JOB DESCRIPTION
About the Team
Change Solutions is made up of three key areas - Supply Chain and Operations, Change Managed Capacity and Change Managed Services. We provide hands-on delivery capability, backed-up by tried and tested technology, methodologies and infrastructure to assist clients with their projects and programmes using a model that is cost effective and scalable.
About the Role
As Supply Chain and Operations | Delivery Manager you will work across multiple engagements from planning through to delivery of client engagements. In this role, you will be responsible for driving business development for a specific market sector alongside colleagues from the firm’s other teams and networks. You will be a key leader and advocate for mentoring others in respect of their own career development.
Key Responsibilities
1. Procurement: Supporting Clients in the delivery of procurement activities including market analysis and engagement, requirements identification and management of the procurement process from initiation to contract award.
2. Contract and Supplier Management: Managing contracts on behalf of Clients, driving to improve strategic supplier relationships, 3rd party supplier risk assessment, delivering and optimising commercial assurance and undertaking detailed analysis of existing contract structures to identify improvement opportunities and current compliance.
3. Category Management: Design of category strategies, category plans and the delivery of effective category management to drive market engagement and overall value to the Client organisation.
4. Supply Chain Management: Management of existing supply chains (internal and 3rd party) and analysis to identify improvement opportunities.
5. Productivity Improvement: Working in collaboration to, analyse current operational processes / systems / data and resourcing to identify potential improvements then working with Clients to deliver the resulting change programme.
6. Other responsibilities could include supporting services including spend analysis, procurement maturity assessment, fraud analytics, cost modelling, business case development, fraud analytics, commercial governance and assurance and many more.
Skills and Experience
7. Proven experience in end to end Procurement or Supply Chain Management operations
8. Up to date knowledge of current EU regulations and the impact of Procurement Reform in the UK
9. Stakeholder Management and ability to build relationships
10. Previous experience of data analysis to drive advice and recommendations to clients.
11. Proven management experience including performance, HR duties, coaching and mentoring as well as point of contact for escalations