Supply Manager – Home Claims

Hastings Direct

Supply Manager overseeing relationships with key suppliers for Hastings Direct. Ensuring strategic supply chain initiatives and delivering cost reduction opportunities within the Home Claims function.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeLeicester • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for developing and managing strong partnerships with key suppliers, ensuring great customer and business outcomes across the department
Lead and deliver strategic supply management initiatives, including internal operational workstreams
Focus on the commercial elements of supplier services
Build a deep understanding of supply chain spend, using this insight to identify and deliver material cost reduction opportunities in partnership with suppliers and internal stakeholders
Work with Supplier Relationship Managers and suppliers to implement changes and improvements across Supply Chain whilst maintaining strong supplier partnerships, services and customer outcomes
Lead key supply management initiatives for the team through to successful delivery – building and overseeing a clear savings pipeline for delivery across the team and tracking benefits realization
Collaborate with internal stakeholders and SMEs to review supplier risk, resiliency, control and assurance requirements
Identify and deliver opportunities within the market to build further strategic partnerships and arrangements, aligned with our Home Claims key customer, operational and commercial objectives

Requirements

What you’ll need

Comprehensive experience working with data and MI in a commercial analysis capacity within an insurance claims background
Extensive experience managing suppliers/supply chain across a Home Claims function
Demonstrable experience delivering key workstreams and material commercial improvement initiatives
Strong stakeholder management experience with the ability to influence and drive change

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working – we champion a flexible hybrid working approach – please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail
Competitive bonus scheme - all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus
Physical wellbeing – as a Band 4 colleague, Hastings pay for you to receive private medical Insurance (also known as PMI). This gives you flexibility and convenience to see a specialist or consultant and allows you to decide when and where you will be seen
Financial wellbeing – as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an award winning package which includes – discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support
Mental wellbeing programme – we have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs
27 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks, access to our health care cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more...

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data AnalysisCommercial Improvement InitiativesOperational WorkstreamsSupplier Risk AssessmentBenefits Realization Tracking

Soft Skills

Influencing ChangeCollaborationCommunication