Supplier Management Apprentice (M&G Investments)

This role helps support Third Party management team. This will involve supporting risk, commercial and supplier management activities.The successful applicant will be exposed to the different suppliers of Asset Management and other teams within the broader business, such as Investment Accounting, Risk management and finance.

Key Responsibilities for this role:

The Asset Management COO team sits within the Asset Management business of M&G Investments which manages clients’ money by investing in different areas of the financial markets with the aim of growing that money.

The investments are held in a range of funds, and are supported by different suppliers to run and operate the funds safely.

The Third-party supplier management team ensures that suppliers are providing the services they are contracted to correctly and in the most cost-effective manner, to give our clients fair value for money.Within your apprenticeship, you’ll rotate through a few teams to give you insights into each of the areas of Supplier management, and across the different teams your daily activities will include assisting the Third party supplier management team to:

• Collate, review and understand contracts with suppliers, updating account plans and financials.
• Undertake due diligence reviews on our suppliers , ensuring they are within the risk appetite of the company, including writing reports.
• Ensure supplier meetings are run correctly and accurately reflect the key activities taking place between M&G and the suppliers, and that issues are escalated to the correct forums.
• Manage the change management activities between M&G and the suppliers, supporting fund launches or other project requirements.
• General administration tasks.

• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Confident communicator
• Microsoft Office applications
• To have empathy
• Good listening skills
• Proactive team player
• Ability to work independently
• Logical & analytical approach
• Drive to learn
• Efficient and proactive
• High level of accuracy
• Structured approach
• Can keep calm under pressure

• 5 GCSE's including English and Maths GCSE or equivalent, grade (A*-C/9-4 or equivalent) (Essential)