Supply Chain Business Partner (12-month FTC)
Aggregate function: Finance
Business Area: Group Supply Chain Mgmt Vert.
Posting Country: United Kingdom
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
We're recruiting for a Supply Chain Business Partner to join our IT & Digital team at Vodafone UK. As a Supply Chain Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, building strong relationships across functions and becoming an ambassador of Supply Chain Management, creating credibility, and driving commercial savings throughout the Supply Chain.
What you’ll do
* Provide commercial support to teams at Vodafone through end-to-end management of the procurement process across the professional services, IT & Digital categories.
* Liaise with the VPC (Vodafone Procurement Company) category managers for categories where a Global category plan is applicable.
* Ensure UK Operating company’s views and requirements are understood during the strategy development and represent the UK Operating Company in any subsequent negotiations to deliver best value for the business.
* Manage the procurement process for key projects, working with the VPC lead for global categories and contracts, ensuring the selection of suppliers with the capability to meet our needs through high service standards, efficient execution, and competitive costs.
* Assist the business in driving robust demand management excellence (questioning, challenging, and influencing the future sourcing demand) to deliver the best possible outcomes for cost, quality, and delivery.
Who you are
* Demonstrable commercial experience, having gained a thorough understanding of financial modelling, total cost of ownership, strategic sourcing, and supplier management throughout career.
* Relevant Category Management experience, preferably in areas that include IT & Digital (e.g., hardware, software, outsourcing, managed/professional services, etc.)
* Excellent procurement/contract negotiation skills that will allow you to achieve best commercial outcome for Vodafone.
* Robust understanding of business, with an aptitude for building sustainable relationships to drive increased business performance and best value outcomes.
What we offer
We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools, market leading parental leave policies and an innovative Reconnect programme for people who have taken a career break.
Together we can
Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
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