Senior Supply Chain Business Partner

☞ Vodafone

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Newbury South East

Category: Sales

Industry: IT Services IT Consulting Information Services Telecommunications

Job type: Full-time

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Location:Newbury or London / Home Based (Hybrid working)

COVID-19 Notice:We are continuing recruitment and have implemented new processes that promote candidate and employee safety. As part of this we have moved to a virtual hiring and onboarding process until further notice.

Vodafone UK Corporate functions work within the heart of our business, providing professional expertise, support and guidance across all operations, revolutionising our digital growth by always moving, always adapting, to be ready for the future.

What will you be doing?

The Senior Supply Chain Business Partner will be assigned to key internal stakeholder groups and will be responsible for building strong relationships across a number of internal functions and be the ambassador of SCM creating credibility and driving commercial savings throughout the Supply Chain for IT categories, working closely with Category Heads and provide inputs to SCM Strategy. You’ll also lead a team of 2 people.

Key Accountabilities Include
  • Own the strategy for IT categories.
  • Interactions with key stakeholders across the business to build and leverage strong and credible relationships in order to maximize overall delivery.
  • Use BI tools (Iview, Celonis, etc.) to identify opportunities, with ability to leverage the global sourcing function at the Vodafone Procurement Company (VPC). Utilising Design to Cost methodology to support sourcing and to ensure maximum value is achieved through our key contracts.
  • Exercises some control by driving Demand Management excellence - questioning, challenging and influencing the future sourcing demand of the local market) and by leveraging global sourcing initiatives where relevant, also includes Design to Cost methodology.
  • Requires commercial awareness and knowledge of the industry in order to contribute to the saving objectives of the SCM by monitoring contractual risks and ensuring minimal value leakage with key suppliers in line with Commercial Contract Management principles.
  • Addresses issues with impact beyond own team based on knowledge of related disciplines.
  • Commercial Contract Management - Protects Vodafone’s interests by developing commercial contracts based on thorough understanding of legal and ethical environments and manages contract related KPIs and ensure minimal value leakage.
  • Full people management responsibility for a team of professionals. Defines team operating standards, sets direction and enables performance.
Who are we looking for?
  • Broad range of Business Partnering experience and demonstrates a robust understanding of the business, identifies and prioritises stakeholders, builds sustainable relationships to drive increased business performance and best value outcomes.
  • Ideally CIPS qualified
  • Governance Management - Experience of managing end-to-end governance frameworks of key SCM deliverables to ensure objectives and initiatives are effectively monitored with the right levels of management visibly.
  • Project & Programme Management - Uses the right frameworks and approaches to manage projects and relationships in order to drive excellence and control costs, in either small scale or complex enterprise-wide initiatives.
  • Category Management - Has a clear understanding of local industry trends, economic, financial and market dynamics, commercial models and demonstrates business foresight to contribute to global category strategy and / or enable delivery of effective sourcing activities./
  • Experience in leading a team
What’s in it for you?

An excellent basic salary, bonus and car allowance with 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive and flexible benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family. We’re proud to provide a Reconnect programme with flexibility for individuals returning to work after a career break. From our market-leading parental leave policies through to employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes we are committed to supporting you throughout your career with Vodafone.
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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