Supplier Management Development Lead

?? Opportunity: Supplier Management Development Lead
?? Salary/Rate: £500 - £ 700 per day (inside IR35)
?? Location: Nr Glasgow
?? Contract Duration: 6 months

We are currently looking for a Supplier Management Development Lead for our government client. This Supplier Management Development Lead role is hybrid, based between 3+ days per week on site in East Kilbride, and the remainder of the week working remotely. The successful candidate must be available to come into the office at short notice, potentially daily as required.

The contract for the Supplier Management Development Lead position is initially for 6 months with potential to extend, offering a daily rate within the range of £ 500 to £ 700, operating inside IR35.

Security Clearance: Security Check (SC Clearance)

This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role, it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.

Role Profile/Responsibilities:

• Significant experience of successful contract & supplier management, demonstrating improved value, operational effectiveness & reduced risk, identifying opportunities to deliver against your organisation's priorities
• Senior Commercial/Procurement experience with evidence of influencing at suppliers at director level, must have excellent communication skills
• Effectively builds & maintains a range of colleague, internal and external stakeholder relationships, working collaboratively, providing clear advice & support with a track record of influencing at executive and senior levels
• Experience within government and IT sector would be preferably, ideally with experience in secure service delivery.
• Recognised commercial qualification would be desirable, MCIPS, ICM, etc
• Develop and enhance contract management activities, monitoring adherence to KPI's, negotiating contract change and value
• Develop the Strategic relationship management programme for key suppliers
• Lead Commercial functional support on all Contract Management matters including risk management, Supplier management, contract reviews, assurance and reporting
• Develop strong strategic relationships with stakeholders and suppliers, maximising opportunities to collaborate, achieve efficiencies, improve capability
• Expert knowledge in complex Commercial relationship management and contracting processes
• Support gathering commercial requirements from spending teams, proactively working across the organisation to ensure future needs are understood and documented
• Manage the commercial team to ensure all commercial documentation is retained and stored and utilised effectively to manage the future pipeline of activities.
• Lead on the development of commercial analysis and metric reporting. Enhance process management and tooling across contract and supplier management activities.

If you are interested in the above role, please click Apply Now and send a CV for immediate review.

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Circle and our Client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. Our client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, they guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where they have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, theywill interview the best candidates from within that group. If you qualify, please notify us on igs [at] circlerecruitment [dot] com. We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your guaranteed interview. Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a better way for us to communicate, please do let us know.

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