Supplier Relationship Manager

Culina Group Limited; Lutterworth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive annual leave

Bonus scheme

Private medical cover

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee assistance program

Eye care vouchers

Reward & Recognition program

Everyday discounts for retailers

Job summary

A logistics and distribution company in the UK is seeking a Supplier Relationship Manager to oversee supplier performance and risk management. This role involves creating strategic plans to optimize supply chain efficiency and enhance financial performance. The ideal candidate will have solid negotiation skills and a keen commercial mindset, aiming to add value through supplier relationships. This is a full-time position at a mid-senior level with opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to identify and implement value add commercial solutions.
• Proven ability to manage multiple and potentially conflicting stakeholders.
• Confident in challenging the supply chain model and specification.

Responsibilities

• Manage performance and risk of key suppliers.
• Develop strategic category plans with Sourcing Managers.
• Optimize supplier relationships for value addition.

Skills

Negotiation

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Strategic planning

Communication

Job description

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Culina Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides logistics, warehousing, distribution, and other services for the food and drink industry in United Kingdom and Ireland. It provides chilled, ambient, contract packaging, and bonded logistics services, as well as value‑added services, such as online visibility and systems integration, pallet management, and supply chain management.

Job Description

Joining a growing and evolving Procurement function, a successful Supplier Relationship Manager will be a flexible, proactive and resilient individual, capable of working in a fast paced environment with competing demands on their time.

Working across Culina Group, a Supplier Relationship Manager is responsible for the performance and risk management of key suppliers, as well as the identification and delivery of value add opportunities. You will optimise Culina Group’s financial performance, business resilience and quality of goods and services received from suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribution to the departmental savings targets
• Performance management of key suppliers, optimising delivery
• Risk management of key suppliers and key categories, in order to minimise any supply chain issues Culina Group might face
• Creation and implementation of strategic category plans, in conjunction with Sourcing Managers
• Constantly looking for opportunities to drive more value from the relationship, via cost saving (demand, spec’, supply chain), revenue generation, working capital gain, sustainability gain etc.
• Ensuring the supplier performs in line with agreed SLAs; constantly ensuring expectations of supplier are aligned to business need
• Assessing market and supplier for risk posed to Culina Group, and finding ways to mitigate them

Qualifications

• Proven ability to identify and implement value add commercial solutions, in a fast paced multi‑site organisation
• Proven ability to effectively and proactively manage multiple and potentially conflicting stakeholders
• Keen commercial and financial understanding, driving creative and market leading value solutions
• Proven ability to negotiate with suppliers and stakeholders to drive an optimised outcome
• Proven ability to lead the creation of market leading strategic category plans, taking in to account performance, risk and value
• Confident and timely contract drafting and execution, drawing on Legal support when appropriate
• Proactive pipeline creation and management
• Confident and effective communicator, successfully influencing decisions at all levels
• Confident in challenging not only the supply chain model, but also the demand for and specification of the goods / service
• A general commercial mindset, always seeking to identify opportunities to add value

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make Culina Group a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Benefits

• Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 Days + 8 Bank Holidays
• Company Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
• Private Medical Cover – This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa
• Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer
• Life Assurance - x4 your annual salary
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Purchasing

Industries

Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

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