Foster + Partners
Supplier Relationship Manager (Design Engineering Consultancy)
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Department: Procurement
Location: London
Description
As a Supplier Relationship Manager (Design Engineering Consultancy) at Foster + Partners, you will play a key role in shaping and embedding supplier relationship management across a world-renowned global practice. Working with project teams, design disciplines, engineering teams and external partners, you will drive supplier performance, strengthen strategic partnerships, reduce supply chain risk and unlock innovation across a portfolio of design, engineering and specialist consultancy suppliers.
This role is ideal if you want to:
- Build and lead a supplier relationship management framework that creates lasting business impact.
- Influence strategic supply chain decisions across a global and highly collaborative organisation.
- Develop strong partnerships with leading design, engineering and specialist consultancy suppliers.
- Champion sustainability, innovation and continuous improvement throughout the supply chain.
- Work closely with senior stakeholders to deliver value, manage risk and drive performance.
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What you will bring to the team:
- Proven experience delivering value through procurement or supplier relationship management within a professional services, architecture, engineering or consultancy environment.
- Strong expertise in developing and implementing supplier relationship management programmes and governance frameworks.
- The ability to identify, assess and mitigate supplier and supply chain risks in complex environments.
- Experience of utilising supplier management tools such as Ivalua, Coupa and GEP Smart to enhance supplier lifecycle management.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence and collaborate at all levels.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, supported by a commercial and delivery-focused mindset.
- Experience driving supplier performance, continuous improvement and innovation initiatives.
- Outstanding communication skills, coupled with a proactive, resilient and collaborative approach.
What we offer:
We offer a benefits package designed to help you thrive professionally and personally. This includes:
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- Private medical insurance for you and your family
- Life assurance
- Personal travel insurance
- Access to a range of wellbeing support, comprising virtual GP services, mental health support and lifestyle coaching
- Discount programmes for various retailers
On our London campus, we have subsidised catering facilities and host regular social events, and sports activities, for everyone to enjoy.
To support you in building a meaningful career, the practice offers opportunities to develop both your technical and non-technical skills through continuous learning, professional development support, and knowledge sharing and insights from experienced colleagues.
If our designs spark your curiosity and you would like to contribute to solving complex challenges with local and global impact, we invite you to join our team. You’ll be challenged and inspired, collaborating on extraordinary projects in an environment designed to cultivate excellence.
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