Supply Engagement Co-Ordinator

Job Title

Supply Engagement Co-Ordinator

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Business Planning

Closing Date

5 May 2025

As the Supplier Engagement Co-Ordinator, you will play a key role in supporting our business communication and engagement with our Supplier partners. It is an exciting time to join us as we embark on business-wide transformation and growth plans, and bringing our suppliers on that journey with us will be critical to our success.

This high-profile role will see you operate across all levels of the business and work closely with the leadership team in Commercial, and cross-functionally, to help us build and develop great relationships with our suppliers, and support in our delivery of transformational change in the process. You will play a key role in implementing Asda's communication strategy with our suppliers and support on all communication to them, on behalf of Asda.

Responsibilities

• Implement our Supplier communication and engagement plans, being the point of contact for Supplier communication and engagement in the business, on a day-to-day basis.
• Work with the Supplier Engagement manager and cross-functional leads on the delivery of Supplier events and conferences.
• Manage the content of the Asda Supplier Website / Portal, uploading event details, training modules, and documents.
• Support the annual supplier listening ‘Advantage' survey for Asda, working with the Supplier Engagement Manager on approach and the cascade plans, supporting workshop delivery.
• Maintenance and development of the supplier contact database, working towards one central list for the full business. Ensuring we are communicating the right messages to the right contacts.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure all of our supplier-facing communications are clear, consistent, and aligned.
• Support the Supplier Engagement Manager to deliver end-to-end supplier support from onboarding and start-up training to query management and supplier development.

Qualifications

• An experienced co-ordinator with an eye for detail and ability to learn fast and problem solve.
• Ability to establish and build strong networks/relationships with stakeholders from across the business.
• An excellent communicator - able to create and present information in a clear and engaging way, tailored to the needs of the individual audience, and have very strong written/presentational, and verbal communication.
• Resilient and agile with the ability to flex priorities to meet the changing needs of the Commercial agenda and broader business.
• Be highly organised, and be able to prioritise effectively, and manage and complete work plans and projects effectively, within defined time scales.
• Passionate, innovative, and suited to working in a fast-paced, ever-changing work environment.

Benefits

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum of 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores, or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.