Supplier Manager

The team/department
We are looking for a Supplier Manager to join our evolving Supplier Management team within Procurement.
The Procurement department are accountable for enabling the delivery of value for money from the FCA's supply chain and the management of third-party risks.
The Supplier Management team are responsible for the FCA's Supplier Management Framework, enabling the FCA to deliver value for money and manage risk after contract award with our key suppliers.
What you will be doing (the role)
Manage a portfolio of FIVE key non-Technology suppliers (one supplier with contracts >£50m, two suppliers £10-50m, two between £2.5m and £10m), in line with the FCA Supplier Management Framework, including relationship and third-party risk and issue management
Work with internal and supplier stakeholders to develop strategies and plans to enable the generation of value for money for the FCA and the supplier
Undertake supply chain risk management to protect the FCA from supplier failure, service disruption, and financial and reputational damage
Provide assurance that contract owners are managing contracts correctly, including commercial, contract, obligation and performance management
Support departments in the Operations division, including HR, Cyber & Information Resilience (C&IR), Finance and Procurement, to manage their contracts
Contribute and provide expert guidance to the transformation of contract management capability in those departments
Oversee and drive compliance in those departments to the Contract Management Framework
What you will get from the role
A unique aerial view of the financial services industry, with the opportunity to do meaningful work that makes a real difference, with the opportunity to understand and shape the workings of the financial sector at a time of considerable change
You will know that the key suppliers that you manage have a direct impact on the FCA's ability to make a difference to millions of consumers
The opportunity to work with and influence senior stakeholders across the FCA, with a mandate to play an increasing role in ensuring the FCA can demonstrate Value for Money from its supplier engagements
As an Academy business, we place great value on learning and at the FCA we offer world-class development opportunities which will assist you in achieving your career aspirations
Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.
Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:
25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
Private healthcare with Bupa
A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age - up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
Income protection
We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.
The skills and experience you will have
Minimum
We are a signatory to the Government's Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.
Proven background and track record across all aspects of Supplier Management, including Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Contract Management (Performance, Risk, Governance, Contract and Commercial)
Demonstrable experience of building constructive relationships with key internal business stakeholders and suppliers at a senior level, with the ability to influence
Essential
World Commerce & Contracting SRM Practitioner qualification or equivalent (or willingness to work towards gaining appropriate level of qualification)
Commercial acumen
Logical and analytical skills
Highly effective communication and problem-solving skills
About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.
The FCA's Values & Diversity Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our senior associate role.
Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want but we won't judge you for asking.
Multi-location
As part of the FCA's on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices. This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from.