Supplier Relationship Management Specialist

The Role

Are you ready to shape the future of procurement on a global scale? The Procurement Excellence team is on a mission to elevate procurement practices across the organization. With a worldwide remit, we’re focused on embedding best-in-class standards and creating consistency that drives real impact.

An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees is looking for a passionate and strategic Supplier Relationship Management Specialist to join our dynamic team. You’ll play a key role in one of our four core pillars—Supplier Relationship Management.

In this exciting role, you’ll help deliver IB’s Supplier Relationship Management Programme SRM Connect , working closely with internal and external stakeholders to build strong, value-driven supplier partnerships. Reporting to the Procurement Excellence SRM Manager, you’ll be instrumental in embedding consistent, high-impact SRM practices across the business.

Principle Accountabilities

• Support the delivery and promotion of the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) strategy and approach, while maintaining a clear and consistent internal and external communications plan for the SRM programme.
• Monitor supplier performance and SRM impact, identifying and analyzing supplier issues and benefits, collating SRM data, maintaining the SRM dashboard, and supporting procurement colleagues with SRM tools and knowledge.
• Maintain supplier segmentation analysis based on value contribution and risk optimization and ensure visibility of supplier risks.
• Support, coordinate and deliver periodic business review meetings, ensuring all stakeholders contribute relevant information.
• Coordinate SRM events, including supporting the launch and annual events, and assisting in the planning and organization of these key initiatives.

Skills and Experience Required

• Experience in Supplier Relationship Management, including contract and supplier risk management or other relevant experience.
• Strong organizational, data management, and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities, both written and verbal, with fluency in English.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively, with a driven, focused, and accountable mindset.
• Skilled at engaging with stakeholders at all levels, demonstrating adaptability and a collaborative approach.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.