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Supplier Relationships Manager
National Highways
Lead supplier community, foster collaboration, improve performance with internal/external partners.
9d ago
Expert & Leadership (13+ years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Hybrid
Company Size
5,000 Employees
Service Specialisms
Construction services
Project Management
Consulting
Engineering
Design
Technical Services
Turnkey
General Contractor
Sector Specialisms
Highway assets and design
Fencing and vehicle safety restraints
Electrical and land drilling
Road surfaces, paving and surface marking
Manufacturing, structures, fasteners and coatings
Temporary traffic management
Landscaping and environment
Tunnel management and incident management
Role
What you would be doing
supplier management
performance monitoring
data analysis
early involvement
stakeholder collaboration
continuous improvement
- Provide guidance to senior managers across disciplines in relation to collaboration with the supply chain community and other stakeholders in Operations, acting as the subject matter expert within their area of specialism to contribute to high performance across the directorate and to support the timely resolution of issues.
- To champion and facilitate effective use of early contractor involvement in solutions and promote a culture of continuous improvement, supporting the community in identifying and acting on opportunities to deliver the programme more effectively realising safety, customer service and efficiency benefits.
- Manage effective working relationships between internal and supplier teams, working collaboratively across organisational boundaries to remove blockers, address emerging issues and enable 2-way dialogue and feedback from the supplier community on lessons learned.
- Provide effective leadership to inspire and align a complex organisation, made up of internal and multiple external supplier teams to work towards shared goals, and promote a culture that supports innovation, collaboration, service excellence and continuous improvement.
- Develop and embed the required practices, forums and communication channels to foster collaboration, acting as a catalyst in establishing and maintaining a collaborative partnering ethos between all community partners, including the National Highways team ensuring best possible contractual outcomes.
- Lead and inspire cross functional specialist teams across organisational boundaries
- Proactively monitor the supplier community performance, processes and financial data, analyse and investigate trends and issues, and collaborate with suppliers, Operations and Commercial & Procurement colleagues to identify and deliver improvements.
What you bring
presentation
stakeholder management
highway engineering
commercial contracts
leadership
continuous improvement
- Evidence of presenting complex information and initiatives to senior managers and peers both internally and externally
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills and ability to convey complex and challenging information to a variety of audiences.
- Experience in commercial and contractual principles in highway engineering and understanding of the supplier market
- Experience of having had a leadership role within a continuous improvement environment, delivering and capturing benefits and driving best practice forward to effective implementation
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Company
Overview
4,000 miles
Road Network
Controls England's Strategic Road Network, encompassing motorways and major A-roads.
1.8 km
Tunnel Length
Engineers iconic infrastructure projects, such as the Hindhead Tunnel beneath the Devil’s Punch Bowl.
4 million
Daily Journeys
Facilitates over 4 million daily journeys, carrying a significant portion of England’s traffic.
Two-thirds
HGVs
Handles two-thirds of England’s Heavy Goods Vehicle traffic, ensuring efficient freight movement.
- Fueled by multi-billion-pound Road Investment Strategies, it delivers major upgrades like the A14 bypass and the smart motorway spine.
- It engineers iconic projects—like the 1.8 km Hindhead Tunnel under the Devil’s Punch Bowl—and supports cutting-edge trials, including self-healing bitumen.
- Operators and uniformed traffic officers patrol 24/7 from control centres, managing incidents, warning drivers, and keeping traffic flowing.
- The authority sets design standards via the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges and publishes contract and maintenance frameworks used across the UK and Commonwealth.
- Regulated by the Office of Rail and Road and guided by multi-year funding cycles, it balances reliability, safety, innovation and value for taxpayers.
- Safety
- Integrity
- Passion
- Ownership
- Teamwork
- Safety, customer service and delivery (three imperatives)
67% reduction
Corporate carbon emissions
Aims to reduce corporate carbon emissions by 67% by 2025 compared to the 2017-2018 baseline.
~250 tCOâ‚‚/yr savings
Zero-emissions vehicle fleet
The company plans to deploy 307 new electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (EVs/PHEVs), achieving annual carbon savings of approximately 250 tonnes of COâ‚‚.
82,000 vehicle miles saved
Low-carbon concrete and asphalt trials
Trials using low-carbon concrete and Foamix cold-mix asphalt recycling have saved approximately 82,000 vehicle miles, demonstrating commitment to sustainable construction practices.
95 biodiversity schemes
Environmental sustainability initiatives
The company has committed to delivering 95 biodiversity schemes as part of its environmental sustainability strategy, focusing on protecting and enhancing local nature and ecosystems.
- Net zero corporate emissions by 2030; net zero construction and maintenance emissions by 2040; net zero road-user emissions by 2050
- First roads organisation globally to achieve PAS 2080:2016 accreditation for carbon management
- All site plant and site cabins to be zero-carbon by 2030
- 100% electric non-traffic-officer vehicles by 2027; 100% electric traffic-officer vehicles by 2030
- Low-carbon concrete trials (e.g., M42 Junction 6) and Foamix cold-mix asphalt recycling 56% materials, saving ~82,000 vehicle miles
- Plans for micro-generation at depots, electric plant vehicles, electric HGV platooning trials
- Protecting/enhancing nature, carbon reduction, tackling local pollution, noise mitigation for >9,000 households
190+ first aiders
Mental Health Support
The company has 190+ mental health first aiders across various locations to support employee well-being.
1885 hours
Volunteer Contributions
Employee volunteering efforts contributed 1,885 hours to over 50 organizations, benefiting more than 3,500 individuals.
- Established employee networks led by executive sponsors to champion inclusion
- Public Sector Equality Duty focusing on changing behaviour, empowering colleagues, building awareness
- Flexible and hybrid working policies with right to request from day one
- No explicit gender statistics found
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