Head of Supply Chain & Procurement

Head of Supply Chain & Procurement - LSL Financial Services

Part of LSL Property Services plc, PRIMIS Mortgage Network are the largest Mortgage and Protection Network in the UK with some 950 firms as business partners and circa 3000 advisors working alongside us and jointly amounting to some 11% of the mortgage market share in the UK. The FS division also includes TMA, Direct Life and Linear Financial Solutions.

We are keen to recruit a Head of Supply Chain & Procurement (reporting to our Chief Finance Officer) in what is a new role within our growing business.

This role presents an exciting opportunity for a Supply Chain and Procurement professional to contribute to the success of our Financial Services Division by ensuring optimum outcomes for the business.

The role will be based partly out of our HQ site on the Birmingham Business Park in Solihull or our offices in Chippenham, Wiltshire although we are more than happy with a combination of Office and Home Working (hybrid) and may even consider remote working with occasional visits to our office locations for the right individual (UK only).

Role Purpose:

Define and lead the implementation of the Financial Services Division supplier procurement and management strategy in collaboration with key stakeholders.

Collaborate with the executive relationship/strategic owner to effectively manage commercial relationships and negotiate contracts with key suppliers, ensuring optimal outcomes for the business.

Implement monitoring mechanisms to track and report on key supply chain risk indicators and to support management within risk appetite

Lead the classification and evaluation of existing and new suppliers and ensure that appropriate and proportionate systems and controls are in place.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including legal, IT, and Risk functions, to implement risk mitigation measures effectively.

Define a strategically led tender process for new supplier relationships, leveraging insights from commercial and technical assessments to make informed recommendations.

Maintain an 'audit ready 'repository for contracts, files, and documentation for future reference, ensuring transparency and accountability and ensuring that contracts are regularly reviewed.

Manage and maintain relationships with existing Tier 1 suppliers and ensure effective management by the Execuitve team so that contracted standards and SLAs are met or exceeded.

Establish and manage value for money reviews of existing contracts and arrangements including services provided to the business by LSL Group

Ensure that all part of the supply chain meet or exceed the Group ESG risk appetite.

Main Accountabilities:

Establish a FSD wide supply changing management policy and ensure adherence to core principles and standards.

Manage operational reviews of supplier performance, developing KRIs and KPIs to monitor, challenge and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Evaluate and report on supplier capabilities, pricing, and quality to ensure alignment with business needs and standards.

Support the accountable Executive in negotiations with key suppliers

Develop working relationships with Contracts Managers and Suppliers so that good working practices are introduced, maintained/improved and roles and responsibilities are clearly set out and robust.

Knowledge & Expertise:

Excellent organisational and multi-tasking skills including the ability to prioritise and schedule own workload.

Initiative-taking resourceful and thorough and capable of working under time pressure, both independently and part of a team with minimum supervision.

Awareness of relevant legislative and regulatory corporate governance.

Strong leadership and motivational skills

Ability to lead and deliver change and contribute to culture change successfully, including guiding first line teams to a mature state.

Good verbal and written communication skills and able to communicate effectively at all levels.

Excellent organisational and multi-tasking skills including the ability to prioritise and schedule own workload.

Self-motivated resourceful and thorough and capable of working under time pressure, both independently and part of a team with minimum supervision.

Awareness of relevant legislative and regulatory corporate governance

Ability to manage confidential and sensitive issues.

Report writing and policy creation and communication.

Ability to quickly learn new procedures, skills, and techniques.

Ability to function in a high paced environment to meet high pressure deadlines.

Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships

Experience and Qualifications required:

Educated to degree level or equivalent practical experience, complemented by a minimum of 5 years in procurement or related roles.

The ability to maintain supplier and contract information in Microsoft SharePoint

Higher level MS Office/ 365 skills

Preferred qualifications:

CIPS Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Procurement and Supply Operations

Knowledge of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and forthcoming UK Critical Third-Party regulation or similar regulatory frameworks related to operational resilience in the financial sector.

Salary and Benefits - £60,000 - £70,000 DOE and negotiable

Benefits to include enhanced pension, healthcare and share incentives when available.

Based on the Birmingham Business Park in Solihull or our offices in Chippenham, Wiltshire although we are more than happy with a combination of Office and Home Working (hybrid) and may even consider remote working with occasional visits to our office locations for the right individual (UK only).

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on your background or needs, if you require any adjustments to make the recruitment process easier please let us know.

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