Business partner - Supply Chain Management
Location: Birmingham, UK
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Job Number: 2843
External Description:
Randstad Sourceright; where technology, innovation, and our exceptional human touch make us the market leader in Global Recruitment Outsourcing.
Our business is growing and we need a Business partner - Supply Chain Management to join our organization!
The role of the Business partner - Supply Chain Management is to manage, together with in-country teams, the relationship with existing third-party agencies for an individual account(s) or for RSR as a whole for the supply of Permanent, Contractor, or Temp staff. In addition, the Business partner - Supply Chain Management is responsible for planning a strategy and managing third-party agencies as part of a transition plan within new RSR solutions. The Business partner - Supply Chain Management is also responsible for negotiating more cost-effective margins with third-party suppliers with limited direction from the Client Service Director or equivalent, in addition to identifying ways of delivering the best performance to RSR clients/RSR in a proactive manner.
What You Get To Do
- Negotiating and securing supplier agreements
- Contract management: managing the suppliers, together with in-country teams, to the responsibilities outlined in the MSP or RPO solution sold
- Serving as a liaison with legal on contractual issues
- Strategic partner of operations: Together with operations develop Supply Chain strategies
- Financial & quantitative analysis: measuring the quality and timeliness of delivery, as well as supplier operations
- Providing input to the implementation plan
- To recommend and develop key relationships (preferred supplier management) with a select number of regional suppliers delivering into RSR, including agencies, consultancies, and offshore organizations.
- Using market knowledge and research, source niche agencies/suppliers to join PSL and negotiate terms of business with them.
- Work in conjunction with the Delivery Managers, to suggest alternative recruitment solutions if the current activity is unsuccessful. Report this back to the client.
- Liaise directly with RSR Delivery Manager to analyze the changing requirements from third-party suppliers.
- To develop cross-supplier current market management information which can be used to add value to our clients and as a potential selling tool to new clients.
What Will You Bring
- Preferably knowledge of the contingent workforce market
- Experience as procurement category manager/specialist or supply chain manager/specialist
- Negotiation and analytical skills
- Commercial attitude
- Business English
Please apply today to be part of our world-class team!
If you have any questions, please turn to our dedicated ITA - Dorottya Cseza - dorottya.cseza@randstadsourceright.eu
Job Number: 2843
Community / Marketing Title: Business partner - Supply Chain Management