Senior Manager, Supplier Management, Finance Coo

End Date
Monday 22 January 2024
Salary Range
£71,825 - £84,500
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Job Description
JOB TITLE:Senior Manager, Supplier Management, Finance COO
SALARY:£78,634 - £92,510
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh or Bristol
HOURS:Full time
WORKING PATTERN:Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site
About this opportunity:
This role presents an exciting opportunity to lead the Supplier Management team for Group Finance under the Finance COO within Group Finance Support (GFS) & Finance Data Analytics Office (FDAO). You'll build strong and long-lasting relationships with suppliers, we’re enabling the Group to stay ahead of the competition and better serve its customers. We're creating a centralised Finance Supplier Management team that has a real passion for Supplier Management.
Joining the Finance Supplier Management team provides an opportunity to lead the centralisation of the Supplier Management function for Group Finance. The role will focus on embedding the Supplier Management Framework, treatment standards and key controls and play a role in crafting the Team for the future. This role provides a great opportunity to lead and develop the supplier and risk management skills of colleagues within the team.
The Senior Manager in this team will be expected to lead, implement and embed the group-wide supply chain management strategy for the business area in line with Divisional objectives. You'll have a deep understanding of business strategic requirements and build strong and long-lasting partnerships, utilising data to identify trends, and driving performance quality and continuous improvement to maximise value and manage risk in the supply chain.
GFS & FDAO operates in a team culture and you'll be expected to work effectively as part of the wider team, collaborating to solve problems and sharing knowledge. There are always new issues to investigate and resolve, starting every single day with a desire to learn and improve is critical for success in role.
Lloyds Banking Group is the UK’s largest Digital, Retail and Commercial Bank with a focus on Helping Britain Prosper. Our Finance teams sit at the heart of the organisation. GFS & FDAO are a key function within the Finance community of LBG. We’re a team of 550 colleagues, with responsibilities including financial and regulatory reporting and control, risk & control, data, people and culture initiatives and strategy implementation.
The roles and responsibilities will extend to:

• You'll lead in transitioning to a centralised supplier manager model, assisting in the transfer of activity to a centralised team under the Finance COO
• Play a key role in leading Group Finance suppliers to deliver maximum value to Lloyds Banking Group.
• Shape and deliver the Finance Supplier Management strategy, driving business strategic requirements and building partnerships with senior internal and external stakeholders
• You'll be responsible for overseeing the active management of suppliers in line with the policy framework.
• By utilising data to identify trends, you'll help shape continuous improvements to maximise value and efficiency, while minimising risk in our supply chain.
• Act as a source of expertise with your suppliers, providing professional advice to key partners and colleagues
• Work closely with our risk partners to facilitate risk management of suppliers under 1RCSA (the Group’s Risk Management system).
• Actively participate in the broader leadership within the GFS & FDAO extended leadership team co-ordinate and deliver a broad range of activities that focus on how Group Finance as a function handles its Supplier landscape and overall Group Finance Risk.

About us:
If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.
What you'll need:

• Extensive experience of working with suppliers / 3rd parties with the ability to deliver results with accountability
• A passion for understanding our suppliers and a desire to collaborate with our stakeholders to enhance their understanding of Supplier Management landscape and framework
• An understanding of processes & practices relating to the Groups Supply Chain Framework
• Experience of Group Sourcing
• An understanding and awareness of Cyber, operational resilience, data privacy, technology, and cloud policies
• Have a track record of motivating your Team and delivering within the LBG values and behaviours
• The ability to both challenge and support Senior stakeholders by delivering effective Business Partnering.

About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people?Join our journey.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.