Procurement & Supply Chain Assurance Manager

Glasgow, Lanarkshire
SGN

Location: Glasgow

Salary: £40.4k – £50.6k per annum (Dependent on skills & qualifications)

Are you an Assurance Professional that is process-driven and with a passion for coming up with innovative solutions? Do you thrive on developing and motivating others? If so, you may be a good fit for our team where there are great opportunities for career progression and development.

The Assurance Manager will have a vital role in updating our compliance and governance framework. The role sits within the Procurement & Supply Chain function working with the team to ensure that all internal policies, procedures, work instructions and external standards and legislation are complied with and that appropriate items are being monitored and analysed, ensuring accurate reporting and system controls are in place to deliver assurance requirements.

What will you be doing day to day?

Support the Lead Standards & P2P Manager in designing, implementing and executing assurance measures to ensure the Company’s Procurement & Supply Chain function complies with all internal policies and procedures and external standards and legislation. Liaise with standards, internal and external auditors, data and reporting, etc. to ensure appropriate assurance measures are in place and to drive common practice. Support the wider team in understanding their obligations under the compliance governance framework (such as self-audit requirements). Undertake audits, conduct analysis and accurately report on findings in a clear and concise manner. Early identification of non-compliant practices / weaknesses in Procurement & Supply Chain operations in relation to relevant legal, regulatory, financial and sustainability requirements and which relate to key Company risks. Identify and make available to the wider team any learning, evident best practice, innovation or other useful information.What you’ll need

Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in a compliance or assurance role. Procurement experience is desirable, but not essential. Highly developed drafting, reporting, and writing skills. Good communications skills. Excellent analysis skills. Highly numerate. Process oriented. Good understanding of Procurement and P2P related systems e.g. Oracle, Jaggaer. Excellent IT skills; Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Excellent organisation and planning skills, ability to work to deadlines, dealing with

If you don’t have all the qualifications, we would still love to hear from you we provide our own specialised learning and development programs, providing access to learning tools to help you acquire the skills needed to excel in our environment.

What’s in it for you?

Job security and genuine learning and development opportunities Holiday and sickness package HolidayPlus – Buy up to 10 additional days holiday, available all year round Retail & leisure discounts Cycle2work scheme Company pension scheme – with company contributions between 6 -12% (depending on length of service and personal % contribution) Gym & mobile discounts Virtual GP – Our GP Helpline is a virtual GP service which offers unlimited access to GP at a time which suits youWhat we do

We’re on a journey to transform the future of gas and we think outside the box – futuristic technologies and robotics are leading our innovation. Keeping our customers safe and warm is what we do but beyond that, we want to make the world a better place, which is why we’re passionate about helping in our communities, reducing our carbon footprint and driving innovation in our industry.

At SGN, we strive to sustain our world through managing the network that distributes natural and green gas across the south of England and Scotland. We have an important responsibility to keep the gas flowing to 5.9 million homes and businesses. Your work directly impacts SGNs commitments to keeping our customers’ homes and businesses safe.

SGN is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is something we are passionate about working towards at SGN. We want our workplace to be an innovative and inclusive place to work, where every single person feels empowered to achieve professional success. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information or parental status. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.