
Supplier Partnership Associate
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Owning the Partner pipeline funnel across our international markets, from conception through to onboarding execution, including price and contract negotiations.
- Keeping up to date with newly onboarded Partners and smoothing out any issues in a timely and professional manner, including crisis and escalation management during the trial period.
- Document management, summarizing processes, learning and helping to replicate successful models across international markets.
- Creating business model conversion strategies in cities that are scaling and leading these conversions, where required.
- Suggesting and implementing actions to improve the quality of partnership leads and identifying growth opportunities.
- Owning all partner contracts. Ensuring all templates are up-to-date and in line with current laws and operational requirements.
- Conduct market research for new and existing markets, including but not limited to price analysis, competitor analysis, etc.
- Contributing to process structure and development for facility recruitment and onboarding.
- Be able to identify new and existing market strategies to improve our service offerings.
- Working with internal teams on a series of different projects as required, to improve the overall operations and quality of Partnerships.
- Keeping up-to-date and familiar with all departmental operational changes to understand the sourcing requirements.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Must be able to conduct remote presentations, discussions and negotiations with international stakeholders.
- Strong presentation & negotiation skills, with an understanding of budget restraints.
- Experience developing clear pipelines and channel programmes for partner recruitment processes.
- Must be comfortable analyzing large data sets and must possess the ability to express and present clear logical thinking.
- Must be able to demonstrate creative thought processes for lead generation.
- Must be organized and a self-starter.
- Previous sales experience in international markets.
- Previous experience in a similar role, preferably for a start-up.
- Proficiency in Hindi/Urdu/Arabic/Spanish/French preferred.
- Ambitious & entrepreneurial.
- Hungry for progression & process-driven.
- Monday-Friday
- 9-hour shifts (8 working hours + 1-hour break)
- Rotational shift timings, including night shifts.
- Office-based role in Bengaluru
- Experience with Partner acquisition CRMs and/or digital sales.
- Exposure to business intelligence platforms such as Data Studio.
- Experience in working in different markets internationally, with strong cultural awareness.
- 2+ years of experience in a high-growth start-up environment.
- Can ideally demonstrate a highly numerate and commercial mindset.