Category Manager

AA2IT

United States

Vendor Manager

Title: Vendor Manager Bill Rate: $38-42/HR Hours: 8-5 M-F | Flexible Fully Remote Assignment Duration: 4 month

Key Accountabilities

Enterprise Vendor Strategy
Vendor Selection, Rationalization & Lifecycle Management
Commercial Management & Contracting
Performance, Value & ROI
Spend Transparency & Risk Insight
Enterprise Alignment & Enablement

Key Partnerships

Group Procurement
Enterprise Talent, Learning, and Leadership capability owners
Segment Talent and Learning leaders
Finance and budget owners
Shared Services Centres (SSC)
Legal, Risk, and Compliance partners
Strategic talent and learning vendors

Experience & Profile

3+ years proven experience in procurement, vendor management, or commercial leadership, ideally within learning, talent, or professional services
Experience managing complex vendor portfolios in a global organization
Strong commercial acumen, including contracting, negotiations, and performance management
Experience working in partnership with central procurement functions

Ways of Working

Commercial, analytical, and outcome focused
Comfortable operating within enterprise direction and supporting the modernization of legacy arrangements
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
Able to balance enterprise discipline with business flexibility

Personal Attributes

Credible and confident with senior leaders
Pragmatic and decisive; avoids unnecessary complexity
Trusted advisor with a strong sense of commercial judgement
Able to bring clarity and structure to complex spend environments

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