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Strategic Commercial Supply Chain Lead
Develops, executes, and continuously improves comprehensive sourcing strategies for assigned spend categories. This role acts as the internal business owner for their portfolio, driving total cost optimization, supplier performance, risk mitigation, commercial and framework negotiation and alignment with organizational governance.
Strategy & Category Management
- Category Roadmaps: Build and implement long-term category strategies based on total spend analysis, market dynamics, and business priorities.
- Market Intelligence: Monitor supply market trends, competitor behaviour, and emerging innovations to identify new opportunities or potential disruptions.
- Demand Management: Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (Estimating, Commercial, Operations, and Supply Chain) to forecast demand and streamline product or service portfolios.
- Supplier consolidation and spend leverage, including identifying opportunities to reduce supplier numbers where appropriate and maximise the benefit of our buying power across SI.
Strategic Sourcing & Execution
- End-to-End Sourcing: Lead competitive sourcing partnership processes, including Requests for Information (RFIs), Pre-Qualification (PQQ), Requests for Proposal (RFPs), and Invitations to Tender (ITT).
- Business partnering with Operations, Commercial and Estimating to ensure supply chain strategy supports operational delivery, client outcomes and work winning.
- Commercial Negotiation: Negotiate high-Medium Low value, industry lead framework agreements to secure optimal pricing, favourable terms, and service level agreements (SLAs).
- Risk & Governance: Ensure all sourcing activities comply with internal procurement policies, regulatory requirements, and gate-review governance processes.
Vendor Relationship Management (VRM)
- Vendor Compliance & Onboarding : Drive full end to end compliance review and vendor onboarding ensuring vendors are fit for use within the organizational division. xgikmsk
- Performance Tracking: Set and monitor supplier Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive continuous operational excellence.
- Supply Chain Performance Management Clear performance measures and accountabilities, such as cost savings delivered, supplier performance, risk reduction and framework utilisation
- Supply chain risk management, including financial stability, capacity, material availability and single-source supplier exposure
- Value Optimization: Foster strategic partnerships with core vendors to Please click on the apply button to read the full job description
Strategic & Commercial Supply Chain Lead in Eccleston employer: United Infrastructure
United Infrastructure is an excellent employer, offering a supportive work culture where Smart Meter Technicians can thrive in their roles across the Northumbrian Water region. With a focus on employee growth, the company provides comprehensive benefits such as a bike to work scheme, a company pension, and private medical insurance, ensuring that team members feel valued and secure in their positions.
