Regional Supplier Development Manager

Future Electronics; Fatih; On-site; TRY 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Future Electronics seeks a Supplier Development Manager to join the EMEA team in Istanbul. The role leads supplier engagement, drives demand creation with NPI and marcom activities, and aligns with sales, marketing and engineering to execute the business plan.

You will develop strategic supplier plans, communicate roadmaps, coordinate cross-functional teams, and build strong supplier relationships to gain competitive advantage for Future Electronics.

Qualifications

• Ideally educated to degree level with comprehensive knowledge of electronics and/or electronic distribution.
• Excellent verbal and written communicator and presenter.
• Commercially astute with credibility and ability to build long-term relationships.
• Able to think strategically and implement tactical plans as required.

Responsibilities

• Hold principal accountability for success with assigned focus suppliers and lead the focus suppliers within Future Electronics.
• Develop a business plan with programmes and drive execution across the EMEA organization.
• Coordinate NPI information to Sales, Marketing, Engineering and management.
• Communicate supplier strengths, roadmaps and strategies across the EMEA org to target strategic customers.
• Collaborate with technical and Marcom teams to develop demand creation programmes and provide demos/Marcom material for product launches.
• Develop relationships to gain supplier and matrix advantages and build robust performance tracking tools.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Verbal communication

Written communication

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics or related field

Job description

Looking for a challenging new role and career development as a;

SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

We are currently looking to employ a Supplier Development Manager to join our EMEA team in Istanbul.

We know our employees are what make us great, that's why we constantly develop and motivate our talent with world class organizational development to learn and achieve our goals together Successful applicants will gain a highly competitive salary, full training and a range of benefits.

Job Outline:

The prime responsibility of the EMEA Supplier Development Manager (SDM) is to ensure the successful execution of the business plan for their assigned focus suppliers. The SDM acts as the bridge to drive successful engagement between marketing, sales, engineering and the supplier. This will require driving a demand creation strategy with NPI and marcom activities on the key technologies of their suppliers. The SDM is the primary interface and facilitator to relationships between all key personnel at the suppliers and Future Electronics. The SDM will be expected to create the business plan, ensuring alignment with sales, marketing, engineering, the supplier and drive the execution with all associated parties. The primary metrics for success will be achieving the sales, demand creation and network share metrics set within the business plan.

What the role involves:

• 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.

Do you have :

• Ideally educated to degree level with comprehensive knowledge of electronics and / or electronic distribution across a region or countries.
• Fully au fait with the sales and marketing working practises of Future and EMEA / international distributor.
• Commercially astute with strong credibility, able to win the “customer” and develop long term customer relationship management.
• Able to think strategically and implement tactical plans as required.
• Strong service ethic able to work on own or as core support to others.
• Proactive, adaptable, organised and multi-tasking achiever.
• Excellent verbal and written communicator and presenter.

About Future Electronics:

Future Electronics is a global leader in the electronic components industry. The company’s award‑winning customer service, comprehensive global supply chain programs, and industry‑leading engineering design expertise make it a strategic partner of choice for customers worldwide.

A WT Microelectronics company, Future Electronics is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and operates in 44 countries and 159 offices. Its global footprint enables exceptional service and efficient, end‑to‑end supply chain solutions. The company is fully integrated and supported by a single IT infrastructure that provides real‑time inventory visibility and seamless global operations, sales, and marketing capabilities.

For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

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