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FM1513 - Supply Chain Category Manager  - Commercial Construction - £50,000 to £60,000 – Watford

• To develop and manage designated networks of business critical FM Service Providers (Hard & Soft) who provide best value across the business and become an integral and natural part of the company. Be a true expert in your allocated key trades, possess comprehensive knowledge of your Suppliers operation, the technology used or available and relevant market forces. Ensure that your skills are available and utilised within the business to create and maintain competitive advantage and to support the deliverance of the final product within agreed performance criteria.

• Supply Chain Management • Identify critical b2b relationships between the business and Preferred Suppliers, ensure that agreed the agreed relationship mapping model is applied to ensure such relationships are aligned. Know the key decision makers within your Preferred Suppliers and ensure that you maintain a strong relationship with them. • Develop trade strategies for each of your key trades or Alliance Partners that ensure that we; develop competitive advantage, maintain planned performance, develop and deliver innovation. • Based upon information received from business and sector specific plans, ensure that your key trades are robust to support the plans. Identify areas that require specific Key trade development carrying out the necessary development work to ensure existing is modified or new are established. Where development is required follow a clear process that will include, but not be limited to market research/business consultation, Pre-qualification, Supplier visits, interviewing and assessment of potential companies. • Have comprehensive knowledge of your supplier base so that when requested by Supply Chain Managers, you are able to compose robust and credible lists of Subcontractors from the Preferred Supplier base to support the bid process. • Ensure that you understand and contribute to the current, projected and maximum exposure to the Suppliers and managed this accordingly. • Hold periodic review meetings with Preferred Supplier base using a structured, consistent format, utilizing Performance Reports to identify areas of concern/opportunity and setting continuous improvement programmes where appropriate, with a focus on Health & Safety, CSCS, Quality of work and process/cost reduction. Ensure that business participation is achieved. •

• Working closely with the Innovations Team, identify opportunities for product development/innovation, ensure that the business is engaged and participates accordingly in an appropriate fashion whether by development workshops or otherwise. • Regularly produce communications to the business that provides information on developments within your key trades, this should include product development opportunities and general market intelligence. • Periodically review your existing key trades, re-structuring as necessary, including managing promotions and relegation. • Support the Divisional Supply Chain Managers with development of Divisional critical key trades • Support the 2nd. Tier Supply Chain Manager in developing commercial control of your Preferred Suppliers cost base. Ensure your Suppliers are receptive, supportive and participate. • Communicate sector requirements and work opportunities as necessary to preferred sub-contractors and suppliers either directly or through the Divisional Supply Chain Managers. • Gather useful client and competitor intelligence for Sector and Customer Directors. • Where required contribute to the Bid writing/Pre-qualification process on tender opportunities for your key trades.