Supplier Relationship Management Recruitment
The most commercially resilient organisations treat their supplier relationships as a strategic asset. We recruit SRM leaders who go beyond contract management — building supplier partnerships that deliver innovation, resilience, and long-term commercial advantage.
SRM Leadership Search
Supplier Relationship Management has evolved from a contract compliance function into a genuinely strategic discipline. As supply chains become more complex and geopolitical risk more acute, the organisations that invest in high-quality SRM leadership are significantly better positioned to manage disruption, capture supplier-led innovation, and sustain competitive cost positions. Adderleys recruits SRM professionals at senior manager, head-of-function and director level. We look for individuals who combine commercial negotiation skills with relationship intelligence, systems capability, and the strategic perspective to manage supplier partnerships that span years, not just contract cycles.
The best SRM leaders don't just manage risk — they create preferential supplier treatment that translates into pricing advantages, early access to innovation, and supply continuity that competitors cannot replicate.
We recruit SRM leaders for businesses with complex, high-value or strategically critical supplier relationships — from outsourced service providers to sole-source component manufacturers and critical technology vendors.
SRM Roles We Recruit
Roles We Recruit
Head of Supplier Relationship Management
Functional leadership of the SRM programme across all strategic and critical supplier tiers.
Director of Vendor Management
Senior director accountability for vendor governance, performance frameworks and strategic partner relationships.
Strategic Supplier Development Manager
Leadership of supplier development programmes, performance improvement and joint business planning.
SRM Programme Lead
Programme leadership to design, implement and embed a formal SRM framework across the supply base.
Head of Third-Party Risk & Supplier Governance
Senior leadership of supplier risk assessment, governance frameworks and regulatory compliance across the supply base.
Industries We Cover
Industry Expertise
SRM leadership is most critical in organisations where supplier relationships carry significant commercial, operational or regulatory risk — and where the quality of those relationships is a source of competitive advantage.
Industries
Growth Environments
- Organisations with complex outsourced service models
- Businesses with critical single-source suppliers
- Financial services firms with regulatory vendor obligations
- Global manufacturers with multi-tier supply chains
Our Approach
Why Adderleys
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
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