Supplier Management Specialist (Procurement)

As Supplier (Procurement) Management Specialist you will manage supplier and contract activity after contract signature. You will ensure post-award procurement processes are followed, support supplier onboarding and exit, manage risks and changes, and maintain contract records in line with agreed governance.

You will monitor supplier performance and manage dispute resolution, maintain accurate records and reporting, and ensure supplier and contract activity is controlled, compliant and up to date.

This is a hybrid variable role requiring 2 days per month in our London office.

What you will be doing:

• Managing post-award supplier and contract activity in line with agreed governance and processes
• Ensuring purchase requisitions are checked and progressed accurately, with out-of-scope requests challenged or escalated
• Onboarding clients in line with risk, policy and governance requirements
• Co-ordinating supplier assessments and completing in line with third party risk requirements
• Recording changes to contracts or requirements, controlling and progressing through agreed processes
• Identifying third-party risks, tracking and escalating, with accurate records in place
• Maintaining contract records, with clear visibility of status and key milestones, and reporting actioned as per guidelines and set requirements
• Completing contract exits and supplier offboarding in line with agreed processes
• Processing rebates and credit notes in line with agreed processes

What you’ll bring:

• Experience supporting supplier or contract management activity in a structured environment and / or an understanding of contract lifecycle activity (onboarding, performance, change and exit) is highly beneficial but not essential
• Recent graduate looking for their first role in procurement will be considered
• Proactive in progressing work and following through to completion
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple administration tasks and priorities
• Confident communicator and comfortable raising issues and escalating where needed

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Hybrid with London office attendance 2 times per month
Security Clearance Level: SC
Internal Recruiter: Adrian
Salary: Up to £45k depending on experience
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, health cash plan and pension

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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