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Reporting to the Senior Supplier Relations Manager the Supplier Relationship Manager is a highly visible role which will develop and drive the strategy for overall spend.
The role entails working as part of the Commercial Team to support the evolution of the procurement strategy and transformation roadmap and ensuring this is this reflected across all the specific categories of spend.
Role Requirements of the Supplier Relationship Manager:
Acting as a business partner to stakeholders in the Network and Operations teams, their Directors and heads of department in these categories, understanding business strategy and providing creative challenge and thought leadership which influences and supports business decision making.
Supporting the sales teams on any customer driven demand to help contribute towards revenue growth.
Anticipating challenges, ensuring those departments are equipped with the right strategies to deliver the best possible commercial outcomes, ensuring clarity around areas such as risks, routes to market, resource commitments, supply market dynamics, competitive strategies and delivery plans.
Developing and maintaining a clear and current category plan for all telco specific spendSupporting the Accounts Payable, Finance and operations functions with invoice and inventory validation from suppliers.
Own contract and cost management to ensure overall commercial compliance.
Using internal and external technology category data, relationships and insight to formulate a clear point of view on business investment decisions.
Leading high-value, complex commercial and contractual negotiations, working with stakeholders, Finance and Legal to close negotiations with contracts which fully protect commercial and operational risks and interests.
Leading category Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) activity to ensure strategic supplier management is considered in all purchase decisions, addressing in life challenges with incumbent suppliers and ultimately delivering competitive advantage through these relationships.
Experience of the Supplier Relationship Manager:
Extensive experience in telecommunications with an understanding of common pricing models.
Deep understanding of Procurement basics - contract law, category management, negotiation, market dynamics, commercial strategy, strategic sourcing.
Ability to translate business needs into legal and commercial requirements based on customer centric business partnering.
Liaising with senior stakeholders
Leadership experience of developing complex, category, budget and supplier strategies.
Excellent leadership skills, either directly or cross functionally and able to coach and support teams and team members alike.
Strategically minded and creative, able to translate a vision into clear methodical plans.
This role will suit someone with experience in the telecoms sector within. supplier management, carrier management, relationship management or procurement management.
