somewhere inclusive'. We want to live up to this promise; it’s good for our people and good for our customers too, because our workforce should reflect our communities.