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Strategic Supplier Manager
JOB SUMMARY:
This role will be responsible for the supply chain management activity in relation to RSR’s APAC/Global client portfolio and
relationship management of RSR’s APAC/Global suppliers and specific operating companies.
As part of the Extended SCM Leadership Team, this role will line manage and lead a number of suppliers in the
performance of these activities. This role will be responsible for ensuring suppliers have clear objectives, focused on
customer & the respective performance objectives are aligned to overall team strategy and have broader alignment
with the leadership team within the APAC & Global function.
For Client Delivery, this role will be responsible for ensuring that Platinum and Gold clients are provided a Supply
Chain service in line with the aforementioned service packages which they have contracted for with RSR.
For Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), this role will be responsible for deploying the agreed supplier
relationship management strategy on the specified grouping of suppliers (and operating companies), and for
deploying the governance and management structure to ensure RSR is extracting the very best from these suppliers
to the benefit of RSR and its clients.
For both of SRM and Client Delivery, this role will be responsible for ensuring the provision of ‘Data as a service’ to its
stakeholder group - utilising RSR’s global supplier spend to drive data insights which feed business strategy (including
Wallet Share), client problem solving, supplier value and commercial benefit to RSR and its clients.
This role will be responsible for working with the Implementations and Operations tower to ensure that RSR
preferred suppliers (including operating companies) are promoted to clients as part of Supplier Strategy
conversations during the Discovery Phase of client implementations.
This role will be responsible for working with the SCM Implementations and Operations tower to monitor delivery
against relevant streams of activity being delivered by SCM Operations, and to support delivery on a roadmap of
operations projects and initiatives to continually improve and build upon existing SCM operations.
With regards to both existing and new Clients, this role will partner with RSR leaders in Sales, Solution Design, SP360
and Operations to ensure alignment with key business functions on all relevant matters relating to preferred suppliers
and SCM delivery on Platinum and Gold client accounts.
This role will support sales processes to ensure clients are aware of the Supply Chain value proposition for ongoing
supply chain support and how RSR’s preferred supply base can be utilised to solve client problems.
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:
● Helping define organizational objectives in partnership with the Global SCM Leadership Team, key business
leaders, clients and suppliers, and creating team strategy, policy and improvement programs accordingly.
● Responsible for delivering ‘Data as a service’ in relation to Clients - utilising RSR’s global
supplier spend to drive data insights which feed business strategy, client problem solving,
supplier value and commercial benefit to RSR and its client.
● Responsible…