Procurement & Supplier Governance Manager (FTC)

Role: Procurement & Supplier Governance Manager (FTC)

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract – 6 Months
Location: Knutsford (Hybrid)

Role Overview:

We are seeking a Procurement & Supplier Governance Manager to support supplier governance, third-party risk management, and procurement activities within a Financial Services environment.

The successful candidate will work closely with Procurement, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Operational teams to help manage supplier relationships, support vendor risk processes, oversee governance activities, and ensure suppliers meet business and regulatory requirements.

This role is ideal for someone with strong hands-on experience in supplier governance, vendor management, procurement operations, and third-party risk management who enjoys working across multiple stakeholders and driving process improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Support the integration of procurement activities for a newly acquired business, ensuring alignment with existing procurement policies and processes.

2. Maintain supplier and contract inventories, ensuring visibility of third-party relationships and contractual obligations.

3. Identify and help address procurement and supplier management process gaps and control improvements.

4. Support the maintenance and enhancement of procurement governance processes, policies, and standards.

5. Coordinate Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) activities and support risk assessments and governance reviews.

6. Manage supplier onboarding, due diligence activities, and ongoing supplier governance requirements.

7. Partner with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Technology, and Operational teams on supplier-related matters.

8. Support procurement remediation and control enhancement initiatives.

9. Produce management information, governance reporting, and updates for stakeholders.

10. Monitor supplier performance and assist with issue resolution and remediation activities.

11. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across Procurement and Supplier Management.

Essential Skills & Experience

1. 5+ years' experience in Procurement, Supplier Management, Vendor Management, or Third Party Risk Management within Financial Services.

2. Experience supporting supplier governance and vendor risk management activities.

3. Good understanding of procurement processes, supplier lifecycle management, and contract governance.

4. Experience conducting supplier due diligence, onboarding, and risk assessments.

5. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

6. Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

7. Experience working within a regulated Financial Services, Banking, Payments, or FinTech organisation.

8. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Desirable Experience :

1. Experience working within Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, or Payments environments.

2. Exposure to Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) and supplier governance processes.

3. Experience supporting supplier onboarding, due diligence, and vendor risk assessments.

4. Experience maintaining supplier contracts, governance records, and procurement documentation.

5. Exposure to supplier performance monitoring and service review processes.

6. Experience working with technology, professional services, or outsourced service providers.

7. Familiarity with outsourcing and third-party risk regulatory requirements.

8. Experience using procurement and supplier management platforms such as Coupa, Ariba, ServiceNow, Sirion, or similar tools.

9. Understanding of procurement controls, policies, and governance best practices.

10. CIPS qualification (or working towards one) would be advantageous.

How We Work: 

Delta Capita is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, colour, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. 
 
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require any reasonable adjustments through your interview process, please use the designated space within the application questionnaire. 

This is a FTC/Contract position located in London with hybrid working. As the selection and interview process is ongoing, please submit your application in English as soon as possible, if your profile is selected, a member of our team will contact you within 4 weeks. For this role, a valid working permit for the UK is mandatory. 

Expectations regarding hybrid working: As we are a Service Provider and Consulting firm servicing clients, our policy for physically working from the office (which may be the clients' offices or our own offices depending on the client) aligns to what our clients' policies and expectations are and these vary. Most of our clients now require a minimum of 3 days per week in the office, 2 days from home, and accordingly this is also the minimum expectation that Delta Capita require.

Who We Are: 

Delta Capita Group (a member of the Prytek Group) is a global managed services, consulting, and solutions provider with a unique combination of experience in Financial Services and technology innovation capability. Our mission is to reinvent the financial services value chain providing technology based mutualized services for financial institutions for non-differentiating services. 

Our 3 offerings are: 

• Managed Services 

• Consulting & Solutions 

• Technology 

To know more about Delta Capita and our culture click here: Working at DC - Delta Capita.