Senior Manager Supplier Management

Senior Manager, Supplier Management

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Manager, Supplier Management.

Global Procurement plays a critical role in shaping how HSBC manages its suppliers, driving consistency, value, and innovation across the bank. In this role, you will set the standards for supplier management, develop and implement contract management frameworks, and lead supplier account planning to maximise performance and compliance. As part of a small specialist team, you’ll act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, ensuring HSBC’s supplier relationships deliver lasting strategic and commercial impact.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

In this role, you will: 

• Drive Supplier Management Excellence: Partner with stakeholders to embed best practices in supplier management, ensuring consistent adoption of standards and transparent reporting to deliver measurable value.
• Develop Frameworks and Set Standards: Lead the creation and continual refinement of contract management and supplier management frameworks, setting the standards that guide consistent practices across HSBC.
• Influence Senior Stakeholders: Engage with senior leaders to champion proactive supplier management, secure alignment with strategic objectives, and embed supplier account plans into business operations.
• Enhance Performance and Compliance: Support the design and delivery of performance management methodologies, service levels, and contract terms that promote accountability, compliance, and business impact.
• Maximise Value Through Strategic Partnerships: Collaborate with strategic suppliers to unlock additional commercial value and drive long-term benefits through innovative and partnership-led approaches.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Expertise in Supplier Management Frameworks: Proven experience in developing and implementing supplier account plans, contract management frameworks, and governance models to deliver consistency and value.
• Analytical and Insight-Driven Approach: The ability to conduct, interpret, and present supplier research with meaningful insights that inform decision-making and demonstrate tangible outcomes.
• Commercial and Contractual Acumen: Strong knowledge of contract management, with the ability to align commercial outcomes to HSBC’s strategic priorities and regulatory requirements.
• Strategic Relationship-Building Skills: Experience building collaborative, trust-based relationships with suppliers to deliver innovation, joint value creation, and enhanced performance across the supply base.
• Risk and ROI Focus: A proactive approach to identifying and mitigating supply chain risks, while applying relevant measures to demonstrate the return on investment of supplier management initiatives.

At HSBC we look to enable our employees to better balance their work / life priorities and have the flexibility required to meet challenging needs as they progress through different life stages. Where possible we will consider the following flexible working options: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, and working from home and staggered hours. If in considering a role with HSBC, you have a need for some flexibility in your working arrangements please discuss this with the recruitment team in the early stages of the application process.

We believe that being open to a range of perspectives and cultures is vital for our business. We work hard to ensure our diverse and inclusive workplace reflects the communities we serve. We want everyone to achieve their potential – regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. If you have a different way of seeing the world, we are interested in hearing from you.

HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com
Telephone: +44 2078328500.
 
Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism.  This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.