Head of Vendor Risk & Assurance

Location Hybrid (2dpw on-site) Birmingham, Bristol or Greater London

Salary - £70 - £80K PA

Benefits Excellent Benefits

The Client Curo are Partnering with a Global Organisation, consisting of Designers, Engineers and Consultants, dedicated to sustainable development.They support their clients to solve the most complex challenges, turning their ideas into reality, leveraging the latest technology.

They have recently implemented a finance change program on a global scale setting goals to become better coordinated in how they operate, to simplify how they work, automate more where possible, and improve efficiency and consistency in processes, whilst building a stronger control environment to meet both the needs of the organisation, and those of external organisations. As part of this, the Group Procurement team will be transforming and improving operations globally.

The Candidate You will be recognized as an expert in procurement risk and assurance, able to build strong relationships and deliver for the greater benefit of the company members and stakeholders. This role is central to the procurement strategy, and your work, will be sustainable development, decarbonisation, and align with the values of the organisation. You will report to the Group Head of Procurement and Supply Chain and as part of the procurement leadership team, work closely alongside other leaders in the group, in order to embed a strong risk controls approach to the companies work.

The Role In this role, your primary focus will be responsibility for the development, delivery and coordination of a global supply chain risk, assurance and compliance program and team to ensure the company works with the right partners, in the right way, aligned with the companies values, and the expectations of the clients.

Your area of responsibility and oversight will include business integrity, regulatory, ESG, supplier diversity amongst others. You will use your experiences and skills to ensure excellence and flexibility in the organisations comprehensive approach. You will combine a global-standards foundation, by working closely with colleagues across the companies geographies, the appropriate adaptations, and enhancements as require meeting the local requirements, legislation and expectations. You will work closely with the systems team in operationalising processes, and supporting and guiding this team with regards to the capabilities the current and new systems and processes will need to accommodate.

This role requires experience in Risk & Assurance pertinent to Supply Chain & Procurement of Knowledge, Services and IT, as opposed to Product & materials procurement. This would suit a candidate from a Professional or Financial Services background. Experienced gained within a similar Engineering and Sustainable development focused Global organisation would be highly beneficial.

Requirements:

• Significant experience of supply chain compliance, such as ESG, health & safety, business integrity, in a global/multi-regional environment, as part of or connected to a procurement or supply chain function.
• Ability to lead and/or design efficient and effective approaches to excellence in supply chain risk management and assurance information sources, data quality, and robust audit chains etc.
• Excellent management skills with the ability to motivate a strong and diverse team.
• Experience of delivering change and improvement initiatives in complex environments involving diverse stakeholders
• Knowledge of Procurement systems and platforms operating on a multi-regional or multiple business unit basis, and the crucial role they play in supporting a vendor risk program
• A related professional qualification would be advantageous but is not essential.

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