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Job Purpose

This is an utterly exceptional opportunity to leverage our supplier Marketplace to build an unparalleled indirect sales channel for Constellia – securing the support of the sales teams of all our suppliers in promoting our service.

This will be done by building the strongest of relationships with key suppliers (selected from the current 1,500+ companies with a focus on professional services and construction), encouraging them to work collaboratively with Constellia and make us their preferred route to market – driving service standards for our clients and Constellia’s revenues.

The Person

Someone with several years’ experience working within business development, relationship management or partnership management for a big brand service provider. They must be able to:

Understand the needs and motivators for supplier sales teams.

Segment out suppliers to identify those which can materially drive our growth.

Engage effectively with the senior team at such suppliers (whether a big brand or boutique) and rapidly educate them regarding why they should do business with us and “sell us”.

More than that, have the character (being both engaging and reliable) that suppliers will want to do business with them – building long term relationships will be critical.

Drive revenues by understanding the potential of supplier sales teams as an indirect sale channel.

Demonstrate experience of and an understanding of how Procurement works (the good and the bad).

Work effectively in both the private and public sector.

Be able to define what a true “partnership” is and build them.

Note that we are not looking for a procurement professional – supplier compliance etc is managed separately. The person sought will have worked “supplier side” and as such understand how to work effectively in their world.

Key Responsibilities

Developing strategy for supplier driven sales.

Acting as a key point of contact for all suppliers and identifying an individual at all suppliers which will act as theirs.

Support the Constellia team with our procurement service delivery, supplier queries and issue resolution.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Must be highly target/sales focused.

Degree qualified (or equivalent).

Minimum 5 years relevant experience.

Great interpersonal, written and presentation skills. 

Ability to multitask, working at pace whilst maintaining focus on detail.

Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers and stakeholders

Customer facing, stakeholder management experience.

Experience of using CRM systems.

About Constellia

Constellia is an innovative, incredibly fast-growing company which is transforming the way our clients buy and manage a wide range of professional services, goods and works. We are a neutral vendor to the Public and Private Sectors – managing spend for over 150 organisations across the UK.

We run a dedicated supplier Marketplace for our clients, ranging from specialist SMEs, boutique consultancies, all the way to the Big4 global consulting organisations.

We also operate the Consultancy Procurement Council (“The CPC”) which is the largest global network of consultancy category managers from over 100 of the world’s largest organisations, influencing over £5billion of spend and giving us unparalleled insight into best practices in this space. 

From day one with us, you will be a key player in our inclusive and supportive fast-growing SME. Working at Constellia can be fast paced; we are a diverse, hard-working team united by a drive to help each other in a fun and friendly way, celebrating our success as a team