Material 3rd Party Supplier Specialist

Material 3rd Party Supplier Specialist

Salary: Up to £44,000 based on skills and experience

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid working (office based in Birmingham) – typically 2 days in the office per week

Shape Brighter Futures with Wesleyan

Established in 1841, Wesleyan help trusted professionals—GPs, hospital doctors, dentists, and teachers—secure their financial future. Today, we’re proud to continue that mission with passion and purpose. If you’re looking for a role where your expertise makes a real impact, and you want to work in a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and integrity, we’d love to hear from you.

Find out more about who we are: About Wesleyan

Make a Difference

This role is responsible for the governance, oversight and administration of Wesleyan's Supplier Management Framework, providing independent oversight of supplier performance, third-party risk, due diligence, health checks, reporting and Material Third-Party governance.

The role plays a key part in ensuring supplier risks are effectively managed, regulatory obligations are met, supplier performance is optimised and robust governance is maintained across strategic, critical and outsourced supplier relationships

Your Impact

Here’s how you’ll make a difference:

• Manage governance and oversight of strategic and critical suppliers, ensuring performance, risk, resilience and contractual obligations are effectively monitored.
• Coordinate supplier governance forums, including agenda preparation, reporting, action tracking, decision logs and stakeholder communications.
• Lead third-party due diligence and risk assessment activities, ensuring suppliers meet regulatory, compliance and organisational requirements.
• Monitor supplier risks, assurance activities and remediation plans, identifying and escalating emerging issues, control weaknesses and concentration risks.
• Own and deliver the Supplier Health Check programme, driving continuous improvement and tracking actions arising from supplier reviews.
• Analyse and report on supplier performance, risk, compliance and resilience metrics, providing meaningful management information and executive reporting.
• Maintain records and registers for material third parties, outsourcing arrangements and supplier governance activities, supporting regulatory and audit requirements.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers, promoting best practice in supplier management, governance and continuous improvement initiatives

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in Supplier Management, Vendor Management, Third-Party Risk, Procurement Operations, or a similar governance and oversight environment.
• Strong understanding of supplier lifecycle management, supplier due diligence, performance management, third-party risk and outsourcing governance.
• Experience monitoring supplier performance, risk, compliance and assurance activities, with a focus on driving effective outcomes and continuous improvement.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data, identify trends and produce meaningful insights, reporting and management information.
• Experience creating dashboards, governance reporting and executive-level presentations for a range of stakeholder audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and build effective relationships across business functions and supplier organisations.
• Highly organised and detail-oriented, able to manage competing priorities while maintaining accurate records, reporting and governance documentation.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and other Office applications; experience with supplier management, governance or risk management platforms is advantageous.

Desirable

• Experience within a regulated environment such as financial services, insurance or banking.
• Knowledge of Material Outsourcing, Material Third-Party governance and regulatory supplier oversight requirements.
• Experience using third-party risk management platforms such as Hellios and governance, risk and compliance tools such as WesGRC.
• Experience facilitating supplier governance meetings, performance reviews and supplier health check activities.
• Experience producing reporting and insights for executive committees, governance forums or regulatory stakeholders.

Benefits That Work for You

We believe rewards should reflect the life you live. Here’s what you can expect:

• Annual bonus to recognise your contribution.
• 28 days holiday (plus a culture day!) – rising to 30 days with service.
• Flexible hybrid working for better work-life balance.
• Company pension scheme – matched plus 2% (up to 10%).
• Free secure underground Birmingham city centre parking (subject to availability, weekend use included).
• Salary sacrifice schemes that help you provide the things that matter – to include PMI, Electric Vehicle Leasing and cashback on everyday essentials.
• Enhanced family leave and two volunteering days to give back to causes you care about.

Discover the full range of benefits: Wesleyan Careers Rewards

Why Wesleyan?

We’re building a culture where everyone belongs. Diversity isn’t just a policy—it’s part of who we are. Whatever your background, we want you to feel valued and empowered to thrive. We’re proud supporters of the ABI Making Flexible Work campaign, which means we’re open to discussing flexible working, job shares, and part-time options.

If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know—we’re here to support you.

What to Know Before Applying

• Right to Work: We’re unable to provide VISA sponsorship, so you’ll need the legal right to live and work in the UK.
• Advert Closing: We typically advertise for two weeks but may close early if we receive a high volume of applications—apply early to avoid disappointment.

Ready to Shape Your Future?

Apply today and join us in creating brighter financial futures—for our customers, our members, and you.