TPRM/Supplier Risk Assessor

Job Description: Supplier Risk Assessor

This is a unique opportunity to ensure our clients’ suppliers operate in ways that minimise risk and disruption, while ensuring their customers’ protection is always paramount.

Our client is transforming their Supplier Management functions and approach. Join them on this journey to build their capability and make it easier for their suppliers to do business with them. They are implementing new systems, policies, frameworks, and controls to make Supplier Management more agile and supportive of their business.

Role Overview: Reporting to the Senior Supplier Manager Lead – Policy, Framework, and Systems, you will be part of a team of three Supplier Risk Assessors, supported by a Support Team. You will be on the front line, ensuring their suppliers meet their standards and managing third-party risk across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct Supplier Risk Assessments for agreed risk domains according to a schedule of periodic reviews.
• Report findings, agree on mitigation actions, and track actions through to closure.
• Support the wider Supplier Management team and Risk Domain SMEs to ensure our suppliers’ control environments are appropriate, adequate, and effective.
• Assist the Lead for Policy, Framework, and Systems in developing our Third-Party Management Policy, Framework, and Risk Management to ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements.
• Identify and implement initiatives to drive operational improvement and make supplier management easier.

What They Need:

• Knowledge of Third-Party Risk Management frameworks.
• Ability to gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and strong stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in assessing third-party control environments, identifying risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to identify areas for improvement and find the most efficient and effective ways to get things done.

Preferred Experience but not essential:

• Experience in Data Privacy, Conduct Risk, and Regulatory Risk.
• Experience in IT Service Management and IT and System service continuity.

They are recruiting for two positions.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of Supplier Management and Assurance, with exposure to senior stakeholders across multiple business areas. There will be opportunities to gain experience across multiple risk domains and grow your knowledge and career in Third-Party Risk Management.