Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager, the Supply Chain Manager is responsible for:
Role Responsibilities
- Owning the performance management and development of suppliers, within the Facilities Management categories in Bellrock
- Reporting supplier feedback to the Head of Procurement to support the further development of Supply Chain strategy
- Working with the Procurement Coordinator and Head of Procurement to identify high performing suppliers and negotiating their addition to the Tier 1 supplier list
- Ensuring on a monthly basis, suppliers perform in accordance with both Bellrock and Bellrock client requirements
- To act as next point of escalation for supplier underperformance after Operations and escalate on to Procurement as necessary
- Driving a best practice approach to supply chain management within Bellrock
- To manage the formal performance and risk management plans of all providers
- To assess the risk of existing suppliers and, the risk of any new suppliers prior to seeking Head of Procurement approval to onboard them
- Maintaining and driving a consistent and professional approach to supply chain management and cross-functional working practices
- Developing strong internal relationships, securing sponsorship and confidence in Supply Chain management from its stakeholders
- To ensure procurement savings are delivered and followed through to by suppliers and operational teams
- To maintain a supplier database/register which provides details of their category and service capabilities
- Assist in mobilisations to ensure suppliers are onboarded and mobilised efficiently
- Support in identifying the best fit supply chain model for the bid team
- To undertake the processes required for ensuring procurement savings are delivered by monitoring and managing the application of agreed savings by suppliers and Operational teams
Behaviours & Traits
- Communication – Is articulate and structured in their approach to documenting and sharing information and recommendations. Can present and summarise information simply and in an unemotional way, enabling senior leaders to make fact-based decisions
- Resilience – Is resilient and able to remain composed and objective focussed in a fast-paced environment that is undergoing significant cultural and structural change
- Can take a ‘whole picture’ view to ensure strategies, solutions and processes remain pragmatic, efficient and effective
- Numeracy – Is confident in owning complex data-sets and working proactively with internal functions and external clients in regard to supply chain performance
- Problem solving – takes a systematic, logical and unemotional approach, focusing on the key issues, when dealing with problems, issues and risks;
- Ownership – Is used to taking ownership of a problem/task/project and possess the ‘drive’ to see it through to completion
- Results and delivery focused. Hands-on, energetic style with “can-do” attitude
- Hard working and tenacious. A resilient self-starter, motivated and capable of working with minimum supervision
- Team management – effectively manages and develops teams; Can lead a range of stakeholders within a supply chain management programme by way of effective communication skills; owning workshops, agendas and team meetings; acting as the point of contact for the supplier relationship.
Qualifications & Experience
We stress the importance of having a good technical understanding of the ‘facilities – hard services’ category with sufficient technical knowledge to manage an extremely broad range of suppliers within a complex environment and with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- BIFM Level 3 is desirable but not essential
- Institute of Supply Chain Management Level 3 is desirable but not essential
- At least 5 years within a supply chain management role, managing facilities and/or building maintenance/fabrication suppliers
- A good demonstrable level of technical and commercial understanding of the category, along with an in-depth knowledge of the supply markets
- Demonstrable knowledge of owning a supplier management and performance measurement across hard and soft FM
- Demonstrable experience in stakeholder management and cross-functional team working in the context of a central supplier management function
- Very strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills
- Structured and data-driven approach to project management;
- Very strong project management skills
- Evidence of working within a continuous improvement culture, with a strong customer focus
- Experience of retail, education and healthcare property environments would be beneficial
- Experience of representing a supply chain management function to an external customer, in support of a tender process/within a bid environment, would be beneficial
Role Purpose
- Communication – Is articulate and structured in their approach to documenting and sharing information and recommendations. Can present and summarise information simply and in an unemotional way, enabling senior leaders to make fact-based decisions
- Resilience – Is resilient and able to remain composed and objective focussed in a fast-paced environment that is undergoing significant cultural and structural change
- Can take a ‘whole picture’ view to ensure strategies, solutions and processes remain pragmatic, efficient and effective
- Numeracy – Is confident in owning complex data-sets and working proactively with internal functions and external clients in regard to supply chain performance
- Problem solving – takes a systematic, logical and unemotional approach, focusing on the key issues, when dealing with problems, issues and risks;
- Ownership – Is used to taking ownership of a problem/task/project and possess the ‘drive’ to see it through to completion
Results and delivery focused. Hands-on, energetic style with “can-do” attitude - Hard working and tenacious. A resilient self-starter, motivated and capable of working with minimum supervision
