Supplier Risk Manager

7 months ago

Newcastle, Australia Clifford Chance LLP Full time

JR-5616
- Newcastle
- Business Services & Facilities
- Permanent

**Job Description**:
**Job Overview**

The Clifford Chance Procurement department seeks to _'position Procurement at the heart of operational excellence'_; providing commercial and strategic advice and support to our stakeholders regarding pre
- and post-contract management processes, supporting the implementation of our supplier management and sustainable procurement programmes, and providing commercial training to empower and equip our stakeholders and ensure compliance with our procurement policies and procedures.

As a member of the wider Procurement team, the Supplier Risk Manager is expected to provide robust management and tracking of the risk control status for all key suppliers and, working with key stakeholders, ensure the development of supplier onboarding and in-life cycle risk management plans.

This role may require infrequent travel to other Clifford Chance global offices, but it is expected that most work will be undertaken within Newcastle.

Clifford Chance won the Outstanding Diversity and Inclusion Practices in Procurement Teams award at the CIPS Excellence in Procurement Awards 2020. Please refer to the 'News' section of our Supplier Management website for more detail and other initiatives we have been involved in.

**Who you will work with**
- Client and Business Development teams to provide responses to client queries and audits.
- Information Security, Data Privacy & Compliance & Legal Teams to address supplier risks and issues and assist supplier assurance activities.
- Global stakeholders (internal) including senior levels.
- Support members of the Procurement team.
- External Stakeholders, including suppliers.

**What you will be responsible for**

You will be responsible for delivery and implementation of the firm's supplier risk management approach, including the training and upskill of Contract Managers and Owners to support compliance with our procurement policies and procedures, and collaboration with key stakeholder groups to ensure appropriate implementation of our SRM Framework and oversight and management of supplier risk across multiple risk domains (regulatory, operational, financial, contractual, etc.)

**What you will do**
- To act as an expert and advisor across all areas of supplier relationship management and supplier related risk.
- To develop and help other members of the Procurement department, as required.
- To influence our supplier risk management approach and strategy; driving the delivery of our responsible business commitments and supplier standards.
- To provide best practice guidance and support to all global offices to enable the effective oversight and management of key suppliers.
- To review the tiering level of our suppliers on an annual basis to ensure an appropriate level of oversight and management is applied, including on-going assurance activities for high-risk suppliers.
- To identify and maintain an inventory of our critical and important supplier relationships.
- To ensure appropriate controls are in place to support compliance with the minimum standards outlined in the Supplier Management Framework, Procurement, Finance and Professional Standards & Risk Management policies, including on-going monitoring and reporting.
- To maintain and manage our Responsible Supply Chain Team Standard Operating Procedures documents, including any updates/ amendments, as appropriate.
- To review and maintain our suite of tools, templates and guidance and ensure they're reviewed, as a minimum, on an annual basis working with the Sustainable Procurement Manager and Head of Responsible Supply Chain.
- To work with the Procurement Operations Team to report non-compliance with SRM Framework minimum standards and processes, including working with Contract Managers, Suppliers and Sourcing Team to reduce percentage of non-compliance over time.
- To leverage data analytics to identify opportunities to drive greater value -consider reporting and data to drive the right behaviours, including supplier risk management and sustainability reporting.
- To monitor adherence of key suppliers to our Supplier Code of Conduct and Supplier Standards, including, but not limited to, the oversight and management of our annual supplier code declaration exercise, working closely with the Sustainable Procurement Manager.
- To manage and resolve any ad-hoc user queries on key supplier management topics, e.g., service improvement planning, exit management, etc.
- To provide visibility of the financial stability of our key suppliers, sharing financial reporting information with Sourcing Managers, as appropriate, to inform decision making and next steps.
- To provide training and upskill as part of the SRM Learning Programme to contract managers and owners, including tailored guidance for each region / office to ensure the commitments we've made (client, legal, regulatory, and voluntary) are addressed and reported on.
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