EMEA Supplier Growth & Partnerships Lead

Future Electronics; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training

Benefits package

Job summary

Future Electronics invites applications for a Regional Supplier Development Manager to join the EMEA team in Milan. The role focuses on executing the business plan with assigned suppliers, coordinating between marketing, sales, engineering and suppliers to drive demand creation and product launches.

The ideal candidate has degree-level electronics knowledge, strong strategic and relationship-building skills, and the ability to operate across the EMEA region.

Qualifications

• Ideally educated to degree level with knowledge of electronics and/or electronic distribution.
• Fully au fait with Future's sales/marketing practices and EMEA/international distribution.
• Commercially astute with credibility to win customers and build long-term relationships.
• Able to think strategically and implement tactical plans.
• Proactive, adaptable, organised and multi-tasking achiever.
• Excellent verbal and written communicator and presenter.

Responsibilities

• Hold principal accountability for success with assigned focus suppliers. Act as the primary lead within Future for the focus suppliers and ensure proactive alignment of distribution and market segment strategy.
• Develop a business plan with associated programmes, gain mindshare and acceptance from the organisation and drive success across the EMEA organisation.
• Control and communicate NPI to all relevant parties, including Sales, Marketing, Engineering and management.
• Communicate supplier strengths, product offerings, roadmaps and strategies effectively across the EMEA organisation in order to target specific / strategic customers where requested.
• Work with the technical and Marcom teams to develop and execute on demand creation programmes, including driving the launch and co-ordination of new product offerings. Provide enablers (demos & Marcom material) for product push programmes.
• Develop business relationships to a level that will support Future gaining the ‘unfair’ advantage through supplier relationship and matrix development.
• Develop tools to track and monitor performance, measure and communicate successes and drive improvements / product push programmes where needed.

Skills

Degree in electronics

Sales & marketing knowledge

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Team collaboration

Organisational skills

Proactive mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in electronics or related field

Job description

Future Electronics invites applications for a Regional Supplier Development Manager to join the EMEA team in Milan. The role focuses on executing the business plan with assigned suppliers, coordinating between marketing, sales, engineering and suppliers to drive demand creation and product launches.

The ideal candidate has degree-level electronics knowledge, strong strategic and relationship-building skills, and the ability to operate across the EMEA region.