Supplier Management Officer

The Opportunity

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Supplier Management Officer in UK, Africa or MEEE Region.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Source to Pay (S2P) project will form a major part of Save the Children International’s (SCI) High Performing Organisation (HPO) programme. The project’s goal is to design, develop and implement a global Source to Pay (SAP Ariba) solution (“ProSave”) across 56 country and regional offices in SCI and to other SC Member organisations by 2022 – and to transform the current manual tendering, contract management, supplier management and purchasing processes into an automated solution.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a few years of experience in Source to Pay or Finance / Payments systems to grow and develop in this area, gaining experience and skills in the challenging context in which we operate.

At SCI we seek to work with the most responsible suppliers and consultants, therefore supplier due diligence is an important business process.

The Supplier Management Officer / Specialist will be the person responsible for supporting different functions at the SCI’s headquarters and countries to register their suppliers and onboard them on our new procurement solution through the various supplier due diligence steps.

He/she will be working closely with suppliers to shepherd them through the processes of registration and qualification on SAP Ariba working closely with the vetting, finance and procurement teams to ensure all supplier details are captured correctly allowing transactions to flow smoothly.

The role holder will support the review and continuous improvement of our supplier onboarding process and regularly update supplier enablement materials with any new system design improvements.

This is a great opportunity for someone to join an award-winning Procurement function in the middle of an ambitious digital transformation in an international organisation with an exciting mission to improve the lives of the most vulnerable.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Experience in supplier management
• Knowledge of IT systems (ideally procurement solutions) as a super-user or trainer
• Experience and use of procurement information and data particularly catalogues, supplier records and contracts
• Strong computer literacy
• Proficiency in English
• Commitment to Save the Children values
• Proven ability to work effectively with people from different cultures
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• High attention to detail

Desirable

• Experience of (Procurement) systems supplier adoption and compliance
• Experience with SAP Ariba system and supplier enablement
• Experience with digital onboarding and supplier management
• Experience of working in a large and complex Procurement environment, within global, multicultural, matrix organisations.
• Experience with Save the Children or other NGOs

We can offer circa £31,000 per annum with an option of flexible working hours. If the role is based outside of the UK, National T&C (including pay) will apply.

This role can be based in London or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office location in our Africa or MEEE regions, on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.

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The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.