You will have:
- Analytical thinker with a hands-on approach.
- Resilient and adaptable to change in a fast-paced environment.
- Commercially astute with a focus on value creation.
- Collaborative mindset with strong relationship-building ability.
- Passion for problem solving and conflict resolution.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a procurement or supplier-facing role.
- Proven track record of managing suppliers and delivering cost savings.
- Strong background in contract management and performance frameworks.
- Proficient stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- Intermediate M365 skills.
- Experience in greenfield procurement environments (building processes from scratch).
- Exposure to ESG integration and sustainable procurement practices.
- Familiarity with Facilities Management service categories (cleaning, maintenance, security, waste management).
This position involves:
- Supplier performance: Holding monthly meetings with preferred suppliers to measure KPIs, collate feedback from operational teams, act as an escalation point, create performance dashboards, and manage end-to-end escalation and performance improvement plans.
- Supplier due diligence and record management: Ensuring supplier details are up to date, issuing and collating annual supplier questionnaires (diversity, social value, sustainability), and performing credit checks on business-critical suppliers.
- Contract management: Collating supplier contracts, maintaining the contract database, identifying contract leakage, managing terminations and mobilisations, ensuring commercial terms are met, and supporting operational teams with supplier queries.
- Commercial control: Driving cost savings through consolidation under preferred suppliers, ensuring delivery against agreed commercial terms, and identifying in-contract savings via efficiencies, supplier initiatives, or technology.
- Supplier development: Delivering annual supplier plans and projects, identifying opportunities and efficiencies, addressing root causes of recurring service issues, reviewing sourcing strategies (insourcing vs outsourcing), and developing standardised processes to improve consistency and efficiency.
- General procurement support: Supporting contract renewal negotiations and deputising for the Head of Procurement when required.
Deadline: Friday 16th January 2026
Internal Vacancy: Supplier Relationship Manager
For a full job description, please email Rebecca.Stockton@samsic.uk.