Supplier Management Specialist (Interim)

Job Title: Supplier Management Specialist

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available

Salary Range: £52,000 - £78,000

Location: Eastleigh, Hybrid

Closing Date for applications: Sunday 17th August

Supplier Management Specialist: Ageas UK is seeking a Supplier Management Specialist to help play a key role in helping us enhance and strengthen our approach to third-party risk and supplier performance.

Main Responsibilities as Supplier Management Specialist:

• Refine and clarify the roles and responsibilities across our first, second and third lines of defence inc. building and completing the associated RACI framework.
• Update our current Third Party and Outsourcing Management Policy to include roles and responsibilities, reflecting latest regulatory requirements and aligning with related Group and other associated company policies.
• Develop a suite of standards and procedures to enhance our initial sourcing, onboarding and supplier contract lifecycle stages to support improved supplier management.
• Strengthen the materiality assessment we use to place greater emphasis on impacts to important business services.
• Review and enhance our initial due diligence and ongoing assessments of suppliers, including moving this work from second line to first line of defence.
  
  
  

Skills and experience you need as Supplier Management Specialist:

• Senior supplier management expertise in multinational financial services, with strong UK industry knowledge.
• In-depth understanding of supplier governance, risk frameworks (RACI), policies, and FCA/PRA compliance.
• Proven success scaling supplier oversight across complex business structures post-acquisition.
• Strategic thinker with analytical acumen, attention to detail, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Influential stakeholder engagement with gravitas; skilled in building trusted relationships and navigating resistance.
• MCIPS-qualified with hands-on experience in supplier management methodologies and relevant tooling.
  
  
  

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:

Flexible Working- Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health- Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth- Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work- Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family- Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.

Benefits for Them- Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Get some Tech- Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around- Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Supporting you back to work- Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas:

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.

As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.

Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements. To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.

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