Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?
Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?
Join our Strategic Sourcing Team
The Strategic Sourcing Team is responsible for building and maintaining strong and trusted relationships with our suppliers to enable us to strategically source products to fulfill customer demand. The team analyzes requirements to onboard new suppliers and negotiate commercials to ensure Softcat is receiving favorable pricing and service. External supplier relationships are key to our success, and we host quarterly supplier reviews to ensure targets are being met. Internally we work alongside many other departments such as Procurement, Customer Services, Finance, Legal, Vendor Alliances, and Sales which puts us at the center of the Business Operations Department.
Success. The Softcat Way.
There's a uniqueness to Softcat – what we do, how we do it, and why we do it. That's because we help customers to use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first. We give everyone the chance to step up and show how much they can achieve. We succeed when all our people succeed.
Be part of a team that enables business growth
This fast-paced role will give you an insight into how the IT Supply Chain operates and how supplier and vendor relationships are key to every part of our business. You will work with a wide variety of contacts both externally and internally across many different areas of the business, giving you a full understanding of the IT reseller channel as well as an insight into Softcat's success as a business.
As [Insert job title], you'll be responsible for:
* Commercial responsibility - Responsible for tracking and collecting Softcat rebates to ensure they are accurate and paid on time.
* Onboarding New Suppliers – Assessing the requirements for onboarding new suppliers followed by the full onboarding process once an application is approved.
* Drive best practices within the business around preferred supplier routes.
* Managing a busy inbox responding to support Softcat's internal sales team.
* Working with UK and Multi-National supply chains.
We'd love you to have
* Experience in Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, or Operational roles.
* Knowledge or experience of the IT channel is an advantage.
* Confident at building relationships with strong written and verbal communication skills.
* Highly organized and process-driven.
* Ability to run reports and analyze data using Excel.
Work in a way that works for you
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
* Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.
* Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day.
* Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs.
Working with us
Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realize your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.
To become part of the success story, please apply now.
If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence.
You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/
Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, SL7 1LW
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We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefits include:
Pension
Share incentive plan
Life Assurance
Holiday
Two days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at Christmas.
Trips
Opportunity to qualify for Director hosted (often Michelin star) lunches as well as half and full year incentive trips to places all over the world.
Vouchers
Technology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount card.
Partner/family Benefits
Option to add your partner/family to some of the benefits.
Access to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefits.
Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support
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