Job Summary

The Global Category Lead – SC Ventures is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for the Supply Chain Management organisation as it serves the needs of the SC Ventures portfolio, identifying requirements early in the investment cycle and leading the development of a new mode of procurement policy and process to improve speed to market while managing risks appropriately. 

• Ownership, execution and delivery of SCM strategies, objectives and supply chain targets with key accountability of building pipeline and ensuring that deals are constructed in a commercially sound, scalable manner.
• Single face of SCM to the business / function, encompassing sourcing, TPRM, policy, process etc.
• Develop a streamlined approach for engaging and onboarding third parties for SC Ventures which factors in speed while managing risks

Key Responsibilities

Key accountabilities include:

• Ownership, execution and delivery of SCM strategies, objectives and supply chain targets with key accountability of building pipeline and ensuring that deals are constructed in a commercially sound, scalable manner.
• Single face of SCM to the business / function, encompassing sourcing, TPRM, policy, process etc.
• Develop a streamlined approach for engaging and onboarding third parties for SC Ventures which factors in speed while managing risks
• Lead and manage the dedicated SCM staff working with the SC Ventures teams.
• Lead overall governance within the SC Ventures portfolio for Third Party Risk Management activities (covering internal and external outsourcing, and vendor management) and Vendor Service risk.
• Lead navigation of existing SCM process and policies for SC Ventures and specific ventures
• Understand and execute on SC Ventures’ business requirements within, but not constrained by the global SCM operating model
• Develop an SCM operating model for SC Ventures that supports the Bank’s innovation agenda

Qualifications

• Academic or Professional Education/Qualifications: Degree or equivalent qualifications in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Law
• Licences and Certifications/accreditations: NA
• Professional Memberships: CIPS or similar desirable
• Bank training; Code Of Conduct, AB&C and other mandatory learning.
• Languages; English (Mandatory), other languages applicable to the region desirable.

Skills and Experience

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.