Junior Supplier Manager

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Asda has partnered with many new suppliers to provide best in class services from Microsoft, Salesforce, SAP, TCS, ServiceNow, NCR, and Workday to name a few…

To help support this we have redesigned the way we operate, aligning the supplier management team to our newly formed tech vertical OD. 

As a Junior Supplier Manager you will be responsible for several Tier 2 supplier relationships and service contracts that provide support or services to our stores, distribution centres and home offices from either a hardware, software or license subscription service.

What You'll Love

• Providing business partnering services to tech business units and service owners.
• Ensuring contractual obligations are met through:
  • Adherence and adoption of supplier relationship management best practices.
  • SLA management - monitoring & performance
  • Inventory management - accuracy & compliance.
  • Reporting - service monitoring & trending
  • Continual Service improvement - tracked & delivered.
• Fiscal management – Annual business planning and monthly forecasting of operating cost budgets contributing to £200m + spend.
• Identification of commercial opportunities to reduce or mitigate cost.
• Contract lifecycle – roadmap of activities including new services, renewals always ensuring compliancy. Identified risks are documented.
• Relationship management – Effective relationships with wider technology stakeholders including service management, legal and procurement teams.
• Contribute to supplier contract scope and negotiations to ensure the best outcome for Asda.
• Experience and a good understanding and appreciation of technology / ecommerce.

What You'll Need

You will be motivated by a role which challenges you daily, assesses your agility and satisfies your desire to achieve results. You will relish being part of an enthusiastic, energetic team which thrives under pressure as you work together to provide creative solutions; all with the customer in mind.

• Having an interest in tech! Whilst you will not be writing any code or fixing broken hardware understanding the technologies with the contract you are responsible for is highly beneficial.
• You will be highly numerate & analytical – you will demonstrate commercial thinking and be capable of collating and evaluating data to support fact-based recommendations.
• You will have experience of or a passion for analysing copious amounts of data.
• Excellent PC skills, to include strong Office Skills – e.g. Outlook / Excel and Word
• Effective communication skills with the ability to develop collaborative internal and external relationships.
• A keen eye for detail, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize effectively.
• A collaborator with a natural ability to seek solutions and solve problems,
• Your attitude to achieve and learn in a changing environment will be vital.
   

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices.Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced  to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves