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Supplier Relationship Management Lead

Flexible hybrid working from home with a base at one of our Store Support Centres.

The big question is…. why on earth should a professional like you work for a 150-year-old retail chain?

Because we are on a journey. Changing the way we operate. Learning to think nimble. Giving our teams the time and freedom they need to push boundaries. To create amazing systems and technologies and to give our colleagues and our customers even more incredible experiences.

There are thousands of experts to talk to and learn from. We’ve got data from billions of transactions for our teams to play with. Things get built here. They get made here and they hit customers and colleagues quickly.

The Supplier Relationship Management Lead will provide organised and comprehensive support to the Supplier Relationship Manager (Technology) and SRM team to deliver the supplier governance (managing and co-ordinating multiple diaries), process and controls that support our strategic technology partners underpinned by our digital SRM platform and framework.

The focus of the role is to work with the SRMs to support the effective management of our partners contracts, optimising, and driving value and building our engagement and ways of working via our Supplier Events (scheduling these and other appointments and events), Learning Directory, Partner Innovation Hub, and Centre of Excellence.

You will develop strong relationships with internal Sainsbury’s Tech and Business stakeholders and Technology Suppliers, this is key in supporting the SRM team to ensure our suppliers are performing to requirements and expectations as well as identifying where Sainsburys Business Services can add value to the business.

This role will see you develop to become a key contact for Sainsburys tech working with our Platinum, Gold, and Silver partners.

What you need to know and show

• Highly organised and demonstration of good prioritisation
• Strong stakeholder engagement, able to influence a range of stakeholders and build influential and trusted relationships across organisational and offshore supplier boundaries.
• Experience in managing conflict and the ability to communicate with clarity to stakeholders and with suppliers.
• Interpret stakeholder needs to develop processes which will enable optimal running of the contract(s)
• Beneficial to have knowledge of contract lifecycle.
• Ability to work under own initiative and able to seek advice and support when required. Taking responsibility for making decisions where appropriate.
• Comfortable making decisions based on incomplete data and information in the absence of clear frameworks and guidance to operate from.
• Contribute to continuous improvement using knowledge and experience to enhance processes and the experience for business stakeholders.

If being part of a hugely influential team and working for a fantastic Supermarket with a 150 year history wasn’t enough, you’ll also receive a host of great benefits, a competitive salary and a huge range of learning and development opportunities: Click here for more detail on our benefits: https://sainsburys.jobs/working-for-us/benefits/

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.

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