12840 - Sr. Supplier Relations Consultant - Virtual

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No matter where you are in your career journey you can apply your knowledge and passion to move people, organizations, and communities forward. You’ll have opportunities to grow your expertise and capabilities, both professionally and personally. As a team we celebrate inclusion, caring and collaboration. As a company we value your contribution, we work with integrity, and we always put people first – so your impact really will change lives. 

Our Senior Supplier Relations Consultant is accountable for: 

• Delivering a supplier network adequate for operations to perform at go-live.
• Prioritizing supplier network, identifying mitigation plans, consulting with client on plan and executing plan.  
• Delivering technology configuration data to set up supplier in VMS technology.
• Developing and activating contingency and transition plans for non-compliant suppliers.   
• Resolving supplier issues, including performance consultation internally and externally on best practices.
• Determining client drivers for the supplier network, developing supplier on-boarding strategy and liaise with key internal and external partners to ensure timely on-boarding.  Proactively identify supplier strategy gaps and engage appropriate resources to create and execute plans to close gaps.  
• Identifying acceptable contract redlines and maintaining documentation in contract playbook.
• Expediting supplier redlines by successfully negotiating supplier contracts.  Consulting with client on supplier negotiations of supplier contracts.
• Functioning as single point of contact for suppliers during implementation.  Consulting with client on customized communications for their suppliers.  

Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Experience: 

• Utilizing influencing skills to build partnerships across the matrix and facilitate cooperation in strategic efforts. 
• Developing strong personal and professional relationships and advocates across client and supplier organizations. Facilitating cooperation between key Kelly and supplier resources to meet the client’s articulated needs and supplier’s needs.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience in overcoming supplier/client objections, particularly with consulting suppliers not wanting to join the program.
• Ability to interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Understanding of MSP service delivery processes and procedures and exposure to VMS technologies (Fieldglass, Beeline, etc.)
• Understanding of SOW industry trends, supplier landscape and best practice contractual terms for services spend.
• Ability to document and manage to project plans and formally write program assessment and consulting reports/recommendations.
• Advanced MS Office, PC and Internet Skills; proficient in Excel.

Total compensation package and benefits applicable to the position, understanding that each person has unique professional and personal needs focused on your total well-being. Explore our range of Benefits for full-time employees at: https://rs.benefitsatkelly.com/. 

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