Senior Principal - Strategic Supplier Manager

About the role

The Strategic Supplier Manager maximises the value DPTF obtains from its strategic technology suppliers and managed service partners. The role manages those relationships, runs the supplier governance and performance review cycle, holds partners to their committed outcomes, and identifies where partner capability can be used more effectively to accelerate delivery and reduce manual effort.

What you'll do

• Manage the relationships with DPTF's strategic technology suppliers and managed service partners, acting as the senior point of contact for performance and value
• Run the supplier governance cycle, including operational reviews, quarterly business reviews and executive reviews, ensuring each has a clear agenda
• Hold suppliers to their committed outcomes, SLAs and OKRs, measured on the same basis as internally delivered work
• Drive value realisation from supplier partnerships, tracking what was committed commercially and operationally against what has been delivered
• Support contract and partnership optimisation led by Procurement, providing the performance and value evidence needed for renewal

What you need

• Research
• Data analysis
• Project management
• Agile
• Roadmapping