Supply Chain Operations Manager, AVP

This role is based in India and as such all normal working days must be carried out in India.

Job Description

Join us as a Supply Chain Delivery Manager

• We’ll look to you to give us a competitive advantage and improve our customer experience
• You’ll be supporting, developing and delivering innovative supply chain solutions that align with our cost and risk appetite expectations
• As a key member of our team, you’ll enjoy extensive collaboration and can expect great visibility for you and your work

What you’ll do

As a Supply Chain Delivery Manager, you’ll be developing and implementing joined-up, global supply chain strategies and solutions that incorporate the full contract life cycle across multiple spend categories, geographies, and business areas.

You’ll also be shaping and executing the development and management of our supply base in line with our strategy, including owning and developing key strategic suppliers on behalf of the bank, identifying potential new suppliers and managing and improving supplier performance.

In addition to this, you’ll be:

• Delivering proactive plans and prioritising all available resource to ensure efficient delivery and management of the supply base in line with our objectives
• Undertaking contract and financial signing authority in line with published delegated levels of authority and regional variations
• Developing and using strong networks across the supply market and other external organisations, including competitors, and developing deep insights and analysis
• Implementing the stakeholder management strategy and delivering an excellent supply chain service to those stakeholders
• Building a deep understanding of the franchises, functions and business areas relevant to the successful supply chain strategy, and designing and delivering solutions that meet and challenge their requirements

The skills you’ll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll need commodity and supply market knowledge across a variety of supply chain categories with a demonstrable track record of success in implementation. You’ll be educated to a degree level or equivalent, and you’ll have experience of contributing to strategic and business critical supplier relationships and contracts to deliver sustainable improvements.

You’ll also demonstrate:

• Knowledge of contract law and legal knowledge relevant to supply chain
• Experience of applying supply chain skills and techniques to positively disrupt business strategy and outcomes
• A proven track record in taking ownership for resolving issues within a supply chain services environment
• Experience of contributing to the design and implementation of a variety of supply chain models, such as offshore, outsourcing, utility and make versus buy
• Cost and financial management experience
• Understanding of end to end Supply Chain processes (including RFx, NDA, Contracts, Supplier Qualification and Due Diligence) with good Analytical expertise
• Exposure to various tools like Ariba, Jaggaer, Coupa, Oracle, SAP, Fieldglass etc.
• Understanding of Risk and Sustainability for Supply Chain
• Education – Graduates
• Working Hours – UK shift
• We’re looking for candidates with 12-15 years of experience in Supply Chain (BFSI)