Consultant, Strategic Supplier, Relationship Management (*remote consideration)

Alternate Locations: Radnor, PA (Pennsylvania)

 

 Work Arrangement:

Hybrid/Common Days+ : Work 2-3 days a week in a Lincoln office with a designated workspace.

 

Relocation assistance:  is not available for this opportunity.

 

Requisition #: 74190

 

The Role at a Glance

 

We are excited to onboard a Consultant, Supplier Management to our Procurement Strategic Relationship Management (SRM) Center of Excellence. This position would be remote or hybrid remote to Radnor, PA. 
Lincoln’s procurement organization is adding a Consultant, Supplier Management to collaborate with our procurement sourcing teams and work hand in hand with business stakeholders on projects and initiatives to identify, design & deliver value and continuous improvement from our third-party suppliers.  
 

What you'll be doing

 

What you’ll be doing:  

• Collaborate with procurement sourcing managers and business leaders to build strategic relationships with your ‘book of business’ of key suppliers.  
• Work with internal stakeholders and other parties to prepare data driven supplier profiles including spend, risk, key contract terms, service level agreements, performance metrics and to conduct regular performance reviews ensuring LFG’s business requirements are being met. 
• Leverage voice of the business leaders to identify supplier pain-points, challenges, and hurdles; advises and executes on approaches to positively enhance supplier interactions and performance. 
• Resolves escalated issues with workable win – win solutions through objective review and analysis of the facts and business leader sentiment.   
• Continuously improve SRM processes and build out a standard playbook including supplier management best practices in supplier segmentation, escalated issue resolution, balanced supplier scorecard development, periodic business reviews and build out of objectives and key results for suppliers. 
• Document the supplier’s capabilities through desktop research, contract reviews and business partner interactions to build executive presentations and execute strategic and tactical supplier management solutions.  
• A key player in maturing the supplier oversight function, collaborating with internal stakeholders to build longer term strategic supplier strategies to drive innovation and value from the supplier relationships at Lincoln.    
   

What we’re looking for

 

What we’re looking for  

• 3- 5 + Years of demonstrated experience in supplier management, procurement, supply chain management    
• 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's)  
• Strong presentation skills with demonstrated ability to influence at all levels of management through clear, informed and logical discussions/presentations. Confident, comfortable communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills. 
• Data led approach, proactive, resourceful and solution-oriented mindset with experience in defining problems, collecting data, evaluating trends in information, establishing facts and drawing up valid conclusions and actions plans 
• Working knowledge of key contract terms and service level agreement principles and drivers 
• Excellent organizational and project management skills with the ability to prioritize workload and multi-task while maintaining attention to detail 
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft O365 (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook), data experience with Power BI, data visualization tools a plus. 

 

Application Deadline

 

Applications for this role will be accepted through 3/5/2025, subject to earlier closure due to volume of applicants.

 

 

What’s it like to work here?

At Lincoln Financial Group, we love what we do. We make meaningful contributions each and every day to empower our customers to take charge of their lives. Working alongside dedicated and talented colleagues, we build fulfilling careers and stronger communities through a company that values our unique perspectives, insights and contributions and invests in programs that empower each of us to take charge of our own future. 

 

What’s in it for you:

• Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each Lincoln leadership Attribute.

• Leadership development and virtual training opportunities

• PTO/parental leave

• Competitive 401K and employee benefits

• Free financial counseling, heal