Supplier Manager

1 month ago


Edinburgh Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom Pontoon Solutions Full time

Role: Supplier Manager

Location: Bristol / Birmingham / Edinburgh / Halifax

Duration: 12 months initially

Hybrid: 3 days in the office


About the role:


  • You will build collaborative relationships with senior internal and external partners.
  • Working in collaboration with the business areas, you will ensure your suppliers deliver in line with expectations and drive incremental value and deliver competitive advantage in line with strategic and operational objectives.
  • Responsible for the active management of suppliers and apply the appropriate level of Treatment Standards.
  • By utilising data to identify trends, deliver continuous improvements to maximise our value and minimise risk in our supply chain.
  • Act as a source of expertise with your suppliers, providing professional advice to key partners and colleagues.

Using your relationship management skills, you'll balance holding our supply partners to account for delivering the key services we expect whilst working in partnership to identify continuous additional value. This role reports directly into the Senior Supplier Manager and is part of an established team of supplier managers.


WHAT YOU'LL NEED


  • Delivering results with accountability
  • Collaboration and Stakeholder Management
  • Communication with impact
  • Influencing
  • Risk Management
  • Business Insights
  • Managing ambiguity and change
  • Judgement and decision making
  • Demonstrating self-awareness and growth mindset

And any experience of this would be useful:


  • Experience of working with suppliers/3rd Parties
  • Experience of Sourcing
  • An understanding and awareness of Cyber, operational resilience, data privacy, technology, and cloud policies


Your motivation, behaviours and your drive to make a difference are more important to us than specific experience within Supplier Management. You'll be curious, bringing new ideas and sharing experience and passionate about the impact we can make.



Pontoon is an employment consultancy, we put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone’s chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identifies, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.


Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.


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