Senior Supplier Relationship Manager

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Job Description

Salary: 47,450 - c.£59,300 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As a Senior Supplier Relationship Manager (SSRM) play a key role in implementing the Supplier Relationship Management framework with Strategic and Key suppliers. The SSRM will lead a team of up to 7 people with a mix of HS2 employees and consultant support. The SSRM will manage a portfolio of HS2's most important suppliers. They will be responsible for the management of SRM Framework activities that identify and deliver relationship benefits/value to supplier and HS2 alike. The Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) supplier portfolio currently includes Professional Services Consultants (PSCs) Main Works Civils and Stations Construction Partner with whom relationships span c.10years and valued circa £8Bn.

About the role:

• Leadership of a team of up to 7 resources
• Daily management of internal and external SRM resources
• Support the HS2 professional development process, conducting reviews, setting objectives, providing mentoring, training and support
• Responsible for ensuring that SRM Reports and supporting collateral, including periodic reports, SRM training material, benefits and value reporting, case studies etc are produced in a timely manner
• Manage their respective SRM supplier portfolio including segmentation analysis, project plans, monthly reporting, forward work/actions, SRM Tool upkeep and providing regular updates to relevant stakeholders
• Lead all associated meetings, workshops and collaborative events required to support the delivery and development of SRM at HS2, including meeting with senior stakeholders to MD level internally and externally to HS2
• Provide ongoing operation support in the maintenance and continuous improvement of all sources of SRM data and tools
• Responsible for ensuring that the tram maintain a working calendar of meetings and workshops in line with the SRM programme
• Interface with other governance and assurance, IT and systems-related personnel across HS2, DfT and the supply market to align SRM to wider HS2 governance and reporting, systems and interfaces
• Support the delivery of training in best practice SRM to nominated relationship managers, commercial and contract manager and wider stakeholders in the business
• Promote a culture of building excellent Supply Chain relationships built on trust, openness that enhance HS2's reputation in the market place
• Support with the timely and accurate reporting in accordance with SRM programme governance
• Work with other members of the commercial directorate team is cross working between the various groups and SRM is needed
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all SRM work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI
• Lead continuous improvement of the Supplier Relationship Management strategy (including: materials, approach and wider deployment across HS2)
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About you:

Skills:

• Team development & leadership skills and the ability to support, coach and mentor colleagues
• Analytical, commercial and negotiating skills
• Ability to produce and present documents and reports to a variety of audiences, including internal stakeholders at various levels in the organisation
• Stakeholder management skills - including the ability to maintain effective relationships with internal & external relationships
• Ability to effectively engage with both the awarded and potential HS2 supply chain, and any related industry bodies and stakeholders
• Ability to use Microsoft applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) or equivalent Knowledge:

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of government initiatives, policies and best practice approaches to SRM
• Understanding of the commercial and contract delivery lifecycle including key activities during market engagement, procurement and delivery
• Understanding of systems and reporting applications including procurement and commercial tools
• Knowledge of large projects or working within/under a similar matrix organisational structure
• Understanding of approaches to, and benefits of, good stakeholder management, internal and external communication, coordinated 3rd party and supplier engagement
• Knowledge of applicable EU and UK procurement legislation
• Knowledge of different procurement routes including use of OJEU processes and government frameworks
• Understanding of project scheduling and planning

Experience:

• Experience of stakeholder and Supplier Relationship Management and Supplier development in both the public and private sector
• Experience of applying SRM intervention activities / arrangements to enhance supplier performance
• Experience within a procurement, financial or commercial governance structure with supporting policy and processes.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with HS2 company values.

The HS2 Behavioural competency Framework can be accessed via the following link:

https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/26103923/Behavioura...

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.