Vendor Manager
Please Note: The application deadline for this post has now passed.
Post Introduction
The Vendor Manager is the link between our organisation and our suppliers. Duties include choosing vendors, maintaining supplier master data, signing for products or services and cultivating a positive working relationship with each off-site vendor, as well as with teams internal to the Organisation e.g. Procurement.
About the Department
This role will sit within the Technology Services department, reporting to the Head of IT Portfolio. We are a busy and close-knit team, working with various NCI’s to deliver their IT solutions and service, as well as project and programme delivery. The Vendor Manager will manage all IT suppliers, and others across the NCI’s as needed, to improve synergies within teams and to provide a full picture of vendors within the organisation.
What you'll be doing
Within this role you will:
- Review and negotiate contracts with suppliers
- Plan for contract renewals up to a year in advance
- Assess the performance of vendors through meetings, setting KPIs and reporting
- Ensure vendor compliance with company standards, facilitating where needed to improve performance and adherence
About You
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- 5+ years’ experience of vendor management in a commercial environment
- Good working knowledge of contract structure, data protection standards, negotiation approaches and supplier performance management
- Attention to detail, organised and able to plan
- Numerate skills, with strong Excel, Word and Powerpoint skills
For a full person specification, please see the attached job description.
Closing date: 11 September 2024.
Interviews are expected to be held in September.
What we offer
Our benefits include:
- A salary of circa £50,000 plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of salary.
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus three additional days
- Flexible working hours and location, with an expectation of just 2 days per week in our office in Westminster
- Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies
We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.
We Include. You Belong.
Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.
Living out our values in all that we do, we:
- Strive for Excellence
- Show Compassion
- Respect others
- Collaborate
- Act with Integrity
We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for then we would like to hear from you.
