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Commercial Supply Chain Lead
The Commercial Supply Chain Lead plays a crucial role in assisting the Head of Supply Chain and supporting the Sales Team with pricing strategies while driving commercial opportunities within the supply chain function. This key position is responsible for identifying cost-saving initiatives, managing supplier relationships, and contributing to the generation of new revenue streams to enhance business profitability.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Support the Head of Supply Chain: Work closely with the Head of Supply Chain to deliver strategic objectives and ensure alignment across commercial and operational priorities.
2. Identify and Evaluate Opportunities: Proactively identify, evaluate, and recommend commercial opportunities within the supply chain, ensuring successful implementation.
3. Annual Price Reviews: Assist in annual price review negotiations to deliver value for the business and its clients.
4. Cost Optimisation: Utilise current and anticipated pricing structures to drive cost reductions across the business.
5. Revenue Generation: Identify and develop new opportunities for additional revenue streams.
6. Supplier Relations: Effectively manage supplier relationships to maximise benefits for the organisation and customers in line with the Head of Supply Chain and Group objectives.
7. Supplier Compliance & Conflict Management: Resolve conflicts with suppliers when necessary and ensure compliance with established terms and conditions.
8. Sales Support: Collaborate with the sales team to maximise commercial opportunities and provide pricing expertise.
Person Specification:
Communication Skills: Possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage at all levels within the organisation.
Organisation & Multi-tasking: Demonstrates strong organisational abilities with the capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Commercial Insight: Exhibits outstanding commercial acumen and an understanding of business dynamics.
Industry Knowledge: Experience and knowledge of operating within the waste management market are desirable.
Attention to Detail: Maintains exceptional attention to detail and ensures consistency in all aspects of work.
Technical Competence: Proficient in Microsoft Office programmes, particularly Excel.
Procurement Expertise: Previous experience working within procurement, purchasing, or buying functions.
Professional Development: Committed to continuous learning and development to enhance skills and knowledge.
Negotiation Skills: Demonstrates excellent negotiation capabilities, particularly in supplier engagement and pricing discussions.
Interpersonal Skills: Comfortable working with people across all levels of the organisation.
This role is suited for a driven and commercially astute individual with a proven track record in supply chain or procurement, who is passionate about identifying growth opportunities and supporting broader business success.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Smriti Jasoria at .