Location: Milton Keynes, GB
Department Name: Supply Chain Operations - Logistics
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About The Role: We are seeking a proactive and strategic Business Support Manager to lead the exciting shift towards zero emission vehicles. This role is pivotal in driving cultural change, collaborating with key stakeholders, and ensuring the seamless integration of zero emission vehicles into our operations.
Key Accountabilities:
* Manage complex contracts, business processes or technical activities to achieve the most efficient and effective delivery of goods, works and services.
* Manage internal and external stakeholders to understand future business strategies and maintain up-to-date supply and demand plans.
* Collect, review, analyse and maintain business, contract and supplier performance data and use it to support contract delivery.
* Manage customer and supplier relationships for relevant specialist areas.
* Manage the day-to-day governance of spend in relevant category or business areas.
* Manage the development of commercial strategies to better incentivise reliable supplier performance and drive supplier performance development programmes and sourcing activity effectiveness.
* Identify and implement quality and efficiency improvement initiatives.
* Manage the engagement and development of individuals and of the team.
* Manage and comply with company procedures to provide appropriate resources, communication strategies, training, and competency and evaluate fitness of staff to safely deliver their accountabilities.
Essential Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
* Able to lead a team and motivate team members.
* Extensive knowledge of the supply chain and the relevant supply contracts.
* Experience of contract and supplier management.
* Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
* Commercial and negotiation skills.
* Able to work under pressure.
* Good interpersonal, influencing, communication and organisational skills.
* A customer focussed approach.
* Able to evaluate complex factors and make decisions to maximise benefit to Network Rail.
* Strategic outlook, including the ability to fully analyse options and drive delivery of recommendations.
* Understanding and application of best practice supply chain management within relevant markets.
* Proven experience of managing 3rd party supplier relationships as well as relationships with key internal stakeholders.
How To Apply: This role is permanent. This position is based in The Quadrant, Milton Keynes. Hours: up to 35 hours per week with hybrid working (2 or 3 days in the office per week) and travel as required. Salary range: £46,701 to £53,589 per annum, depending on skills and experience. Closing date: 16 April 2025. Late applicants will not be accepted. This role is being advertised internally and externally.
You will need to complete a supporting statement addressing how you meet the essential criteria as part of the application process and add this to your CV in one document. Applicants who do not complete this statement will not be shortlisted.
If you cannot access the guide, please contact RSResourcing@networkrail.co.uk and we will send you a copy. Click ‘Apply now’ to submit your application. If you would like to speak to the Resourcing Team, please contact RSResourcing@networkrail.co.uk.
If you would like any reasonable adjustments support during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact the Resourcing Team who will happily assist.
Network Rail Benefits: To find out about what benefits we offer, click here. All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
Drugs and Alcohol Standard: All prospective external candidates offered a conditional role will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test.
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