Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in procurement, sourcing operations, contract administration, or supply chain management.
- Experience with leading subcontract negotiations and overseeing partnerships, including tracking legal agreements within supply chain frameworks.
- Experience managing contract variations, proposal development, and the creation of supplier strategies.
- Previous or currently active UK Security Check (SC) security clearance.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience working within or alongside UK Public Sector entities, specifically regarding supply chains and procurement environments.
- Experience problem-solving, negotiation and communication abilities.
- Proficiency in data management and reporting, using quantitative skills to resolve complex issues.
- Understanding of supplier onboarding, performance scorecards, and Quarterly Business Review frameworks, subcontract governance, flow-down of customer requirements, and change control principles.
- Excellent business acumen and ability to identify commercial risks, develop effective mitigation strategies, and present clear recommendations to executive leadership regarding program performance.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work to maintain quality and compliance standards across competing priorities.
About the job
In this role, you will have the ability to digitally transform business with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise. You will deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s technology, all on the cleanest cloud in the industry, while more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. You will lead our supplier enablement strategy. You will drive the operational execution of supplier life-cycle management, compliance, and performance tracking. In this role, you will oversee the entire life-cycle of subcontracts, from procurement and negotiation to performance management and closeout ensuring partnerships deliver maximum value and operational excellence. You will manage the governance, assurance, and risk profile for a portfolio of strategic subcontractors to ensure the flow-down of requirements and adherence to internal and program-level controls by delivering high-value outcomes and serving as a key advisor to program leadership and help shape commercial strategies and facilitate successful delivery while safeguarding the contractual standing and reputation of Google Public Sector UK.
Responsibilities
- Direct the subcontracting life-cycle for critical portfolios, from sourcing to close-out and translating mandates into compliant actions, ensuring Prime Contract flow-downs are reflected in Statement of Work (SOWs) with internal teams.
- Establish subcontract controls and auditable records for assurance, mitigating contractual risks, advising executive stakeholders on commercial options while driving process improvements.
- Monitor performance against security and technical mandates using dashboards and Quarterly Business Review (QBRs), assessing costs and quality, implementing recovery plans to ensure business continuity.
- Drive value via RFx events and benchmarking, fostering partner relationships to enable renewals and expansions, aligning activities with customer commitments and cost controls.
- Lead primary agreement relationships, building consensus among executives, and providing commercial advice to optimize partnership value and align with performance goals.
