Specialist, Supplier Governance

501907 Permanent Full Time Leeds - Hybrid Procurement & Supply Chain

About

NewDay

We help people move forward with credit,
and help our colleagues to move their careers forward too. We use our highly flexible, scalable, and multi-product digital credit engine to power over 120 million transactions every year. Our brands include Aqua, marbles, fluid and Bip. We partner with leading brands such as John Lewis, AO, Argos and DEKO. Over 5 million UK customers are supported by our award-winning customer service.

At NewDay

We value all types of diversity. We’re an equal opportunity employer and believe that our differences create a vibrant, authentic working culture. We want all our colleagues to feel able to bring their whole selves to work. We don’t discriminate on the basis of age, physical or mental disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and carer status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We make sure that every job is crafted to be inclusive and that people with disabilities or caring responsibilities can take part in the application and interview process. Tell us if you need accommodations: we’ll put reasonable adjustments in place to support you.

Our dynamic NewDay culture

We’re focused on what will drive impact in helping people move forward with credit. Our distinctive culture is geared to spark innovation and team working – with lots of open doors for development. Our customers can rely on us because we aim high, support each other, do the right thing and build for the future.
We invest in our colleagues. On top of a strong market competitive salary, you get a bonus opportunity that matches the impact (delivery + values) you drive in your role. We also help you retire better with market leading pensions.
At NewDay, #yourwellbeing matters: You get 26 days holiday and can buy up to 5 more after probation. Then you’ll get extra days as you build your career with us.
NewWork, our flexible, hybrid working approach, helps you to manage your work/life balance - and even bolt on work time in other countries before or after your holiday. And when you’re in the office, you get free healthy breakfast, fresh juices, lunch, barista coffee etc
Our tax efficient green car and cycle to work schemes save you money (and help the planet).
Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to tell you more about any of our perks.

0-12 months you’ll deliver

What will you be doing day-to-day?

• Develop and deliver online & face to face modular Procurement process training and support business functions in their application of these processes.
• Manage Procurement system tasks and administration e.g. setting notifications, questionnaire and supplier approvals, optimisation and efficiencies and support the implementation of change requests.
• Support the development and progression of supplier risk assessments and supplier management framework tiering including oversight of supplier governance procedures.
• Lead and support Supplier Governance reviews across the business with Supplier Managers and business functions.
• Develop and own reporting capabilities out of the procurement system, provide regular reporting for Senior Management meetings, committees and sustainability metrics.
• Work closely with Sourcing Managers to understand internal requirements for new supplier and new service requests.
• Manage ad-hoc payment requests submitted by the business to ensure they meet Policy
• Provide support for company wide projects, including roll out of any changes and/or data gathering for reporting.

What you’ll bring

• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Good command of MS Office tools. Particularly excel and power point
• Experience in a risk focused role e.g. Supplier Risk, Compliance & Audit, Control & Governance, Operational Risk

Desirable

• Proven Supplier Management/Supplier Risk experience
• Knowledge and understanding of Sourcing processes and good contract interpretation skills
• Procurement transformation experience (implementation & embedding of new processes ans systems within the business)
• Financial services experience
• CIPS qualified/member

Your Personal Attributes

• Able to work in a fast paced environment on multiple objectives
• Ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate own work, and to take ownership for own actions
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to build relationships
• A willingness to learn and develop via tackling new tasks and supporting more Senior team members
• Excellent communicator who proactively provides updates on progress
• Self-motivated, with the strive to continuously find opportunities for improvement
• Seeks out all the information available / makes vital checks before responding or referring for help
• Can liaise well across business areas to promote Supplier Management, our system and Procurement processes.

And would love you to know or learn:

The role holder will provide strong oversight and governance of Suppliers especially those identified as Material and Key to NewDay!

Where next?

We work with Textio to make our job design and hiring inclusive In the NewDay Tech team, you’ll join an Expert or Leader career pathway. This will guide you on what your next step here could look like, with regular and open feedback to help you build capabilities to move forward. Let’s talk about this role – contact talent@newday.co.uk We partner with Women in Data to support careers for women in tech and analytics