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