Overview

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.Join the Close Brothers Third Party Management Team where you will embed the TPM framework, optimising commercial value and reducing the risks associated with third party relationships throughout the full lifecycle, from the point of selection to on-boarding and in life performance management, through to renewal or exit.The successful candidate will ensure that our business owners are professionally partnered by the Bank TPM function in managing the Bank’s third-party expenditure and relationships.Responsibilities

Lead procurement activity to support business requirements for new and renewing engagements and in alignment with category based strategies, including:Effectively manage relevant stakeholders across the organisation, acting in the capacity of a trusted advisor.Lead and be accountable for the commercial negotiations on third party engagementsLead procurement activity (RfX) in the assessment, selection and delivery of Third Party solutions to the Bank.Lead contract negotiations with Third Parties in conjunction with Bank Legal.Liaise with the finance function to ensure that we remain in budgetary alignment.Support effective supplier relationship management across nominated third party engagements to ensure commercial value is optimised across the full lifecycleSupport Category Leads in executing established sourcing strategies using best practice methodologies working with business and finance to identify, measure and track value delivery.Work within the Third Party Management framework at all times to ensure prudent and practical management of risk whilst always striving to meet the needs of business stakeholders.We would love to hear from you if you have/are:Experience in managing procurement projects.Experience in negotiating contracts (Legal and Commercial) with Tier 1 providers.Strong knowledge of Soft Services Procurement.Strong analytical skillsExcellent interpersonal and networking skillsGood influencing skills at senior levels to influence acceptance of a new way of workingStrong negotiating and influencing skills, at all levels, are essential.Good IT skills to include wide experience of word documents, Excel spreadsheets (including pivot tables and charts) and PowerPointIt is not essential but it would be great if you have/are:Experience of managing a procurement category in at least one blue-chip organisation that has crossed functional and business boundaries.Experience in delivering large scale transformational projectsExperience in the Financial Services sectorDemonstrable and applied knowledge of contract law.Strong Knowledge of regulations related Financial Service (SySc8, Material Outsourcing, GDPR etc)About Us

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careersTo find out more about life at Close Brothers: https://www.closebrothers.com/life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541To find out more about our benefits: https://www.closebrothers.com/employee-benefitsTo find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment: Our Responsibility - Diversity and inclusion ¦ Close Brothers Group

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