Supplier Relationship Management Director

Location: Sheffield

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time / Hybrid Working (Office Attendance 2 days per week)

Salary: Up to £85,000 depending on experience

Benefits package:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, opportunity to buy and sell holiday
• 15% employer pension contribution,
• Performance related bonus
• Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme, healthcare cash plan and life assurance
• Paid voluntary day, maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health and wellbeing, travel, and technology...and plenty more

THE ROLE

We are currently recruiting for a new Director to join our existing Commercial Operations Team.

The Supplier Relationship Management Director will contribute and play a proactive role in the Commercial Operations senior leadership team by leading, developing and maximising the value of the Bank’s supplier relationship management framework.

The main responsibilities will include being a strategic, proactive cross-functional driver of continuous improvement bringing together different stakeholders across the businesses ensuring that the supply base is managed professionally, consistently and in an integrated manner.

You will also act as a conduit between stakeholders and the Bank’s supply chain effectively and strategically supporting the Bank’s stakeholders in managing the Bank’s key suppliers and providing oversight to the management of the wider supply chain.

To be considered for this role you will be a recognised strategic expert in supplier relationship management and have solid and demonstrable experience of effective contract, commercial, service and budget management within a complex multi-source service / supplier environment. This includes experience in performance/SLA/KPI management, service specific contract drafting and negotiation skills/dispute management.

You will have experience of working in a complex corporate culture or rapidly growing business

as well as experience working in diverse cross-functional/project teams with a strong track record in effective and motivational people management to build, coach and motivate high performing teams.

You will possess excellent presentation/briefing skills with the capability to both draft and present papers to all levels of seniority including executive committees as well as the ability to analyse complex performance information for all outsourced services.

You must have an excellent knowledge of working with and managing outsourced services along with experience in maximising and delivering change and continuous improvements.

You will have good influencing and communication skills with experience of delivering them at all levels of the business and a broad business knowledge including commercial, financial and technical awareness and be commercially astute with extensive experience of commercial negotiations with suppliers and a comprehensive working knowledge of contract law.

Demonstrable experience in drafting commercial documents including service level and key performance indicator metrics is also essential.

Please view the full job description here

ABOUT US

The British Business Bank is a unique and exciting institution. Its mission is to drive sustainable growth and prosperity across the UK, and to enable the transition to a net zero economy, by supporting access to finance for smaller businesses.

Established in 2014, it is a 100% government-owned economic development bank but independently managed.

To deliver its programmes, the Bank works through more than 200 delivery partners such as high street, digital, specialist and challenger banks, venture capital and private debt funds and fintech platforms.

Currently, we employ around 550 people, split between offices in Sheffield and London.

Please note all candidates applying for this role should have the right to work in the U.K.