Senior Strategic Supplier Manager

The Senior Strategic Supplier Manager is an individual contributor role responsible for directly managing a portfolio of strategic and critical suppliers across Flutter while contributing to the discovery and evolution of Flutter's wider Supplier Management capability. The role sits within a transformation context, working closely with the Associate Director and the procurement transformation team to establish, prove and scale a consistent global approach to Supplier Management. The postholder will assess existing supplier management practices, build relationships with business stakeholders and suppliers, and identify where improved governance, performance management, commercial management and risk oversight can deliver measurable business value.

• Lead discovery across the assigned supplier portfolio, assessing current relationships, governance, performance, commercial arrangements, risks and opportunities, and identify gaps and improvement priorities.
• Contribute to proving and evolving Flutter's Supplier Management approach, working with the Associate Director and the procurement transformation team to develop the wider operating model.
• Demonstrate the value of Supplier Management through measurable improvements in performance, value, risk and stakeholder outcomes, working independently and proactively to create structure where processes or ways of working are not yet fully established.
• Act as the senior commercial and relationship lead for assigned strategic and critical suppliers, developing supplier strategies aligned to Flutter's business objectives and stakeholder priorities.
• Lead strategic business and performance reviews covering performance, risk, commercial value, innovation and future opportunities, and establish clear actions, ownership and accountability.
• Influence supplier strategies, roadmaps and investment decisions, and identify and deliver continuous improvement across supplier performance, governance and ways of working.
• Work with business stakeholders to optimise spend, improve commercial outcomes and maximise value from existing agreements, and negotiate commercial terms, investments, commitments and value-add opportunities.
• Track contracted and committed spend to ensure value is realised and contract leakage is minimised, monitor renewals, amendments and contractual compliance, and partner with Finance, business stakeholders and Procurement on cost governance, reporting, forecasting and consumption insights.
• Establish governance appropriate to each supplier's strategic importance and risk profile, apply Flutter's Supplier Relationship and Performance Management approach, define performance measures, scorecards and improvement plans
• And proactively manage supplier risks with clear ownership and mitigation.
• Collaborate with Business stakeholders, Legal, InfoSec, Compliance and Risk teams to provide a joined-up view of supplier risk and obligations; escalate and resolve complex performance, commercial and relationship issues; and build strong relationships with senior business
• Procurement and functional stakeholders as a trusted advisor, navigating challenging environments, constructively challenging established thinking, building buy-in and accountability, and balancing competing priorities using data, insight and commercial judgement.

• Significant experience (8+ years) managing strategic and critical suppliers in a large, complex global organisation.
• Experience of building, transforming or maturing Supplier Management / Supplier Relationship Management capability, rather than simply operating an established process.
• A strong discovery mindset, with the ability to quickly understand how things work today, identify gaps and translate findings into pragmatic solutions.
• The ability to operate independently and with a high degree of autonomy, particularly where processes, ownership or direction are not yet fully defined.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence, challenge and manage difficult or competing senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience managing complex supplier relationships, contracts, performance and value.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to turn complex and disparate information into clear insights, recommendations and actions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level reporting and storytelling.
• A proactive, pragmatic and delivery-focused mindset, with the ability to turn strategy into action and demonstrate measurable results.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, challenging established ways of working and influencing senior stakeholders with differing priorities across different geographies.

• Hybrid working with 2 days per week office based.

• Self-Development fund
• Wellbeing fund
• Uncapped holiday allowance
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discretionary annual performance bonus
• Company Sharesave Scheme
• Paid volunteering time per year
• Enhanced parental leave