Supplier Relationship Specialist

3 days ago


Solihull, United Kingdom Barclay Meade Full time

My client who are a leading services business providing into multi-sectors are currently recruiting for a Supplier Relationship Specialist / Supplier Relationship Lead based in Solihull with hybrid working arrangements (largely WFH) to join on a fulltimepermanent basis.

The Supplier Relationship Specialist / Suppler Relationship lead will be responsible to manage and drive supplier performance across their IT portfolio, my client is very much open to all industries / different type of supplier management experience andnot limited to IT.

Role - Supplier Relationship Specialist / Supplier Relationship Lead

Location - Solihull (hybrid working, largely WFH)

Type - Permanent position

Salary - £40,000 - £53,000 (DOE)

Key responsibilities of the Supplier Relationship Specialist / Supplier Relationship Lead role and not be limited to:

- Responsible for Managing and enhancing the working relationship with partners and suppliers
- Responsible for working with Operational and Standard Service teams to manage BAU performance of IT partners, supporting the identification of opportunities to improve service and reduce cost within the existing commercial relationship
- Responsible for working with Procurement to ensure practical execution of contractual commitments and support procurement in identifying opportunities to amend and improve the commercial and contractual relationship to better achieve operational and commercialtargets
- Co-ordinate all tasks relating to the specific vendors inclusive of all Operational Reviews, Commercial Issues and Relationship Management meetings
- Responsible for implementing and chairing Operational Performance Reviews with all Partners in scope on agreed basis, working with the Operational teams
- Responsible for tracking, measuring, reporting and evaluating partner performance, working with Operations, Solutions and Procurement to support improvement actions within the partner(s)
- Identify and continuously enhance efficiencies associated with specific partners, working with teams to improve operational and commercial performance
- Collaborate with all IT teams and capabilities across the business to ensure partners are effectively managed and existing contracts are completely leveraged.

Key skills and experience required for Supplier Relationship Specialist / Supplier Relationship Lead role and not limited to:

- Proven experience within a Supplier relationship management role, all industry backgrounds would be considered
- Strong stakeholder building skills with cross functional colleagues
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
- IT Literate



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