Relationship Management Analyst

Role Summary\n\nThe Relationship Management Analyst is a key enabler of Applied\u2019s Relationship Management (RM) program, which unifies Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Business Relationship Management (BRM) to develop deeper relationships with our suppliers and internal stakeholders. This role ensures governance discipline, data integrity, and tool adoption across supplier and business unit engagement\u2014helping Procurement operate as \u2018One GSP\u2019 and positioning Applied as a Customer of Choice externally and a Trusted Partner internally.\n\n# Core Responsibilities\n\n * Collect, validate, and analyze RM governance and reporting data; translate findings into clear, visual stakeholder insights.\n * Maintain and support the evolution of templates library artifacts (Supplier/Client Profiles, Account Plans, QBR templates, BU Engagement Plans, etc.) and ensure version control.\n * Maintain the Relationship Management Hub and related repositories, so playbooks and governance materials are current and easy to access.\n * Own the Relationship Management dashboard and KPI definitions; keep metrics current for adoption, relationship health, and value delivery.\n * Manage the RM governance cadence (calendar, scheduling, and logistics) across category teams, ensuring agendas, templates, and pre-work are ready.\n * Support training sessions on RM methodologies, tools, and templates to category managers and other stakeholders.\n * Support the SRM Program Lead by administering supplier segmentation and maintaining RM system data quality.\n * Support RM governance forums and touchpoints, including intake of improvement ideas, action tracking, and follow-up reporting.\n * Support business strategy, communication and engagement activities where needed serving as execution support for strategy and communications teams.\n\n\n\n# Qualifications\n\n## Required:\n\n * Bachelor\u2019s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Analytics, or related field.\n * 5+ years of experience in procurement operations, analytics, or program coordination.\n * Strong proficiency in Excel and Power BI; ability to manage dashboards and visualize data.\n * Excellent organizational and cross-functional coordination skills; ability to manage calendars, templates, and governance routines.\n * Experienced using project tools (timelines, RACI, Planner) to track actions.\n * Strong communication and facilitation skills to support SRM and BRM practices and promote stakeholder engagement.\n * Proven track record of being resourceful and working independently in a fast-paced, transformational environment.\n\n\n\n## Preferred:\n\n * Experience with supplier relationship management and/or category management, strategic sourcing, and working with internal and external stakeholders.\n * Familiarity with procurement systems (Ariba, Sievo, other) and collaboration tools (Loop, SharePoint, Teams).\n * Experience working within Microsoft Copilot, creating Copilot agents, and developing productivity use cases.\n * Exposure to project management, governance models and continuous improvement initiatives.\n * Familiar with change management frameworks.\n\n\n\n## Qualifications\n\n### Education:\n\nBachelor\u0027s Degree\n\n### Skills\n\n### Certifications:\n\n### Languages:\n\n### Years of Experience:\n\n4 - 7 Years\n\n### Work Experience:\n\n## Additional Information\n\n### \n\n### Shift:\n\n10-Day 8-Hr (United States of America)\n\n### \n\n### Travel:\n\nYes, 10% of the Time\n\n### \n\n### Relocation Eligible:\n\nNo\n\n### Referral Payment Plan:\n\nNone\n\nU.S. Salary Range:\n\n$88,000.00 - $121,000.00\n\nThe salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable. \n\nFor all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.\n\nApplied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. \n