IT Supplier Manager

IT Supplier Manager  

Salary: National up to £55,000  

Locations: Perth, Bristol, Eastleigh or Norwich  

Are you an experienced Supplier Manager looking to join one of the most engaging and rapidly growing teams at Aviva? 

This is a great job for someone with a strong background in managing supplier relationships, contracts and performance for critical suppliers – ideally in a regulated environment like Financial Services.  

You’ll be part of a team that’s passionate about delivering value through effective supplier relationships, third-party risk management and robust oversight.

This involves managing contracts and overall relationships with suppliers to mitigate risks, enhance supplier performance, ensure contractual governance, and maximise commercial and business value. 

It’s a brilliant opportunity to make a real impact across Aviva. 

A bit about the job: 

You’ll manage critical suppliers in line with Industry best practices and defined Aviva policies and standards. 

You’ll apply appropriate commercial, contractual, and supplier relationship management skills, tools, and techniques to ensure supplier relationships meet and exceed contractual obligations. 

You will drive performance by effectively utilising contractual levers, mitigating risks, while working collaboratively with IT.

You will ensure compliance with contractual obligations while identifying and capitalising on additional opportunities.  

You will lead negotiations, including drafting contract amendments and creating or approving work orders. 

You will work closely with procurement and legal colleagues to manage contract lifecycles, disputes, breaches and exits. 

It’s a role where you’ll be trusted to take ownership and drive results. 

Skills and experience we’re looking for: 

• Strong experience managing complex supplier relationships and critical agreements in a regulated environment, ideally Financial Services 

• Negotiation skills, being able to demonstrate experience of supporting, leading and managing negotiations, including dispute resolution 

• Great at building relationships – building strong internal business and supplier relationships at all levels 

• Comfortable working with IT teams and understanding their needs 

• A customer-first mindset – You will always have our customers in mind when making decisions. You encourage others to do the same 

What you’ll get for this role: 

Our purpose – with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  

And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. 

We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague: 

• Salary Circa £55,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications) 

• Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s. 

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in. 

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days 

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it 

• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts 

• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme 

• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave 

• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work 

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others 

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools 

Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be. 

Aviva is for everyone:  

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. 

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. 

We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares. 

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. 

Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues. 

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here 

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Kirthi Kanikireddy a call on 02045922145 or send an email to kirthi.kanikireddy@aviva.com