Supplier Manager

Who we are

From personal leasing for individual customers through to managing entire fleets for some of the UK's best-known brands. At Novuna Vehicle Solutions, we're leading the way with Electric Vehicle Leasing, Alternative Fuels and Fleet Electrification. From installing home-charging units for individual drivers to helping our commercial fleet customers select vehicles and plan their infrastructure.

What you'll do

• Take ownership of a portfolio of strategically important suppliers and play a key role in ensuring they deliver excellent outcomes for our customers and business.
• Combine strategic supplier leadership with strong operational and commercial management.
• Understand performance at account level, identify emerging trends and intervene where supplier issues affect cost, customer experience, compliance or vehicle availability.
• Own the full relationship and account-management cycle for your allocated strategic suppliers.
• Plan, prepare and lead monthly, quarterly, half-year and annual supplier reviews, ensuring actions are tracked through to completion.
• Establish clear performance measures, governance arrangements and improvement plans across your portfolio.
• Hold suppliers to account for service performance, customer outcomes, contractual commitments and agreed corrective actions.

What you'll bring

• Strong supplier and category-management knowledge, with the commercial mindset to negotiate, influence and hold major partners to account.
• Comfortable moving between operational detail and strategic priorities - understanding what is happening today, identifying what the trends are telling us and recommending what needs to change for the future.
• Ideal experience within automotive, leasing, fleet services, roadside assistance, tyres, recovery or a similarly complex supplier environment.
• Knowledge of rebates, pricing structures, cost recovery or other supplier commercial mechanisms.
• Excellent stakeholder management with strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Knowledge of contract law and the ability to interpret complex supplier agreements.

What's in it for you

• An excellent bonus scheme.
• Company car or cash alternative – with fantastic EV incentives.
• Flexible hybrid working.
• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell 5 days.
• Full wellbeing package including BUPA, digital GP service, 24/7 employee assistance, plus wellbeing events throughout the year.

Being yourself

We're a Disability Confident employer, dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive.