Owen Clarke
Procurement / Supplier Manager · Upstream Supply Owner
InternalI manage the supplier relationships behind this material. Purchase orders, returns, credits and cadence changes come through me.
Objective
Fix the upstream cause and recover value from suppliers where possible.
Primary channel
Email + Supplier Portal
What I care about
- · MOQ and cadence
- · Vendor credit recovery
- · Contract terms
- · Supplier reliability
What only I may decide
- · Approve PO adjustments and returns
- · Negotiate credits and cadence
- · Approve alternate sourcing
What MRA does for me
- · Checks contract terms and return eligibility instantly
- · Drafts the supplier request and tracks the response
- · Feeds the preventive cadence change back into planning
Responsibilities in a case
- · Adjusts purchase orders
- · Arranges alternate sourcing
- · Manages supplier returns and vendor credits
- · Assesses supplier contract implications
- · Negotiates MOQ and cadence changes
Agents supporting me
Supplier terms, return eligibility, schedule change options
Systems I work in
Inputs & outputs
Receives
PO book · Contract terms · Supplier capacity
Produces
PO change · Return authorisation · Credit agreement · Cadence proposal
Involvement across the journey · APRA
SIGNAL
—UNDERSTAND
—ASSESS
—SIMULATE
—DECIDE
InformedCOORDINATE
InformedEXECUTE
—VERIFY
—Handoffs I am part of
- · To Supplier Representative externally
- · To Finance for credit value
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