Supplier Manager, GCOO Supplier Management

WORKING PATTERN: We adopt hybrid working style which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Bristol office.

About this opportunity

Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's largest Digital, Retail and Commercial Bank with a focus on Helping Britain Prosper. Specific activities which you'll be responsible for include things like:

• You will play a key role in leading suppliers to deliver maximum value to Lloyds Banking Group.
• You will help develop and deliver the Vendor Management third party strategy, driving business strategic requirements and building partnerships with senior internal and external partners
• Working in collaboration with the business areas, you will ensure your suppliers deliver in line with expectations and drive incremental value and deliver competitive advantage in line with strategic and operational objectives.
• Responsible for the active management of suppliers and apply the appropriate level of Treatment Standards.
• By utilising data to identify trends, deliver continuous improvements to maximise our value and minimise risk in our supply chain.
• Act as a source of expertise with your suppliers, providing professional advice to key partners and colleagues.

Why Lloyds Banking Group.

We're on an exciting transformation journey and there could not be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you'll need:

• Delivering results with accountability
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Management
• Communication with impact
• Influencing
• Risk Management
• Business Insights
• Managing ambiguity and change
• Judgement and decision making
• Demonstrating self-awareness and growth mindset

And any experience of this would be useful:

• Experience of working with suppliers/3rd Parties
• An understanding of processes & practices relating to the Group's Supply Chain Framework
• Experience of Group Sourcing
• An understanding and awareness of Cyber, operational resilience, data privacy, technology, and cloud policies

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!