Resilience Manager COMSRMRESM01

Job Title: Resilience ManagerFunction: Commercial Location: Hybrid arrangement with presence required for 2 days office type: PermSalary: 56476 with the potential to rise to 66443 over 3 years Closing Date: 24th July 2026An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Resilience Manager to lead supplier assurance activities that strengthen supply chain resilience and minimise the impact of disruptions on customers and business operations. The role provides end-to-end oversight of disruption management ensuring emerging risks and incidents are identified early managed effectively and resolved through practical risk-based collaboratively with internal stakeholders suppliers and external partners the Supplier Assurance Manager drives consistent resilience and incident management practices across the supply chain. Acting as a trusted assurance partner the role promotes a proactive approach to risk mitigation supports business continuity objectives and ensures lessons learned are embedded to continuously improve resilience outcomes and service day you will Manage supply chain disruptions and resilience activities ensuring issues were resolved quickly customer impact was minimised and incident management processes were effectively applied for high-impact resilience and disruption forums facilitating clear communication between customers stakeholders and operational teams to drive collaboration and informed assurance and risk management activity identifying emerging risks themes and issues and translating insights into actionable improvement plans to prevent future and maintain assurance frameworks including processes templates dashboards review cycles and reporting mechanisms that provide clear visibility of risks impacts actions and continuous improvement and accountability coordinating escalations tracking mitigations through to completion embedding lessons learned and enhancing resilience through improved tools processes and ways of can we offer youWe want to reward you for your passion enthusiasm and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:Hybrid working opportunities giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and recognise our employees hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes long service and colleagues recognition awards.27 days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to purchase an additional 5 are dedicated to your development through in-house training support and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance Critical Illness Cover Income Protection Health Cash Plan Dental Insurance and additional pension contributions that suit you.2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Supply Chain who are weOur role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family and our role is to source deliver and supply healthcare products services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more thanorders each year to more than 17000 all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient skills will help you thrive in this roleProven background working within procurement supply chain and supplier management environments effectively managing supply chain disruptions and improving resilience via strategic initiatives Strong ability to remain calm and decisive in high-pressure situations balancing multiple priorities while responding proactively to emerging risks and at transforming data insights and professional judgement into clear actions measurable improvements and sustained business cross-functional leader with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders and supplier executives driving collaboration shared ownership and successful delivery of improvement Inclusive CommitmentAt NHS Supply Chain we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued but celebrated giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesnt match perfectly with the job advert we encourage you to still to complete our application form and require additional support Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.