Supplier Ecosystem Specialist

Role Purpose

The Supplier Ecosystem Specialist supports GP’s managed learning programs as the primary point of contact for key suppliers, ensuring strong communication, high service quality, and alignment to business needs. By managing and optimizing interactions with our supply base, this role will help strengthen partnerships, monitors performance, resolves issues, and supports contracting and operational coordination to ensure suppliers are positioned to deliver effectively and efficiently in support of GP’s goals.

Key Accountabilities

Strategic Sourcing & Collaboration

• Analyze market trends and potential suppliers to determine where gaps exist
• Research potential supply partners to support our existing business needs as well as to support future requirements

• Contribute insights to supplier strategy development, including landscape assessments and recommendations on supplier mix.

• Participate in cross-functional projects aimed at improving supplier utilization, workflows, or systems.

Performance Monitoring & Optimization

• Working alongside other leaders within the supplier strategy team, develop and launch a supplier scorecard process

• Track supplier performance using key metrics (e.g., quality, responsiveness, cost, delivery) and recommend actions to elevate results.

• Partner with internal teams to assess supplier effectiveness in supporting managed learning programs and identify optimization opportunities.

• Resolve supplier issues promptly, escalating risks and working cross‑functionally to implement long‑term fixes.

Contracting & Negotiations

• Collaborate with vendor specialists, legal, and learning consultants to support supplier onboarding, contracting, and negotiations.

• Ensure suppliers meet compliance, service-level agreements, and all relevant business requirements.

Operational Support

• Coordinate supplier involvement in program launches, updates, and ongoing delivery needs.

• Monitor supplier capacity and readiness to ensure timely support for learning initiatives.

• Support cost-management efforts through identification of efficiencies, consolidation opportunities, and optimized supplier usage.

What Success Looks Like

• Build trust-based, collaborative supplier relationships.

• Demonstrate strong ownership and follow-through on issues.

• Balance strategic thinking with operational execution.

• Proactively identify risks, opportunities, and improvements.

• Support GP’s culture of partnership, quality, and continuous improvement.

Experience & Capability

• Experience in supplier management, procurement, or partner relationship roles.

• Strong communication and negotiation skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.

• Proven ability to manage multiple partners in a fast-paced environment.

• Analytical mindset with experience using data to evaluate performance and drive decision-making.

Mindset & OneGP Behaviours

One Client Experience

• Thinks beyond internal process to protect the end-client experience.

• Takes ownership to resolve issues before they escalate.

One Commercial Engine

• Treats cost control and margin protection as core responsibilities.

• Focuses effort on high-impact commercial activities.

One Operating Model

• Simplifies processes and reduces friction across teams.

• Prioritizes clarity, structure, and accountability.

One Performance & Talent System

• Uses evidence and data to inform decisions.

• Holds vendors to defined performance standards fairly and consistently.

One Technology & Data Backbone

• Maintains system integrity and documentation discipline.

• Leverages data and automation to improve speed and accuracy.

Why Join GP Strategies

At GP Strategies, growth is not just a commercial ambition, it is our purpose. We help organizations unlock performance through learning, leadership, and workforce transformation. You will play a defining role in scaling that impact, shaping the future of our business, and setting the standard for commercial excellence across OneGP.

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GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally.

From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, we've learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. Additional information can be found at www.gpstrategies.com.

With more than 4000 employees in over 30 countries, diversity at GP Strategies is second nature! Beyond our locations, our culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.

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