Strategic Relationship Mgr., 2

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints•Salt Lake, UT

About The Position

The Strategic Relationship Manager 2 (SRM 2) is a seasoned senior professional who optimizes and manages relationships between Church departments or organizations and preferred suppliers and vendors. The role advises Church and department leaders on strategic and enterprise-wide vendor negotiations and supply-chain decisions, leveraging Church-wide expenditures to qualify and select vendors and establish contracts that deliver the best value. It also oversees supplier performance against contracted terms and conditions and ensures sponsoring organizations’ product and service needs are understood and met. The position focuses primarily on farming, ranching, orchards, and the acquisition and management of related equipment and supplies, including agriculture, landscaping, small construction, and irrigation equipment, seed, and fertilizer. It also works with farms and food producers to create valuable outlets for production. This is a relationship-management and program-creation role that partners across multiple Church entities. The SRM 2 builds alignment between organizational needs and supplier capabilities, develops and leads procurement arrangements, resolves supplier quality and business challenges, and works closely with internal partners to anticipate and communicate needs. The role improves processes, supports change implementation, balances value, risk, service, and stewardship, and uses AI and automation responsibly while validating their outputs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
In-depth supply-chain knowledge and experience in supplier relationship management, strategic sourcing, outsourcing, or procurement operations management.
Ability to apply best practices and business knowledge to improve products or services.
Ability to solve complex problems and take a new perspective using existing solutions.
Ability to work independently with minimal guidance and serve as a resource to less-experienced colleagues; may direct other staff members’ work.
Seasoned interpersonal skills and ability to negotiate with internal and external stakeholders.
Solid communication and presentation skills.
Willingness to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally, for trips of up to two weeks at a time.

Nice To Haves

Master of Business Administration, Juris Doctorate, or another advanced degree.
CPM or CPSM certification.
Experience in farm management or farm equipment and supplies categories.

Responsibilities

Serve as a strategic negotiating partner for significant and enterprise-wide supply-chain decisions, aligning organizational needs with supplier capabilities.
Qualify and select vendors and establish legal contracts for products and services at the best value for the Church.
Oversee supplier adherence to contractual terms and conditions and ensure consistent performance.
Collaborate with suppliers to resolve quality concerns and business challenges through proactive and reactive engagement.
Create multi-party business-alignment solutions and lead uniquely structured procurement arrangements.
Integrate closely with internal partners to anticipate, identify, and communicate their needs and connect procurement with service delivery.
Document needs, design solutions, and ensure sponsoring organizations’ product and service requirements are satisfied at the best possible value.
Interact with vendors, consultants, and professional groups and serve as an authority on relevant product and service industries.
Support procurement and management of farming, ranching, orchard, agriculture, landscaping, small construction, and irrigation equipment and supplies.
Work with farms and food producers to create valuable outlets for production.
Improve processes, help others adopt change, and persist through implementation challenges.
Balance value, risk, service, and stewardship while building trust and alignment with farm managers and equipment providers.
Use AI and automation productively, validate outputs, and apply responsible-use principles.