Supplier Relationship Manager
Supplier Relationship Manager Apply locations Edinburgh time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: January 29, 2025 (11 days left to apply) job requisition id R0072539
Job Description
At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.
Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.
About the department
The Adviser business provides support, expertise and technology for financial advisers in the UK to bring value for their businesses and their clients.
The ambition of the Adviser business is to be the easiest partner that advisers will do business with, and our purpose is to help advisory businesses thrive, so they can help their clients prosper.
We will achieve our ambition by focusing on three things: helping advisers do business their way, making it easy and putting our strength to work for them.
About the role
As the Supplier Relationship Manager, you will be a key part of the Supplier Management Team within the Adviser Business, responsible for managing 3rd party providers aligned to the Adviser Vector.
You will work with 3rd party providers and set criteria to monitor the supplier to ensure they can continue to meet what is required. You will also engage with any new 3rd party providers to ensure we establish the relationship and requirements at the outset.
Key responsibilities
Manage supplier governance meetings as per contractual requirements
Annual contract review for all suppliers
KPI/SLAs validation in conjunction with business team
Supplier assurance activities in line with TPRM framework (SRAQ, DDQ, Exit Plans etc)
Engagement with oversight owners to track supplier performance
Supplier escalation management
Ownership of supplier budget and performance against forecast
About the candidate requirements
Strong working knowledge of managing third-party suppliers and different types of third-party contracts
Experience of managing suppliers within an enterprise risk framework and governance model
Good commercial acumen and ability to analyse complex spend data
Skilled in analysing the appropriate data and KPIs to support and identify themes/trends to make fact-based decision making
A strong set of analytical skills, naturally inclined to analyse and challenge current processes and seek to ensure best practice at all times
Good relationship management skills with a track record of effectively influencing, collaborating, and constructively challenging stakeholders at all levels
Strong verbal and written communicator with the ability to make the complex simple and engage both technical and non-technical audiences using a variety of mediums
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. Therefore, if you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire and one of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.
Our benefits
There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.
When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal.
Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs.
We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.
If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.
About Us At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors. abrdn plc manages and administers £505.9 billion of assets for clients, and has over 1 million shareholders (as of August 2024).
We are structured around three businesses – Investments, Adviser and Personal – focused on the changing needs of our clients.
Across markets globally, we build investment solutions to enable clients to create more opportunities for their futures.
abrdn's platform technology and tools help UK wealth managers and financial advisers create more opportunities for their clients and their businesses.
Our personal wealth business offers tailored services to help individuals in the UK create financially secure futures in a way that works for them.
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Supplier Relationship Manager Apply locations Edinburgh time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: January 29, 2025 (11 days left to apply) job requisition id R0072539
Job Description
At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.
Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.
About the department
The Adviser business provides support, expertise and technology for financial advisers in the UK to bring value for their businesses and their clients.
The ambition of the Adviser business is to be the easiest partner that advisers will do business with, and our purpose is to help advisory businesses thrive, so they can help their clients prosper.
We will achieve our ambition by focusing on three things: helping advisers do business their way, making it easy and putting our strength to work for them.
About the role
As the Supplier Relationship Manager, you will be a key part of the Supplier Management Team within the Adviser Business, responsible for managing 3rd party providers aligned to the Adviser Vector.
You will work with 3rd party providers and set criteria to monitor the supplier to ensure they can continue to meet what is required. You will also engage with any new 3rd party providers to ensure we establish the relationship and requirements at the outset.
Key responsibilities
Manage supplier governance meetings as per contractual requirements
Annual contract review for all suppliers
KPI/SLAs validation in conjunction with business team
Supplier assurance activities in line with TPRM framework (SRAQ, DDQ, Exit Plans etc)
Engagement with oversight owners to track supplier performance
Supplier escalation management
Ownership of supplier budget and performance against forecast
About the candidate requirements
Strong working knowledge of managing third-party suppliers and different types of third-party contracts
Experience of managing suppliers within an enterprise risk framework and governance model
Good commercial acumen and ability to analyse complex spend data
Skilled in analysing the appropriate data and KPIs to support and identify themes/trends to make fact-based decision making
A strong set of analytical skills, naturally inclined to analyse and challenge current processes and seek to ensure best practice at all times
Good relationship management skills with a track record of effectively influencing, collaborating, and constructively challenging stakeholders at all levels
Strong verbal and written communicator with the ability to make the complex simple and engage both technical and non-technical audiences using a variety of mediums
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. Therefore, if you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire and one of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.
Our benefits
There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.
When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal.
Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs.
We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.
If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.
About Us At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors. abrdn plc manages and administers £505.9 billion of assets for clients, and has over 1 million shareholders (as of August 2024).
We are structured around three businesses – Investments, Adviser and Personal – focused on the changing needs of our clients.
Across markets globally, we build investment solutions to enable clients to create more opportunities for their futures.
abrdn's platform technology and tools help UK wealth managers and financial advisers create more opportunities for their clients and their businesses.
Our personal wealth business offers tailored services to help individuals in the UK create financially secure futures in a way that works for them.
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