Senior Supplier Manager - Group Sourcing & Supplier Management

SALARY: £78,098-91,880pa  

LOCATION(S): Bristol, Edinburgh, Halifax, Birmingham 

HOURS: Full-Time – 35 hours per week 

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our Group Sourcing & Supplier Management office sites in Bristol, Edinburgh, Halifax or Birmingham.

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY 

Suppliers have an ever-increasing role in the success of Lloyds Banking Group, our transformation agenda and delivering value for our customers. This is your chance to be at the heart of our key supplier relationships. 

• You'll play a key role in developing and managing our relationships with some of the most important suppliers to LBG. 

• You’ll use your deep understanding of business strategic requirements and your experience of implementing supplier strategies to drive innovation, cost efficiency and long-term value creation. 

• You’ll utilise data to identify trends and drive continuous improvement, spot opportunities to maximise value and manage risk in the supply chain. 

• You will support the development of our approach to our wider supply chain. 

• Underpinning the above, you will understand the importance of managing risk whilst you drive the growth in the supplier relationships. 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: 

• Are you someone who has experience in and is passionate about technology Supplier Management and collaborating with other business areas? If yes, we value the following 

• Strong Leadership skills -You will be a senior member of the wider Supplier Management team and will demonstrate our values, behaviours, and growth mindset. 

• Experienced in developing positive relationships both with internal stakeholders, colleagues and externally with suppliers, sophisticated stakeholder relationship and influencing skills to Executive level. 

• Demonstrates strategic thinking, understands the supplier market and technology landscape, and applies detailed knowledge of business and supplier needs to deliver results that strengthen LBG’s competitive position 

• Brings strong commercial experience and of developing and delivering successful supplier strategies, planning long-range goals, objectives and overall direction which supports LBG strategy. 

• Ability to identify shortcomings, providing suggestions, and implementing improvements to existing business practices. 

• You’ll also be passionate about pursuing and investing in opportunities for your own and other’s personal development. 

• You’ll contribute to the continued development of our approach to forward-thinking supplier management 

• Connects information and insights across the organisation to share learnings and spot opportunities. 

And any experience of these would be really useful: 

• An accomplished problem-solving approach with the ability to assess and develop strategies to address some of our wider challenges and opportunities. 

As part of the application, please complete the questionnaire (3 questions) and upload your responses as a separate document; applications submitted without this document will not be considered on this occasion. 

ABOUT WORKING FOR US: 

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. 

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. We’re disability confident, so if you’d like reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process, just let us know. 

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: 

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%. 

• An annual performance related bonus. 

• Share schemes including free shares. 

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping. 

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top. 

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies 

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