Key Responsibilities

Supplier Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong, professional and long-term relationships with suppliers and manufacturing partners.
• Act as a key point of contact between the business and supplier base.
• Develop a strong understanding of each supplier's capabilities, capacity, strengths and areas for development.
• Establish regular communication and supplier review processes.
• Provide clear, constructive and timely feedback to suppliers.
• Build supplier accountability while maintaining positive and collaborative relationships.
• Develop strong supplier partnerships that support the long-term sourcing strategy.

Supplier Allocation & Capability

• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of supplier capabilities, capacity and performance.
• Support the Design and Product teams with supplier allocation recommendations based on supplier capabilities and business requirements.
• Ensure allocations are appropriate for supplier capacity, expertise and delivery capability.
• Monitor supplier workload and capacity to identify potential risks.
• Recommend alternative or additional suppliers where required.
• Support the Head of Sourcing with supplier strategy and allocation decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Supplier Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong, professional and long-term relationships with suppliers and manufacturing partners.
• Act as a key point of contact between the business and supplier base.
• Develop a strong understanding of each supplier's capabilities, capacity, strengths and areas for development.
• Establish regular communication and supplier review processes.
• Provide clear, constructive and timely feedback to suppliers.
• Build supplier accountability while maintaining positive and collaborative relationships.
• Develop strong supplier partnerships that support the long-term sourcing strategy.

Supplier Allocation & Capability

• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of supplier capabilities, capacity and performance.
• Support the Design and Product teams with supplier allocation recommendations based on supplier capabilities and business requirements.
• Ensure allocations are appropriate for supplier capacity, expertise and delivery capability.
• Monitor supplier workload and capacity to identify potential risks.
• Recommend alternative or additional suppliers where required.
• Support the Head of Sourcing with supplier strategy and allocation decisions.