Domestic & General
Supplier Risk Management & Governance Senior Manager
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Supplier Risk Management & Governance Senior Manager
Location: Flexible on location in the UK with visits to our office in Wimbledon as and when required.
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive
As a Supplier Risk Management & Governance Senior Manager, you'll lead the strategy, governance and oversight that helps the business manage supplier risk effectively while getting the best value from critical supplier relationships.
Working across Procurement, Risk, Compliance, Information Security, Legal and senior business leadership teams, you'll provide the insight, challenge and governance needed to strengthen supplier performance, resilience and accountability across a complex supplier landscape.
This is a highly influential role with visibility across the organisation. You'll shape how supplier decisions are made, improve oversight of key third parties and ensure risks, performance issues and opportunities are identified early and addressed effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and evolve supplier risk and governance frameworks that support strong commercial and risk outcomes.
- Drive oversight of critical suppliers, ensuring risks, dependencies and performance issues are identified early and managed effectively.
- Provide expert challenge and guidance on high-risk suppliers, remediation plans and governance decisions.
- Build meaningful reporting that gives senior stakeholders clear visibility of supplier health and risk exposure.
- Chair and lead governance forums that turn insight into action and accountability.
- Partner with business leaders and specialist teams to embed a consistent, risk-based supplier management approach.
- Ensure supplier practices align with regulatory, resilience, security and compliance expectations.
- Influence strategic supplier decisions through data-driven insight and balanced commercial judgement.
- Lead the resolution and escalation of material supplier issues, driving pace and accountability.
- Develop and coach a specialist team, building capability across supplier risk and governance.
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What You'll Bring:
- Strong experience in supplier risk management, supplier governance, SRM, procurement governance or operational risk.
- Experience working within a regulated, complex or highly outsourced environment.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and provide constructive challenge.
- Strong knowledge of supplier lifecycle management, risk assessment and governance frameworks.
- Experience presenting risk and performance insight to senior leaders and committees.
- Commercial awareness combined with sound risk judgement.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills.
- People leadership experience with a track record of developing teams.
Why Join Us?
You will shape a critical business capability, influence senior decision-makers and drive meaningful improvements across supplier governance and risk management. The role offers strategic visibility, enterprise-wide influence and the opportunity to lead a specialist team.
We Offer Lots of Great Benefits! Some of Which Include:
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- Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
- 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days
- Training opportunities and clearly defined career progression
- Health cash plan including dental, optical, physiotherapy and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
- Attractive company pension scheme
- Life assurance of 4x basic salary
- Dedicated online benefits portal with financial wellbeing support
- Salary Finance savings and borrowing options through payroll
- Car Leasing scheme with fully inclusive monthly costs
- Interest-free Travel Loans
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership and wellbeing initiatives
- Volunteering opportunities through OnHand
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free Domestic & General protection plan
- Discounts with hundreds of online and high street retailers
Domestic & General is an equal opportunities employer, which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, or marital and family status. Please note that our recruitment process includes comprehensive referencing and criminal record checks.
At Domestic & General, we are proud of our 100-year legacy and excited about our future growth plans. We are expanding our horizons, entering new markets and territories internationally and we need your expertise to help us on the journey.
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