Senior Supplier Change Manager

Salary & Benefits: c.£78,000+ (subject to experience)+ asset management bonus, excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance, electric vehicle scheme, 38 days holiday incl. Bank Holidays, plus 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more!

Job Type: Permanent

Hiring Manager: Senior Relationship Manager, COO Commercial Partnerships – Asset Management

Location: This role will be based in our Edinburgh office, with some time spent working from home. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.

Please note, you will be notified about the status of your job application, post - 1st October 2024.

We pleased to announce an exciting new career opportunity for a Senior Supplier Change Manager as part of the AM COO Commercial Partnerships team within the Asset Management function. This is a key role in the team, where you will have full ownership for prioritising and coordinating change between Phoenix Group and its key suppliers.

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.

We’re the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and proactively manage Phoenix’s books of change with key suppliers, using robust governance and controls to ensure projects are delivered on-time, on-budget and to a high quality
• Active engagement with internal senior stakeholders to understand Phoenix Group strategic change landscape, against backdrop of existing priorities and deliverables
• Own effective communication with supplier counterparts across pipeline, prioritisation, change performance, monitoring capacity and ability to meet change demands
• Drive consistency and efficiencies in MI reporting including tracking and management of supplier performance, emerging risks and costs
• Build strong relationships with supplier, working together to manage and govern all aspects of change to help Phoenix Group deliver their growth ambitions and strategic objectives
• Constantly optimise the change process, refining methods and tools used to drive change efficiency and cost-effectiveness
• Ensure that suppliers meet contractual service standards and that service improvement plans exist, delivering the required benefits to Phoenix Group in line with agreed priorities and business outcomes

What We’re Ideally Looking For

Experience & Personal Attributes

• Change / project management professional with experience in managing projects including application of robust governance standards and best in class change methodologies
• Proven ability to proactively influence and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders to drive the right business outcomes
• Ability to identify areas for continuous improvement, keen to share new ideas and working collaboratively with suppliers to deliver optimal change performance
• Proactive and delivery focused, with the ability to deliver strong results with a challenging but positive influential style

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

 If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

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