Supplier Relations & Operations Manager
Job Type: Full Time (37½ hours per week)
Location: Huddersfield
Salary: £38,000 - £42,000 per annum
Role overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Brand Transformation team. We provide specialist advisory services to a range of blue-chip clients across many different sectors, helping our clients to navigate the complexities of their global brand rollouts.
This role is an essential part of our programme management community, the role is wide ranging, covering a variety of supplier management and commercial activities associated with external client delivery and internal operational management.
The successful candidate will ideally have experience in supplier management, be enthusiastic around the use of data, be strong at data analysis, have excellent communication and personal skills with the ability to manage clients, suppliers and internal stakeholders. Experience working within a brand implementation / consultancy or within the fit-out sector is desirable.
Supplier Management
Day to day management of activities for our Brand Transformation clients including:
Proactive management of suppliers, including regular status updates relating to timelines, pricing, risk, and issue rectification.
Management and ownership of RFI & RFP processes on behalf of our clients.
Regular client communication and reporting of status updates.
Management of internal project stakeholders.
Alongside active client work there is an expectation of the role to include the following:
Ensure all programme and project related activity is conducted with fully audited and approved suppliers.
Regularly interact with local, regional, and global colleagues on bid activity, offering insights and best practice ways of working.
Present progress updates to senior commercial colleagues.
Create and maintain internal datasets that relate to our commercial and supply chain data, propositions, and intellectual property.
Undertake market research and support benchmarking activity, identifying data sources and trends from across the sectors that we operate.
Have an analytical approach to supplier commercial activity.
Understand BI tools and how they are best utilised to support excellent client delivery.
Regularly interact and build strong relationships with regional commercial and supply chain colleagues.
Assist in the development of our commercial and supply chain Brand Transformation / PMO propositions.
Use our cost data to advise our clients about project and programme commercial decisions.
Regularly interact with our key suppliers (domestically, regionally, and globally) to find out about latest market insights, demand and technologies. Use this information to provide a unique point of view to our clients.
Operational Support
Prepare month end billing for all Brand Transformation advisory activity.
Manage and co-ordinate project set up for all Brand Transformation programmes.
Own the Brand Transformation purchase orders for our advisory services, monitor spend against PO value.
Consult with and support the finance team with chasing payments for outstanding invoices.
Support with collating operational level information for bids and opportunities.
Understanding AI tools for business, engaging in innovation, and supporting team members to deliver best in case use of AI for supplier and commercial management.
Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:
3 – 5 years of experience in a similar role.
Client Focussed, with excellent client management skills.
Excellent organisational skills, focused and the ability to multi-task, prioritise projects and meet deadlines in an ever changing, fast paced environment.
Relevant experience of managing supply chains and commercial management preferable.
Knowledge of SAP (not essential as training can be provided)
Experience of using B.I. tools to support communications.
Flexible approach.
Willing to travel, including outside of the UK (as required).
Close attention to detail.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Principle Global, please do not hesitate to apply