Supplier Relations Coordinator

The Opportunity: Supplier Relations Coordinator

Contract: Permanent

Location: Cannock

The Briggs Equipment Group is a leading provider of asset management and maintenance solutions across the UK and Ireland. If you don t feel like you meet all of the role criteria outlined below please don t let that discourage you from applying.

The Impact you will have:

• Own the full supplier onboarding journey, ensuring every partner meets governance, compliance, SHEQ, ESG, and Briggs operational standards from day one.
• Champion supplier performance, maintaining SLAs, KPIs, insurance, and policy compliance while driving a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Lead data?driven performance reporting, using scorecards, analytics, and trend insights to highlight risks, opportunities, and improvement actions.
• Run structured supplier engagement, including QBRs, performance reviews, and cross?functional stakeholder meetings with clear actions and follow?through.
• Resolve supplier issues with pace and precision, coordinating root?cause analysis and corrective actions that protect service quality and operational continuity.
• Partner with Category Managers, providing insights on supplier risk, segmentation, performance, and alignment to category strategies.
• Maintain accurate supplier and contract records, ensuring renewals, obligations, governance evidence, and documentation are always up to date.
• Support commercial value delivery, including annual rebate recovery, invoice discrepancy resolution, and identification of cost?saving or value?adding opportunities.
• Drive innovation and efficiency, spotting opportunities for operational improvements, process optimisation, and supplier?led innovation.
• Monitor supplier financial health and ethical standards, ensuring partners meet expectations around sustainability, environmental responsibility, and operational resilience.

What will help you to excel in this role:

• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to influence, challenge, and build trusted relationships across all levels of the business.
• Proven negotiation and influencing ability, enabling you to secure the best outcomes for the organisation while maintaining strong supplier partnerships.
• Solid understanding of performance frameworks, including KPIs, SLAs, contract fundamentals, and practical problem?solving tools such as RCA, 5 Whys, and PDCA.
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to interpret supplier performance data, spot trends, and turn insights into meaningful actions.
• Competence in MS Office and reporting tools, especially Excel, enabling you to build dashboards, analyse data, and present performance clearly and confidently

What you can expect from us:

• Clear development pathways and real career progression, with opportunities to grow your skills, broaden your responsibilities, and shape your future within the business.
• A competitive contributory pension scheme, with employer contributions of up to 6% to support your long?term financial security.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to 3 additional days (subject to scheme conditions).
• A profit?share bonus, giving you a stake in the success you help create.
• Paycare and eyecare health support, helping you stay well and access everyday healthcare benefits.
• Access to a wide range of high?street discounts, making your money go further on shopping, leisure, and essentials.

What s next

• If you are interested in joining the Briggs Group then please click on the apply now button and a member of the team will be in touch
• Not sure if this is the right role for you? Please feel free to visit the careers page on our website and send us your CV speculatively for a member of the team to review
• If you require any reasonable adjustments to assist you in the interview process, then please contact a member of the Recruitment team and inform them prior to attending so we can ensure these are met