Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Edi/AP

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 25/04/2025

Here at Royal London, we are seeking to hire a Senior Supplier Relationship Manager who will work with stakeholders across the organisation to translate corporate and local strategies into strategic account management plans with our third party partners. They will drive continuous improvement and cost optimisation initiatives whilst ensuring excellence in delivery performance, supply chain oversight, risk management, ESG standards and robust operational resilience plans. Group Procurement is a centre of commercial excellence for best-in-class procurement and supplier management. The team have built great relationships and reputation across the Royal London Group and attained market leading employee engagement scores. Those who join us will have the opportunity to grow and develop in a team that is collaborative, supportive and high performing.

About the role

-Responsible for leading and managing the strategic development of Royal London's relationship with a select number of IT Tier 1 and/or Tier 2 suppliers, including those that support Important Business Services (IBSs).
-Leading conversations with the relevant business stakeholders to deliver a structured supplier management framework; and covering supplier performance, risk, cost and relationship considerations in line with Royal London's Procurement and Third Party Management Policy and SRM Handbook best practices.
-You should be able to bring extensive thought leadership and external insight and will challenge and influence as a key contributor to the development of specific category and business area sourcing and supplier management strategies, aligning this to Royal London's strategic outcomes and embedding into supplier account plans.
-Manage small team of Supplier Management professionals.

About you

-High leadership standard, work ethic, and alignment to Royal London values to engender a culture of trust, integrity, and high performance.
-Successful people leadership, covering high levels of engagement, coaching, and the development of others.
-Excellent interpersonal and influencing skill set, strong business partnering approach and is able to engage effectively with a range of audiences.
-Sets a distinct and consistent tone from the top, champions effective risk consideration and management, works with all areas of the group in an open and collaborative way.
-Good analytical skills, strong attention to detail and capability to assess and mitigate commercial risks.
-Strong planning and organising skills: experienced in managing a high volume of work with competing priorities simultaneously.
-Clear thinker, with proven commercial acumen and strategic focus.
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
-Participate in team working and taking opportunities to take ownership of activities or lead when appropriate.
-Ability to deputise for the Head of Supplier Management.
-Recognises and celebrates success.
-Experience of writing / input to Board papers, budgets and Business Plans
-Advanced negotiation skills and comprehensive knowledge of contract law and regulatory standards, e.g., Outsourcing, Operational Resilience

About Royal London

We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise
to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We're an Inclusive
employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.

High leadership standard, work ethic, and alignment to Royal London values to engender a culture of trust, integrity, and high performance.
-Successful people leadership, covering high levels of engagement, coaching, and the development of others.
-Excellent interpersonal and influencing skill set, strong business partnering approach and is able to engage effectively with a range of audiences.
-Sets a distinct and consistent tone from the top, champions effective risk consideration and management, works with all areas of the group in an open and collaborative way.
-Good analytical skills, strong attention to detail and capability to assess and mitigate commercial risks.
-Strong planning and organising skills: experienced in managing a high volume of work with competing priorities simultaneously.
-Clear thinker, with proven commercial acumen and strategic focus.
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
-Participate in team working and taking opportunities to take ownership of activities or lead when appropriate.
-Ability to deputise for the Head of Supplier Management.
-Recognises and celebrates success.
-Experience of writing / input to Board papers, budgets and Business Plans
-Advanced negotiation skills and comprehensive knowledge of contract law and regulatory standards, e.g., Outsourcing, Operational Resilience

We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise
to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We're an Inclusive
employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.