Supplier Manager

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Supplier Manager in offboarding to work for our client within the insurance sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in London.

Our client is seeking a Senior Supplier Manager join their dynamic Commercial & Supplier Management team. In this strategic role, you will play a pivotal part in planning and delivering high-impact supplier offboarding and transition programmes across the organisation. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, third-party suppliers, and internal teams to ensure risk-mitigated, regulatory-compliant, and operationally sound exits that protect and enhance business continuity.

This role is ideal for an experienced professional with a consulting or project management background—particularly within outsourcing, supplier transition, or offboarding programmes in regulated sectors such as Asset Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support the planning and execution of supplier offboarding and transition programmes
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders to align on commercial and operational offboarding strategies
• Analyse complex supplier contracts to identify risks, obligations, and opportunities
• Develop actionable insights and plans to support decision-making and programme delivery
• Produce high-quality executive-level reports and documentation
• Collaborate with internal teams and third-party suppliers to ensure seamless transitions
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and operational requirements throughout the offboarding lifecycle
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our offboarding frameworks and best practices

Requirements

• 10 years of relevant consulting or change/project management experience
• Proven ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders
• Strong commercial acumen with a deep understanding of contracts, supplier management, and negotiations
• Experience supporting or leading large-scale transition or offboarding programmes
• Ability to structure and resolve complex problems with clear, actionable insights
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including creation of executive-level reports and packs
• Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills across internal and third-party teams
• Familiarity with Asset Management sector operations and regulatory environments
• Professional project qualifications such asPRINCE2, PMP, are advantageous
• Background in outsourcing or offboarding programmes, ideally in regulated sectors

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave, work-place pension and BAYE share scheme

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.