Supply Chain Manager

Job title:

Supply Chain Manager

Company

The Growth Company

Job description

The Growth Company’s Business Growth Hub team are looking for a Supply Chain Manager who will support the procurement of a framework of subcontractors delivering workforce based essential skills compliant with Public Sector Procurement Directives then subsequently managing the subcontractors against quality, contractual and performance-based criteria.Please note that this role is subject to contract award, notification end September 2024GM Business Growth Hub is a community of specialists with a passion to help businesses across Greater Manchester to realise their ambitions. Since 2011, the Hub has supported more than 15,000 businesses including start-ups, scale-ups and established businesses, providing finance guidance, creating international links, and paving the way for innovation and people development across the region. We work with the best of public and private partners, offering expert one-to-one and peer-to-peer business support, events, specialist programmes, funding and much more.Key Responsibilities:

• Control and lead supply chain systems and processes, ensuring full compliance with best practices (e.g. Ofsted, Merlin Standard, AELP, SFA, CIPS), funding body, and procurement regulations.
• Manage the subcontractor onboarding process, including operating procedures, contract compliance, quality processes, information security, health and safety, safeguarding, insurance, etc., and ensuring all due diligence procedures have been followed.
• Lead on the identification, assessment, and management of potential risks associated supply chain management.
• Develop and maintain relationships both internally with all GC staff and externally with subcontractors and stake holders to ensure the effective operation of the framework.
• Ensure set up of regular, timetabled, effective performance management processes with subcontractors.
• Monitor the subcontractor’s performance against contract and internal targets; develop agree and initiate action/ improvement plans as required, regularly monitoring performance against agreed plan.
• Liaise with internal quality and compliance coordinators to ensure quality monitoring; reporting and improvement plans are in place for all subcontractors to meet company quality standards. Champion quality standards e.g. Ofsted, Merlin standard and AELP standard.
• Present reports and updates to the Programme Steering/Operations Board, ensuring the Programme Steering/Operations Board is kept up to date and appraised of risks and mitigations.

Experience:

• Proven track record of successfully setting up funded, supply chain management systems and procedures in line with best practice procurement standards and practices (Ofsted, Merlin, SFA, AELP, CIPS)
• Experience in delivering benefits through a collaborative and cohesive supply chain.
• Proven solid track record of successful relationship management and significant experience in managing sub-contractors in the skills or welfare to work sector to achieve and exceed performance targets.
• To have a strong working knowledge of government-funded programmes.
• Commercial awareness and strong business analysis skills and in-depth knowledge and experience of government (DWP, SFA, ESF, ERDF).
• To be educated to a degree level or equivalent in a business or project management
• Knowledge of financial, legal, and social value issues in relation to supply chain procurement.

About you:

• Strong influencing and negotiation skills at senior levels.
• Excellent project management skills, strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to analyse, evaluate, and make recommendations relating to risk at a strategic level.
• Able to manage the tendering process of multiple procurement contracts.
• Strong IT literacy, especially Microsoft packages.
• Ability to work flexibly to meet tight deadlines and strict timescales.
• Self-starter; proactive and able to manage own workload.
• Ability to build and maintain business relationships at an operational level.

LocationManchesterBusiness Area Logobusinessgrowth.jpgCompany LogoBusiness Growth HubCompanyBusiness Support Business Finance (BSBF)Contract typePermanent/ Full- timeSalaryUp to £47,000 per annumAdvert Brandbusinessgrowth.jpgClosing Date18/09/2024Ref No4285Documents(Word, 49.29kb)We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check. This will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at or call us on 0161 237 4447.All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.

Expected salary

£47000 per year

Location

Manchester

Job date

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:25:36 GMT

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