Senior IT Supplier Manager

Salary: £84 per hour

Job No: Tectre1150

Title: Senior IT Supplier Manager

Salary: £see below

Role: Permanent

Location: London, Edinburgh, Halifax and Agile Working options

Role Description

Our client are one the leading retail banks in the UK and are committed to becoming the best bank for customers. As a result, they are looking for an experience and passionate Senior IT Supplier Manager to join their team.

They offer flexible work schedules for this role, for example compressed hours or alternative start and finish times. However, you will be expected to work in the office / external meetings up to 3 days per week post-Covid.

Our Team

Our clients IT Supplier Management team is supporting a strategic Cloud technology transformation programme at the heart of the Group. By building strong and long-lasting relationships with suppliers, they’re enabling the Group to stay ahead of the competition and better serve its customers. They have a real passion for what they do, and we’re aspiring to be the leading supplier management team.

About the role

As an Senior IT Supplier Manager, you’ll support the delivery of large scale, multi-supplier transformation programmes because of the award of major new contracts or work packages. You will play a key role in developing and managing our relationships with some of the most important suppliers. Ideally, you’ll use your deep understanding of business strategic requirements and your experience of implementing strategic supplier strategies to drive innovation, cost efficiency and long-term high value. You’ll utilise data to identify trends and driving performance quality and continuous improvement to maximise value and manage risk in the supply chain. Suppliers will have an ever-increasing role in the success of the company, their transformation agenda and delivering value for their customers – this is your chance to be at the heart of their key supplier relationships, specifically their Public cloud suppliers.

What we need from you

• Strategic Leadership and thinking – market knowledge and apply detailed knowledge of the supplier, supply market and business needs to deliver results that improve the Groups’ competitive position.
• Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering a successful supplier strategy, plans long-range goals, objectives and overall direction which support the Groups’ strategy. Can demonstrate business acumen, relationship optimisation, vision, and planning capabilities.
• Strong specialist experience in Public cloud – knowledge to highlight potential opportunities in own field of work and interpret market / competition data to take strategic decisions.
• Experience in identifying shortcomings, providing suggestions, and implementing improvements to existing business practices.
• Identifies and evaluates complex expertise-led solutions against a range of criteria to find the ones that best meet business needs.
• Strong stakeholder and relationship skills to executive level to influence the direction of key supplier relationships.

Desirable

We appreciate not everyone will have experience in all requirements for the IT Supplier Manager role but we’d also welcome experience in:

• Experience managing relationships with important internal customers, and overseeing relationship management with a group of more transactional clients and customers as their business.
• Managing and delivering required outcomes for a portfolio of contracts and negotiates service level agreements while planning, coordinating and supervising activities related to major contracts.
• Ability to take responsibility for implementing a team’s formal development framework with guidance from senior colleagues, while informally coaching others throughout the organisation in area of expertise.
• Developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organisation’s change management programme with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Delivering a contingency plan for significant aspects of the risk management and/or control process.

You’ll be passionate about pursuing and investing in opportunities for your own personal development.

What you’ll get from the role

This is an exciting time to join us we, have an excellent benefits package but more than that we’re an encouraging team that invest in a collaborative approach where everyone’s opinion is heard, and colleagues are encouraged to develop and use an inquisitive nature in their role.

We’ll also give you a comprehensive package that includes:

• Base salary: £84080 – £87, 600 (London)
• Base salary: £84040 – £73, 800 (outside London)
• 4% flex benefit cash pot to spend on benefits (or take as cash)
• Discretionary variable annual performance bonus
• Generous employer pension contribution up to 15%
• 30 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays
• Private medical health cover, share plans and access to staff discounts!

Our client is an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within their organisation. We’ll ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

How to Apply:

If you meet the above criteria for the Senior IT Supplier Manager role, please respond to this with an up to date copy of your CV, quoting both the reference number and title for the job/s you are interested in. Our office hours are between 9am – 5pm Monday through to Friday. You may not hear from us straight away due to the level of applications we receive every day. We can only respond to applicants whose skills and qualifications are suitable for this position.

Tectre is a specialist IT Recruitment Company. We support our customer in their Positive Action Campaigns for Diversity. To find out more about us please see our website.