Our Supply Chain Account Manager will be responsible for renewing Supplier contracts alongside managing Supplier relationships and associated responsibilities. This includes Bauer subscriptions and IMC finishing alongside other key Supply Chain Suppliers across Finishing and Mailing. Providing support for our Group Supplier Development Manager in delivery of the team objectives.

The Role will include:

Subscriptions & Supplier Performance Management

• Build a strong working relationship with all relevant accounts (Royal Mail/Whistl/Air Business/TFL/BBS)
• Build strong working relationships with key internal teams such as the Logistic Planners
• Build a strong knowledge of all available mail service in the UK and overseas
• Keep abreast of all new industry initiatives via industry groups such as the PPA.
• Negotiate and renew contracts for Finishing and Mailing suppliers
• Review all elements of costs for any contract renewal
• Fully review all supplier KPIs to ensure they meet the needs of the business
• Regular reporting of all key KPI measure
• Manage the delivery & promotional schedules via the publishers and internal contacts
• Resolve any delivery complaints sufficiently and within appropriate time frame
• Purchasing & management of all supply chain consumables
• Support for the Supply Chain sustainability strategy within the Frontline Group

Benefits

At the Frontline Group we offer great training, and a range of salary sacrifice flexible benefits which you can select based on your lifestyle; benefit options include private medical insurance, holiday purchase and a tech scheme to name a few.

On top of that we also offer:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Coaching with accredited coaches
• Hybrid Working
• 2 paid days to volunteer for a registered charity

Essential Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain powerful working relationships
• Solution driven approach to overcoming obstacles
• Competent user of Excel and a proven ability to deal with large levels of data e.g. pivot tables, VLOOKUP’s etc.
• A proven problem solver with strong negotiation skills
• Positive, resourceful with an enthusiastic, can-do attitude

About Company

The Frontline Group is made up of Frontline, Seymour, Gold Key Media and Routes to Retail. We’re the UK’s leading retail sales, marketing and distribution company working predominantly in the exciting and diverse areas of publishing and home entertainment.

Our key clients include publishers of iconic magazine brands such as Radio Times, Good Housekeeping, TV Choice, Heat, Top Gear, Grazia, Vogue, Slimming World, Cosmopolitan, Empire, National Geographic and 100’s more. We also work with major film studios managing their DVD presence within the grocery retail channel and are growing our reach in categories such as books and music with further category expansions on the horizon.

As a Distributor we work closely with UK and International retailers, wholesale, International Distributors and other parts of the supply chain to ensure our client’s sales, retail marketing and distribution objectives are met. Through our brand targeting and audience engagement agency Gold Key Media we develop sampling and marketing solutions, and we manage brand placement activities in the events, travel and hospitality sectors across the world.

The Frontline Group is owned by two of the world’s leading publishing companies, Bauer Media and Immediate Media Company (Hubert Burda Media). This will provide opportunities to grow your career across a number of different businesses and functions including brand marketing, sales, analytics, insight, finance, IT services, supply chain and publishing. We strongly believe in developing our own people and have a great track record of supporting and coaching our colleagues, who have then gone on to grow their career within our business.

Our teams are made up of the most talented and widely respected people in our industry and are seen as the experts in their fields. At the Frontline Group we celebrate our differences and ensure everyone feels welcome, trusted and valued for being their authentic selves.

Bring ‘You’ to the interview

Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. We want to make sure that our selection processes are transparent and fair, providing a level playing field for anyone who wants to come and work with us. Therefore, if you require any adjustments to an interview process, please feel free to get in touch with jacky.de-boo@flgroup.co.uk or edith.addo@seymour.co.uk who will be happy to discuss your needs in complete confidence .

All our roles offer a hybrid working option, combining in-office and remote/home working.

Want to see what our People say about working for us? Head on over to our website https://frontlinedistribution.co.uk/work-with-us/ to find out more.

Essential Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain powerful working relationships
• Solution driven approach to overcoming obstacles
• Competent user of Excel and a proven ability to deal with large levels of data e.g. pivot tables, VLOOKUP’s etc.
• A proven problem solver with strong negotiation skills
• Positive, resourceful with an enthusiastic, can-do attitude