External Resource Business Partner

External Resource Business Partner
£260
Clearance required: BPSS
Location: Hybrid

Role Focus
As External Resources Business Partner (ERBP) UK, you will be working extensively across the business, managing all elements of contingent workforce engagement across the UK business, with the primary aim of delivering contingent workers with the right experience at the right price to support the clients internal business objectives.

You will:

• Be accountable for business intimacy in areas with high contractor demand (eg big accounts, bids).
• Understand business needs, transferring that knowledge between your internal stakeholders and Service Delivery operational team members, and ensuring fulfilment of roles according to SLAs.
• Coordinate the right level of service delivery from offshore teams
• Be responsible for meeting business expectations regarding service delivery, problem resolution and priority management
• Manage your supply base proactively, review new suppler requests, ensure it is fit for purpose and review supplier performance
• All whilst enforcing guiding your internal and external stakeholders towards process and policy compliance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring the globally aligned target operating model is being implemented locally
• Responsible for Group Procurement policy compliance in the UK eg reduction of named subcontractors, mitigation of inflationary impact, PSL compliance/coverage, Freelancer Gateway/Direct Sourcing increase
• Responsible for ensuring a fit for purpose sourcing strategy is executed with the to select the right route to market to deliver quality, faster and competitive contingent workers at pace
• Ensure correct capacity and support model within Service Delivery Centre operational teams to deliver SCSC services and external subcontractors to meet business demand.
• Supporting your internal stakeholders and Service Delivery Centre operational teams in understanding business needs and ensure they provide the right level of support and a seamless service.
• Cost including responsibility for attaining savings targets
• Compliance eg IR35 and AWR compliance, the clients Group Procurement Policy ie signed SSC's, ESG clauses
• Supplier Performance Reviews
• Bid support & delivery

Who are we looking for?

• At least 5 years of relevant working experience
• Good knowledge of IT profiles,
• Good commercial and negotiation skills.
• Convincing personality with a strong backbone to deliver (your) results.
• Being pro-active and result oriented.
• Being able to easily connect with people and building relationships with your internal and external partners.
• Work experience with multinational teams is a nice to have
• Experience with SAP Fieldglass as our VMS system is a nice to have.