Job Description

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

Job Tags

Similar Jobs