Supplier Delivery Lead

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Job Title Title: Supplier Delivery Lead Department: ELT Product Location: Sector - 62,Noida, India About the Role Introduction Are you an experienced project delivery professional with a passion for driving operational excellence and managing complex stakeholder relationships? Join Oxford University Press as a Supplier Delivery Lead and play a critical role in delivering high-quality educational products that support learners and educators worldwide. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to OUP's mission of advancing education and research while working within a globally connected team. This role offers the chance to work on a diverse portfolio of print and digital learning products, partnering with colleagues across the UK and India as well as external suppliers. If you enjoy balancing project management, supplier engagement, operational delivery, and continuous improvement, this is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within a respected international publishing organisation. Opportunity As a Supplier Delivery Lead, you will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of supplier-led educational products and product components, ensuring projects are delivered to agreed quality, schedule, scope, and budget requirements. Key responsibilities include: Managing supplier-led projects from initiation through to final delivery in partnership with UK Product Project Managers and Content Commissioning Leads. Developing, reviewing, and maintaining project schedules, milestones, delivery plans, and workflow documentation. Coordinating activities across internal stakeholders and external suppliers to ensure projects remain on track. Monitoring project progress, identifying risks and dependencies, and driving mitigation actions where required. Acting as the primary day-to-day contact for suppliers and building strong, productive working relationships. Supporting project scoping, cost estimation, budget tracking, and forecasting activities. Managing project assets, metadata, delivery records, and workflow governance across multiple systems and platforms. Coordinating delivery activities for both print and digital products, including content, design, media, and production workflows. Driving continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance delivery processes, workflows, automation, and operational efficiency. In this role, you will have a significant impact on the successful delivery of supplier-led products, helping OUP scale delivery capabilities while maintaining high standards of quality, efficiency, and stakeholder satisfaction. About You Essential Criteria 5-6+ years of experience delivering projects within publishing, content development, educational products, digital products, production, or similar environments. Experience working with and managing external suppliers, vendors, freelancers, or service providers. Experience supporting or managing supplier-led project delivery from planning through completion. Strong experience in creating, reviewing, tracking, and managing project schedules and delivery plans. Good understanding of project milestones, dependencies, critical path planning, and delivery tracking. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously. Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills. Desirable Criteria Experience within Educational Publishing, ELT, or learning products. Experience delivering digital products, digital content, or digital production workflows. Knowledge of SAP, Biblio, Salesforce, ClickUp, DAM, or similar systems. Experience using AI-enabled workflow, reporting, or automation tools. Experience driving process improvements and workflow optimisation initiatives. Queries Please contact with any queries relating to this role. To ensure a smooth application process, please submit your CV through the application link rather than via email. Diversity and Inclusion We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all. Salary Dependent on skills and experience.