Supply Chain Partner

We have a great opportunity to join our friendly and outgoing supply chain team within Arag initially on a 12 month fixed term contract. The Supply Chain Team manages all our Claims Suppliers and plays a key role in delivering outstanding service to both customers and business partners.

The Supply Chain Partner will be accountable for ARAGs supplier strategy; managing a number of relationships to ensure that they provide exceptional service and deliver value of money. You will build strong, positive supplier partnerships and drive continuous improvements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring our suppliers deliver their contractual obligations
• Implementing and delivering a structured governance programme, focused on customer service oversight and managing indemnity expenditure.
• Utilise Management Information to understand under and over performance
• Managing strategic supplier relationships & developing Business Partner relationships collaboratively and in line with our corporate values, to build, maintain and grow close working relationships
• Work with proposition development to further enhance our proposition and stay relevant in the market

About You

As an experienced professional in supply chain management you will have:

• Experience of working within a supplier management, procurement and/or claims environment
• Experience in building and maintaining collaborative relationships with strategic and Tier 1
• Business Partners.
• Have experience of working within a regulated environment with a thorough understanding of
• relevant regulatory requirements, applicable law and industry codes of practice.
• Understanding negotiation skills whilst maintaining a collaborative approach to suppliers.
• Ability to take ownership of own workload to achieve goals and objectives with particular focus on detail and demonstrating capacity to drive tasks to conclusion.
• Ability to demonstrate detailed understanding of outsourcing risks and controls.
• Able to demonstrate strong influencing skills in order to hold suppliers accountable for delivering high quality performance against challenging KPIs and SLAs and manage Business Partner expectations.
• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to communicate across a range of stakeholder groups at senior management levels.

•Highly competent in all Microsoft business applications and have an aptitude for collating and analysing information.

If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the criteria listed above.