Job Title: Supplier Relationship Manager
Location: Fully Remote
Duration: 6 months (Extension possible)
 
Note: Remote – Any Time Zone (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Local Hours)
 
Key Responsibilities

• Acts as a Project Manager to manage and develop strategic relationships with external suppliers, contract manufacturers, and partners.
• Oversee end-to-end supply processes, ensuring demand is met with cost-effective and high-quality supply.
• Negotiate supplier agreements and contracts to optimize terms, costs, and service levels.
• Support supply chain planning and forecasting to align with business objectives.
• Lead issue resolution with suppliers, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Drive efficiency and cost savings through process optimization and innovative supply solutions.

 
Core Supply Chain & Operations Skills

• Supply chain management expertise – strong knowledge of end-to-end supply chain operations, including planning, sourcing, logistics, and distribution.
• Supplier relationship management – ability to build, maintain, and negotiate with external suppliers, ensuring performance, compliance, and cost efficiency.
• Inventory & capacity planning – skills in managing supply levels to meet demand without overstocking or shortages.
• Contract and vendor management – experience overseeing supplier contracts, monitoring KPIs, and driving continuous improvement.
• Risk management – ability to identify supply risks, develop contingency plans, and ensure business continuity.

 
Leadership & Collaboration

• Cross-functional leadership – proven ability to collaborate with procurement, quality, manufacturing, logistics, and finance teams.
• Strategic thinking – ability to align external supply management with overall business strategy.
• Stakeholder management – excellent communication and relationship-building skills across internal and external stakeholders.
• Team management – experience leading and mentoring direct or indirect teams, including remote or cross-border suppliers.

 
Soft Skills

• Strong negotiation & influencing skills – to secure favorable supplier terms and drive performance.
• Problem-solving & decision-making – ability to act quickly under pressure and resolve supply disruptions.
• Adaptability & resilience – capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Excellent communication – both verbal and written, with an ability to present supply chain data to senior leadership.

 
Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets

1. Supply chain management expertise – strong knowledge of end-to-end supply chain operations, including planning, sourcing, logistics, and distribution.
2. Supplier relationship management – ability to build, maintain, and negotiate with external suppliers, ensuring performance, compliance, and cost efficiency.
3. Inventory & capacity planning – skills in managing supply levels to meet demand without overstocking or shortages.
4. Project management experience however, the manager is looking for resumes from candidates with a supplier management background. Not project managers.

Possible Extension
Yes
 
Red Flags

• No supplier management experience.
• Mostly PM experience.
• Multiple jobs in a short period of time.

 
Interview Process
2 rounds of interviews.

• 1st round with me via Teams.
• 2nd round panel with several members of my team.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 40.00/hr.