Our client, a market leading Financial Services organisation, seeks to recruit an experienced Vendor Manager who can play a key role in the development and implementation of best in class Vendor Management process, policy and methodology whilst managing a portfolio of buiness critical suppliers in the Consultancy, Advisory, HR (BPO) and FM space.

Role:

The jobholder will provide an expert Vendor Management capability; by operating in an internal consultancy capacity to ensure that business units across this diverse banking group are managing their suppliers in line with a 'best-practice' Vendor Management methodology. This includes the continued development and optimisation of Vendor Management process and tools which ensure a consistent approach to external vendor management.

In turn the jobholder will be tasked with managing a portfolio of buiness critical suppliers in the Consultancy, Advisory, HR (BPO) and FM space - seeking opporutnities to drive innovation and to extract value in terms of cost and service for key stakeholders up to and including CxO level.

The jobholder will demonstrate advanced stakeholder engagement, influencing and management skills.

Experience:

• Demonstrates a depth of SRM or Vendor Management experience
• Experience of managing suppliers in the Consultancy, Advisory, HR (BPO) or FM space
• Experience gained in complex, global, 'blue-chip' environments
• Demonstrable experience of developing SRM process, policy and tools
• Advanced communication skills with an excellent track record of stakeholder engagement
• Ideally presents a degree of traditional procurement experience as a compliment to expertise in SRM
• Ideally Degree qualified