Supplier Manager

TieTalent; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Supplier Manager, where you will oversee supplier risk and performance, ensuring compliance with standards. This role involves managing supplier relationships, monitoring KPIs, and collaborating with various stakeholders to align with business needs. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in risk management and supplier oversight.

Qualifications

• Experience with risk and controls, supplier management, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute supplier control processes, ensuring performance meets expectations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align supplier relationships with business strategy.
• Monitor suppliers to meet quality standards and contractual obligations.

Skills

Risk & Controls

Supplier Management

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Commercial Skills

Job description

Join us as Supplier Manager at Barclays, where you will manage and monitor supplier risk and performance to meet the requirements of the Barclays Third Party Service Provider Policy and Standards, through control execution, commercial management, relationship, and risk management.

To be successful as a Supplier Manager, you should have experience with:

• Risk & Controls
• Supplier Management
• Stakeholder Management

Highly valued skills may include:

• Communication Skills
• Commercial Skills

You may be assessed on key skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role can be based out of Knutsford, Northampton, or Glasgow.

Purpose of the Role

To manage and monitor supplier risk and performance to meet the requirements of the Barclays Third Party Service Provider Policy and Standards, through control execution, commercial management, relationship, and risk management.

Accountabilities

1. Management and execution of supplier control processes, including oversight of suppliers and their performance, monitoring KPIs to ensure expectations are met.
2. Collaborate with various stakeholder groups to produce deliverables that meet procurement needs, policies, standards, mitigate supplier risks and issues, and align supplier relationships with the bank’s needs and business strategy.
3. Identify suppliers capable of providing the right goods and services through market research, capabilities analysis, and contract negotiation.
4. Identify industry trends and developments related to supplier management tools and techniques by attending conferences and participating in training.
5. Monitor suppliers’ control operations to meet Barclays Third Party Service Provider Management Standards and contractual obligations, including quality standards, risk mitigation, and commercial activities.
6. Collaborate with regulatory teams to support global regulatory requests, exams, and ongoing activities.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and ensure operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions and business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using professional knowledge and skills to deliver impactful work. Set objectives, coach employees, appraise performance, and determine rewards.
• If in a leadership role, demonstrate leadership behaviors to foster a thriving environment, including listening, inspiring, aligning, and developing others.
• For individual contributors, lead collaborative assignments, guide team members, and identify new directions for projects.
• Consult on complex issues, providing advice to support issue resolution.
• Identify risk mitigation strategies and develop policies/procedures supporting control and governance.
• Manage risk and strengthen controls related to work performed.
• Perform related work, understanding how areas coordinate to achieve organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with other areas to stay aligned with business activity and strategy.
• Engage in complex data analysis from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information effectively.
• Influence stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.