AddressNegotiate with dedicated providers according to specific policies.
Achieve the best contractual conditions while also ensuring internal customer satisfaction.
The successful candidate will have knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market
Roles and Responsibilities
- Define supplier strategy including management and optimisation of supplier panels.
- Lead negotiations and allocate needs to specific suppliers.
- Negotiate terms and conditions and transmit information to Procurement. Manage claims.
- Includes commercial sourcing management such as data analysis, negotiations support, etc. This may also include purchasing activities.
- Utilises in-depth knowledge of a discipline and analytical thinking to execute policy / strategy.
- Basic knowledge of related job disciplines.
- Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
- May lead small projects with low risks and resource requirements.
- Explains information; developing skills to bring team members to consensus around topics within field. Conveys performance expectations and may handle sensitive issues.
- Jobs at this level function with some autonomy but are subject to functional practices and precedents or are covered by well-defined policies or review of end results.
- The job allows modification of procedures and practices covering work as long as the end results meet standards of acceptability (quality, volume, timeliness etc.).
- Uses some judgment and has the ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters to address more complicated, day-to-day problems.
- Have ability to prioritize information for data analysis.
- Use technical experience and analytical thinking.
- Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
