Senior Vendor Manager Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Senior Vendor Manager to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Work as a key partner of the team that manages Technology services throughout the full supplier lifecycle of engagements;
- Continually challenge vendors to achieve exceptional levels of performance;
- Develop a vendor rationalization plan and strategy to optimize all vendors, which may include quality, capacity, systems, and responsiveness;
- Manage and monitor performance and develop analytical and financial reporting of vendors including routine scorecards of agreed upon KPI’s;
- Liaison for the organization in coordinating vendors;
- Manage current vendors capabilities, business requirements, overall performance and continually identify cost and services improvement opportunities;
- Work with internal stakeholders and outsourcing partners to identify bottlenecks and drive solutions;
- Create cohesive contracting documents from ambiguous and incomplete requirements influenced by varied opinions and data;
- Establish process improvements for vendor and Inovalon interactions;
- Manage the identification and analysis of insights that define the impact of the work and effectiveness of the vendor relationships;
- All candidates to comply with all security policies/procedures;
- Create, maintain, and develop relationships within the vendor community;
- Ability to interface with Corporate Engineering Google Customers, understand their technical requirements, and work with them for future projects;
- Evaluate and develop procedures and facilitate the timely resolution of issues arising with a vendor or within Inovalon.
Requirements:
- Excellent attention to detail, customer service, and written and verbal communication skills;
- Ability to work across geographies and different regulatory environments;
- Ability to work well in a fast-paced and changing environment and drive efforts and projects through relationships;
- Ability to take initiative, work well as part of a team, and drive results;
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or equivalent practical experience;
- Strong interpersonal, analytical problem-solving and communication skills;
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or related field and or relevant experience required;
- Experience leading the management of vendor management initiatives;
- Some travel required – must have reliable transportation and ability to conduct audits;
- Experience in technology enterprise contracting;
- Experience working with multiple vendors and suppliers to negotiate and administer various types of contracts;
- Master’s degree in relevant field highly desirable;
- Demonstrated experience managing large scale, enterprise supplier relationships from a contracting, sourcing and ongoing risk management perspective;
- Working knowledge in applicable IT/Accounting concepts, practices, and procedures;
- 7 -10 years of comparable work experience in operations to include vendor management / outsourcing / procurement and contract negotiations.