Sourcing & Supply Chain Specialist - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Capital One - UK

Capital One - UK

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Nottingham Trent House , United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Sourcing & Supply Chain Specialist

About this role:

The UK Supplier Management Office is responsible for the management of the end-to-end Third Party life cycle, including sourcing, contracting, ongoing supplier and relationship management and offboarding activities.

We're looking for someone who has a passion for end to end supply chain management with an interest in sourcing, sourcing best practice (community of practice) and supplier management.

Reporting to our Technology & Sourcing Community of Practice Category Leader, you'll help the business deliver on our strategy including our Technology modernisation journey.

You'll partner with stakeholders to understand market options & to execute on buy decisions (including onboarding & management of those and or other / suppliers where required).

You'll also help establish our UK Sourcing Community of Practice as we build out more end to end capabilities across the wider team.

You'll have a varied and exciting role.

Work with other categories will also feature from time to time and there will be a need to operate as a Supplier Manager (sometimes potentially across categories).

What you'll do:

Lead and deliver on sourcing opportunities including RFI, RFP, direct negotiations and contract renewals
Collaborate with the wider Supplier Management team to scope, coach and lead the negotiation of commercial terms
Develop supply market knowledge, analyse external industry trends and benchmarks leading to the formation of category specific intelligence
Engage and influence senior leaders to approach commercial decisions more strategically, and in line with business requirements and value for money criteriaDevelop relationships, both internally and externally, to understand changes in the business environment and develop a deep understanding of business needs and deliver on business goals
Ensure that all corporate or business unit level policies and procedures are adhered to and ensure that appropriate documentation exists to support all sourcing and selection events including applicable due diligence
Build interaction models across the business to help stay abreast with changes and plans in the Sourcing space
Support building a Sourcing Community of Practice within our team
Engage in managing third party relationships with Suppliers as and where required, here you will be responsible for undertaking all required activities to comply with Capital One's Third Party Management Policy at all stages of the Supplier life cycle. You will act as the primary point of contact for your suppliers and internal business stakeholders and will manage an effective governance structure to enable the appropriate level of communication and interaction between Capital One and your suppliers.

What we're looking for:

Someone with a passion for end to end supply chain management with an interest in sourcing, sourcing best practice (community of practice) and supplier management
Experience in a Procurement or Supply Chain function with Sourcing (and Supplier Management) highly desirable
Someone who is flexible and prepared to undertake a diverse role (working across the third party lifecycle as required) which will involve working across categories (as required)
Third party relationship management skills/experience
Strong commercial negotiation experience is essential
Demonstrated ability to influence across all levels (incl executives)
Strong contracting knowledge and drafting experience
Strong stakeholder management (Internal and External) experience

Where and how you'll work
This is a permanent position and is based in our Nottingham office.

We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our offices and from home.

We're big on collaboration and connection, so you'll be based in our Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Many of our associates have flexible working arrangements, and we're open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.

What's in it for you

Bring us all this and you'll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation
We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers)
Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance with flexible benefits available including seasonticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave
Openplan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham headoffice has a fullyserviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a