Contract Supplier Engagement Management Manager
Contract Supplier Engagement Management Manager
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Job Title: Contract & Supplier Manager
Location: Hybrid working between Falmer office 23 days pw) and home
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week Monday Friday
Salary: Up to 49000
Job Overview
Our Business Plan 2025 to 2030 is our largest and most ambitious plan ever. The plan is the companys 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 Waters 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 continuous improvement and ensuring supply chain partners have a vested interest in our business plans.
As a Contract & Supplier Management Manager you will
- Execute SWS Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) strategy in partnership with executive sponsors business unit leads and supply chain partners.
- Drive engagement with suppliers and stakeholders from across SWS.
- Coordinate and facilitate supply chain and stakeholder engagement forums and top to top engagements.
- Execute Voice of the Supplier surveys generate insights to inform opportunities to improve supply chain partner relationships.
- Identify relationship issues and risks develop and implement mitigation plans.
- Develop views of aggregated supply chain performance and use insights to raise the performance bar.
About You
You will be proficient in Supplier Management with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation. You will have a real passion for SRM able to evangelise the benefits of a structured SRM approach. You will able to work with ambiguity making decisions on incomplete information.
You will be outcome delivery focused with 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 demonstrating e a relentless curiosity.
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 interpersonal and communication skills and a strong problemsolving 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 49000 depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:
Company and performancerelated 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 jobrelated 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 youre not 100 sure if you meet all the requirements for the role Or are you concerned that normal office hours arent possible given your personal circumstances Whilst we cant accommodate every flexible working request well 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 outofhours incident support because when problems appear fixing them is our top priority. Thats 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.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
