Overview

Supplier Assurance Business Partner (Third Party Risk Management) – Sussex / Manchester (Remote may be considered, flexible working options).

Supplier Assurance Business Partner is required to join an Insurance Broker on a permanent basis. This role supports third party risk management and supplier assurance for business stakeholders across the organisation.

Key Duties

• Be the lead and main point of contact in the Supplier Assurance team and be a trusted advisor in relation to third party risk management for business stakeholders across the organisation.
• Work alongside the Supplier Assurance Manager with embedding and rolling out Group wide supplier management procedures and frameworks within the business.
• Maintain a maturity map of supplier management and work with relationship managers for a compliance framework across the business.
• Establish a training and e-learning suite of third party risk management activities to coincide with existing supplier management procedures and frameworks.
• Lead on the Supplier Management Forum, including maintaining the Terms of Reference, developing agendas and presenting in the Forum as required.
• Assist the Supplier Assurance Manager in developing tools to monitor compliance to the Group-wide supplier management procedures and framework, and lead in undertaking the monitoring of relevant colleagues’ compliance.
• Support the development of new tools, templates and guidance which will form the Group-wide supplier management procedures and framework.
• Oversee the monitoring of the TPRM maturity and capability of colleagues undertaking supplier management activities across the organisation.
• Assist the Supplier Assurance Manager in the management and closure of all Risks and Controls assigned.
• Act as liaison between the Supplier Assurance Team and the Procurement Team within P&SM to ensure Procurement colleagues are aware of the TPRM agenda, processes and developments.
• QA the data outputs of the Supplier Assurance Team alongside the Supplier Assurance Manager.
• Ensure any supplier Technical Audit activity is undertaken in line with the Group-wide supplier management framework and proportionate to the Segmentation outcome.
• Monitor OsCo supplier Return to Green (RTG) Plans to ensure Relationship Managers are progressing them appropriately.

Key attributes

• Strong Stakeholder management skills and relationship building
• In-depth understanding of Third Party Risk Management
• Experience in Quality Assurance and process improvement
• Experience with Supplier Risk and Regulatory understanding working with supply chain risk in a regulatory landscape. Candidates with experience in FS/Insurance would be a bonus
• Candidates with experience in Third Party Risk Management Systems would be advantageous
• Experience in auditing and managing compliance processes
• Good working knowledge of supply chain risk and controls
• Understanding of Regulatory Rules regarding outsourcing

Benefits

Pension contribution: up to 10%

Bonus: Average 10%

Plus much more!

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Quality Assurance

Industries

• Insurance, Insurance Agencies and Brokerages, and Insurance Carriers