IT Vendor Manager - 12 Month Rolling Contract, Exciting Company
I am working with a well-respected Dublin based client, currently recruiting for an IT Vendor Manager.
Role and Responsibilities:
You will work with Senior IT stakeholders across the organisation to deliver a consistent and transparent Vendor Management Framework for all IT vendors and suppliers. This will require a collaborative approach working with all IT vendors & key stakeholders. You will be responsible for building a range of key elements into the framework to support all IT vendor engagements - risk management, performance KPIs, contract negotiation / renewals, SLAs, Pricing, Issue Resolution among others.
You will be responsible for co-ordinating all Vendor Reviews appropriate (Monthly / Quarterly / Steering) to the agreed level of engagement & risk with each vendor. You will deliver a framework in Jira/Confluence to track KPIs and metrics relevant to the vendor engagements. You will support the wider Technology teams to build processes and a culture to continually improve Vendor management across the organisation.
80% of the role: is about managing suppliers/vendors who deliver project/product. The focus in not on production support but on Delivery.
The role requires someone who can build a Tech Vendor Management function within the company's technology division, build processes/framework (governance, KPIs, customer satisfaction) and culture to improve vendor performance, generating value (quality: time/cost/ways of working), reducing vendor risk and maximising opportunity - ensure vendor management is ingrained in the culture
20% of the role: is focused on contract negotiations/renewals (for example DC support contracts, DC Exit)
Proven experience in building relationships in a complex, multi supplier environment also important.
What you definitely need:
* Have worked with and been responsible for managing a lot of Vendors
* Relevant 3rd level degree with IT / Business Process / Procurement Focus
* Extensive proven experience managing 3rd party IT vendors & vendor life cycle management.
* Service delivery management, ITIL experience combined with incident and problem management
* IT policy management / Governance of IT audits
* Excellent negotiation, communication and influencing skills up to senior management / C-Suite
What's on offer:
* Competitive daily rate depending on experience
* 12 month rolling contract
* Large degree of remote working
Send me a direct email also if you would like - s.hool@reperiohc.com
For more information, call Scott Hool at Reperio Human Capital on 01 571 3000 or click on the link below to apply.
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