Supplier Manager
- Recruiter
- Resource Solutions - Barclays
- Location
- Knutsford
- Salary
- Excellent + Benefits
- Posted
- 21 Sep 2018
- Closes
- 28 Sep 2018
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
The Barclays Procurement Function is responsible for all aspects of working with supplier resources, from selection all the way to payment and termination of relationships. Supplier Management works post implementation of contracts with all suppliers and internal stakeholders across the bank to deliver innovative solutions for Barclays, balancing costs against service levels and risks, enabling Barclays to achieve its ambition of becoming the bank of choice.
It is responsible for:
Your Role
- Owning the relationship between the supplier and the bank (working with the Category lead as required)
- Leveraging group wide spend to drive best value from suppliers and delivering value across Barclays
- Delivering effective performance management across all spend
- Supporting internal stakeholders in navigating their way through a complex set of management rules and processes, to optimise the supplier services
- Setting the framework Third-Party Supplier Risk Management and supporting the procurement and management of suppliers across Barclays in a consistent manner
- Operating a number of procurement systems and processes to support and control buying activities
- Manages the development of Supplier relationships for Barclay's future requirements
- Provide sourcing teams with support and input to negotiations with suppliers and chosen service providers, where required
Essential Skills
- Previous experience in Supplier Management and fluency at explaining it to any audience at any moment
- Strong track record of delivering post contract value from suppliers
- Track record in improving Supplier Management in a services related organisation
- Expert in a variety of spend areas where dependence on effective Supplier Management are strongest
Desirable Skills
- Corporate governance
- Customer/market perspective
- Innovation and change
About Us
Barclays is a transatlantic consumer, corporate and investment bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, with a strong presence in our two home markets of the UK and the US. Our goal is to become the bank of choice by providing superior services to customers and clients and supporting our stakeholders via a commercially successful business that generates long-term sustainable returns.
Risk and Control Objective
All Barclays colleagues have to ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.
Your Application
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Barclays Values & Diversity
Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager. We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.