Manager, Supplier Relationships & Performance at Accident Compensation Corporation, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

ACC is one of New Zealand's largest organisations that aims to improve lives every day. We offer flexible working options, a 9% employer superannuation contribution, development opportunities, and many other employee benefits. Joining ACC will give you exposure to interesting work in a large and complex environment, and the opportunity to genuinely help to improve the lives of New Zealanders.

About the role:

Working within our Corporate Procurement team, the Manager Supplier Relationships & Performance is a strategic and influential leadership role offering autonomy and ownership in a supportive, positive, and well-regarded team.

You'll have ownership of the Provider Management Framework, which is an important part of ACC's approach to engaging more effectively with our stakeholders. We will be looking to you to partner at a strategic level with providers as well as directly managing some relationships and performance of a portfolio of suppliers. You'll work closely with teams across ACC on key projects, offering new and innovative ways of delivering services and supporting objectives that help achieve strategic organisational outcomes.

This is your opportunity to really influence and deliver improved provider performance, trust, and confidence across ACC. In engaging with providers, you will play an active role shaping the New Zealand health and rehabilitation landscape.

What we are looking for from you to be successful in this role:

You will bring a positive approach along with excellent interpersonal, relationship building, networking and stakeholder management skills, along with people leadership experience. You will have solid business acumen and the ability to work strategically and influence outcomes. Your background should include:

• Experience developing and implementing supplier management strategies to meet key performance requirements
• Experience turning insights into initiatives to improve relationships
• Ideally, you will also have a tertiary qualification in a relevant commercial or procurement discipline.

Working at ACC:

We know that a diverse and inclusive team helps us meet the needs of our customers and we welcome candidates from every ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, age, and those with a disability or who have additional mental health needs. It is important to us that people are free to be themselves at work. Here are some ways we encourage that:

• Employee networks to support our colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
• The option to explore flexible working that suits your needs and ours.
• Development opportunities in te reo Māori me ngā tikanga.

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Applications close on Sunday, 29 May and can only be accepted when submitted through our ACC Careers Website. Please note that we may progress to interview with suitable candidates as applications are received, therefore please do not hesitate to apply if this role is of interest. For any questions or to arrange a confidential chat about the role, or if you encounter accessibility issues when submitting your application, please email Anita.Jones@acc.co.nz.