Supplier Manager Barclaycard Payments

Barclays Bank Plc; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK is seeking an experienced Supplier Manager to oversee supplier risk and performance within the payments sector. You will collaborate with various teams and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with policies and driving effective supplier management strategies. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical skills, experience in managing supplier relationships, and a degree-level education. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence decision-making and operational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and delivering supplier management strategies.
• Knowledge of risk and controls, change and transformation.
• Strong ability to optimise supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Oversee supplier risk and performance across third-party service providers.
• Management and execution of supplier control processes.
• Collaboration with stakeholders for procurement needs.

Skills

Supplier relationship management

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent professional qualifications

Job description

We're seeking a dynamic and experienced Supplier Manager, Barclayscard Payments to join the Barclays Payments Acceptance business. This pivotal role will oversee supplier risk and performance across a portfolio of third-party service providers, ensuring alignment with Barclays' Third Party Service Provider Policy and Standards. You'll play a key role in shaping and executing supplier management processes, systems and governance for the newly carved-out payments business., 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.,

• Management and execution of the supplier control processes, including oversight of suppliers and their performance, monitoring of KPIs to guarantee expectations are met.
• Collaboration with various stakeholder groups to produce deliverables that meet procurement needs, policies and standards, mitigate supplier risks and issues and ensure supplier relationship align to the bank's needs and business strategy.
• Identification of suppliers that will provide the right goods and service through market research, capabilities analysis and contract negotiation.
• Identification of industry trends and developments related to supplier management tools and techniques by attending conferences and participating in training.
• Monitoring of suppliers' control operation to meet Barclays Third party Service provider Management Standards and contractual obligations including quality standards, risk mitigation and commercial activity.
• Collaboration with regulatory teams to support Global regulatory requests/exams/ongoing activity.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc) to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
• Strong ability to optimise supplier relationships and drive value.
• Proven skill in turning conceptual thinking into practical solutions.
• A clear understanding of the big picture, with the ability to connect strategy to execution.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience in developing and delivering supplier management strategies.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Degree-level education or equivalent professional qualifications.
• Knowledge of risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology trends.

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