Supplier Assurance Manager

Job Title: Supplier Assurance ManagerFunction: Commercial Location: Hybrid arrangement with presence required for 2 days office type: PermSalary: 47874 with the potential to rise to 56322 over 3 years Closing Date: 24th July 2026An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Supplier Assurance Manager; responsible for leading assurance activities within an assigned workstream ensuring that supplier-related risks issues and performance concerns are identified assessed escalated and resolved in a timely and consistent manner. Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders and external suppliers the role promotes effective assurance practices that support successful delivery strengthen governance and drive continuous role focuses on embedding clear proportionate and risk-based assurance approaches providing stakeholders with confidence that appropriate controls oversight and mitigation actions are in place. Acting as a trusted partner the Supplier Assurance Manager helps create positive outcomes by balancing assurance requirements with operational delivery day you will Lead and deliver a structured portfolio of assurance activities aligned to organisational priorities ensuring effective oversight across a defined assurance insights to identify risks issues and emerging trends translating findings into actionable improvement plans and timely maintain and continuously improve assurance processes templates and reporting tools to drive consistency efficiency and effective across teams to ensure assurance outcomes are clearly understood owned and addressed while building trust through a supportive and transparent clear dashboards and updates monitor the effectiveness of assurance actions and use lessons learned to strengthen future assurance practices and 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 roleStrong analytical thinking able to identify root causes and understand problemsolving applying proportionate solutions rather than communication and constructive challenge tailored to different trust through credibility consistency and and deliveryfocused across multiple activitiesOur 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.