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Direct Line Group
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Full-time
Supplier Assurance Specialist
Leeds/London
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About us
At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field from data, technology, customer care and auto repair, to HR, finance and procurement,we’re a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day.
The purpose of the Supplier Assurance Specialist is to help implement the Supplier Assurance Strategy from within Shared Services. You will manage supplier risk and compliance audits for Procurement & Supply Chain, ensuring there is management and control and ensuring compliance to legislative, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
What you'll be doing:
Input into the strategy by ensuring that existing and changes in key industry regulations, such as to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and other legal, regulatory or risk management frameworks are communicated to the Supplier Assurance Manager with a view to implementation into the strategy review/processes.
Ensure that the external scope istested and a full audit trail is available to explain any decision not to test a scope item.
Conduct due diligence assessments on suppliers, to provide visibility of potential risks before the onboarding of the supplier.
Ensure the consistency of risk classifications and reporting andidentify any patterns or trends. Identify and refer serious single or trend issues to Supplier Assurance Manager.
Manage Stakeholders to ensure completion of assessment actions, ensuring that appropriate evidence is saved to support closure / resolution and a full audit trail is in place in all instances to support decisions.
Ensure changes in regulations and frameworks are incorporated into assessment practices.
Manage relationships with all partners to develop scopes, deliver the assessment schedule, and oversee issue closure.
Support the wider our requirements by responding to and providing a professional service to ad hoc assessment requests, above BAU work where this is deemedappropriate.
Achieve all required performance indicators, including volume of assessments, business and assessment reporting timescales, business feedback scores, and Audit the Auditor targets.
What you'll need:
Experience within risk/audit/legal.
Excellent stakeholder management skills
High level of accuracy & attention to detail
Strong negotiation & influencing skills.
A strong commercial acumen
Ways of Working:
Our mixed model way of working offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining the best parts of home and office-working, offering flexibility for everyone. How much you'll be in the office depends on your role, and we'll consider the flexible working options that work best for you.
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Benefits:
We recognise we wouldn't be where we are today without our colleagues, that's why we offer excellent benefits designed to suit your lifestyle:
9% employer contributed pension
Up to 10% bonus
50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.
Generous holidays
Buy as you earn share scheme
Employee discounts and cashback
Plus many more
Being yourself:
Difference makes us who we are. We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work – that’s why we champion diverse voices, build workplaces that work for people, and invest in the things that matter. From senior leadership to inclusivity networks, adaptive working to inclusion training, we’ve made it our mission to give you everything you need to be authentically you. Discover more at
Together we’re one of a kind.
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