Supplier Engagement & Contract Management Specialist

Southern Water; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Supplier Engagement & Contract Management Specialist to join its Brighton team. This role focuses on enhancing the performance of our supply chain network and requires strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills. Candidates should be passionate about supplier relationship management and eager to develop their career in a dynamic and supportive environment while contributing to the company’s ambitious business plan.

Benefits

Company and performance-related bonus

Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution

Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary

Health benefits through a Cash Plan

Two paid community volunteering days a year

25 days annual holiday

Occupational health service

Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings

Study support for job-related qualifications

Flexible maternity leave options

Qualifications

• Some SRM experience desired.
• Passion to develop SRM skills and career.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of Supplier Relationship Management Framework.
• Enhance performance and relationships with supply chain partners.
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Skills

Outcome delivery focus

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Analytical mindset

Problem-solving

Job description

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Client:

Southern Water

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Brighton, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job Description:

Closing Date

2025-05-23

Closing Date

2025-05-23

Job Title: Contract & Supplier Management Specialist

Location: Hybrid working between Falmer office (2-3 days pw) and home

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday

Salary: Up to £34,600

Job Overview

Our Business Plan 2025 to 2030 is our largest and most ambitious plan ever. The plan is the company’s largest ever, to enhance the health and wellbeing of our communities, protect and improve the environment and help to sustain the local economy.

The plan includes our largest ever Capital Build Programme and the Southern Water’s Supplier Engagement and Contract Management team plays a key role in delivery of supply chain strategy. raising the supply chain performance bar, fostering a collaborative supply chain network, enabling supplier innovation and continues improvement and ensuring supply chain partners have a vested interest in our business plans.

As a Contract & Supplier Management specialist you will support the team in delivering our Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Framework, the structure approach we have developed to ensure we optimise the performance and relationships with our Capital Programme supply chain partners.

About You

Looking for someone who is outcome delivery focused and a passion to develop own capability. You will be someone who can demonstrate the desire to push the boundaries and seek opportunities to improves ways of working.

You will have some SRM experience, but a strong desire to desire to develop your SRM skills and career further. The successful candidate will have a real passion for SRM.

The role operates in a multidisciplinary environment, the successful candidate must be able to demonstrate an aptitude for building and maintaining relationships to become confident and trusted by stakeholders both internal and external. This will require strong inter-personal and communication skills and a strong problem-solving analytical mindset.

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Falmer office and home.

We are offering a salary of up to £34,600 depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

• Company and performance-related bonus

• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution

• Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary

• Health benefits through a Cash Plan

• Two paid community volunteering days a year

• 25 days annual holiday

• Occupational health service

• Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences

• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications

• We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options

Join our Contract Management team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

Privacy Statement:

Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.