Job ref: 200555
TPR grade: R&O Grad 6 - Principal
About us
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.
Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2 trillion of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.
It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, Family Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic (ME) Network and Women’s Network, which offer spaces to connect.
Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.
We operate a hybrid working model, with regular attendance in our Brighton office to connect with colleagues across the business.
Role
The Supplier and Contract Manager shall have oversight of all contracts within the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) portfolio and will seek to drive value for money, implement the DDaT strategy and commercial roadmap and drive long-term service outcomes and cost reductions through roadmap alignment of commercial contracts, architecture and delivery plans and effective coordination of supplier management processes. They shall act as key liaison and coordination between DDaT operational and technical teams and Finance and Commercial Teams.
Responsibilities
- Ownership and development of the strategic DDaT commercial roadmap to optimise value for money, service efficiencies and long-term cost reductions through technology and contract consolidations.
- Evaluation of existing suppliers and contracts to advise on current capabilities, needs and future requirements and develop supply chain strategy and plans.
- Analyse supplier and contract data to predict trends in demand and costs.
- Market research and analysis to advise and identify opportunities to enable DDaT strategies, improve products and services and reduce costs.
- Acting as the primary point of contact to assure effective management of all DDaT contracts in line with TPR’s contract management best practice.
- Identify, assess, manage and report on contract and supply chain risks relating to DDaT.
- Performance and cost management of suppliers using service level agreements, benchmarks and key performance indicators and identify and oversee performance improvement opportunities.
- Assist service transition plans to ensure contractual support of production systems is clear and understood.
- Work closely with and in collaboration with Commercial, Finance and DDaT digital and service delivery teams.
- Create annual DDaT budget relating to commercial contracts (excluding employee costs).
- Perform ongoing budget management including spend tracking/forecasting, reporting and invoice/purchase requests approvals.
- Ongoing understanding of the external DDaT supplier landscape and emerging technologies and opportunities.
- Promote commercial awareness and activities across DDaT and oversee cost savings initiatives.
- Build and sustain effective relationships with suppliers and TPR internal teams.
Essential and desirable criteria
Essential
- Extensive knowledge and experience of commercial lifecycle within the public sector.
- Roadmap management: Experience of creating and delivering a long-term commercial roadmap for digital function.
- Understanding of using 3rd parties to deliver technology programmes, as well as key technology considerations. Ability to work with very technically knowledgeable people and disseminate the outputs to non-technical business areas.
- In-depth awareness and experience of Government standards and industry best practice within Supplier Relationship Management for example, Government Commercial Function Guidance.
- Supplier Relationship and Contract Management: comprehensive understanding and experience of managing suppliers including supplier performance, service levels, development, benchmarking, role of cost drivers in the supply chain, understanding of sub-contract markets and supplier relationship management.
- Commercial acumen: sound understanding of economic factors which will impact on market sectors and approaches to minimise cost pressures and reduce commercial risk combined with the ability to understand contracts, identify key supplier/TPR responsibilities and leverage value.
- Negotiation: Proven track record delivering savings through optimising commercial solutions whilst maintaining credibility and a long-term supplier relationship.
- Stakeholder Management: experience of liaising, consulting, and meeting with key stakeholders to understand business drivers and short-, medium- and long-term goals.
Desirable
- Project Management: knowledge and experience of designing, planning, and implementing successful procurement projects.
- Entrepreneurship: identify opportunities; identify and balance risks and benefits and take appropriate actions to deliver the most beneficial outcomes.
Person specification
- Highly motivated to drive change and delivering value for money across the business – engaging and influencing at all levels.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively in a professional manner with internal and external stakeholders.
- Leadership: Ability to influence multi-functional teams in developing and delivering the most appropriate procurement strategies and solutions – foster a collaborative team approach across stakeholder groups.
- Ability to work across and with multiple teams and disciplines to achieve outcomes.
- Ability to manage multiple commercial projects to tight timescales with multiple stakeholders.
- Influencing / communication: ability to interpret a range of differing priorities and influence the outcome across a range of senior stakeholders – explain complex problems and issues in a concise and understandable way.
- To be self-motivated, with a customer focused approach and excellent attention to detail.
- Acting with integrity, having a positive attitude with the ability to take ownership and responsibility for the completion of tasks and the ability to take and demonstrate initiative.
- Effective time management skills, the ability to manage a demanding workload, and meet tight deadlines.
- Ability to structure and manage own workload with minimum supervision.
- Structured approach to problem solving – proactive and adaptable.
• Flexibility on approach to achieve desired outcomes – use of original thought to solve problems and arrive at conclusions / recommendations.
Salary and benefits
As well as a salary between £56,498 and £62,775, we offer:
- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton
How to apply
To apply please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk quoting role reference number 200555 along with:
- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period
Current employees in their first 12 months of employment who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention and development of people with disabilities and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
Applications will be considered on a part time and job share basis.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, the successful candidate will be required to provide their right to work in the UK before they start employment. Unfortunately, TPR is not able to offer sponsorship at the time. TPR is a UK-based organisation with a working location in Brighton, candidates must live in the UK to be employed by us.
TPR is an arm’s length government body and part of the public service.
Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory background screening checks and criminal record checks (BPSS).
Whilst it is our aim to respond to all applicants, if you have not heard from us within 21 days of the advert closing, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Specific feedback will only be provided if you have attended an interview or assessment.
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.