Vendor Management Vice President; Business Partnering, Insights & Reviews

Description

Shape the future of vendor management by championing operational rigor innovation and strategic partnership. Join a team that transforms data into action fortifies organizational resilience and sets new benchmarks for excellence. As a trusted advisor youll drive measurable impact empower business leaders and ensure every vendor relationship delivers lasting value. Be at the forefront of efficiency stewardship and enterprise transformation.

As a Vendor Management Vice President in the Vendor Management & Business Partnering Team you will be a catalyst for changeleveraging automation data integrity and cross-functional collaboration to elevate vendor performance. Youll partner with business leaders to align vendor outcomes with strategic priorities drive continuous improvement and maintain a resilient transparent vendor ecosystem.

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with internal business owners to understand objectives pain points and vendor dependencies aligning outcomes to business priorities.
• Produce executive-ready insights on vendor performance cost-to-serve capacity and risk/control signals articulating implications and options.
• Lead recurring business reviews with stakeholders and vendors setting agendas facilitating decisions and tracking action items to closure.
• Maintain transparent scorecards and dashboards highlighting KPIs/KRIs SLA attainment incidents change backlog and financials/spend.
• Identify and escalate emerging risks ensuring timely communication and resolution with business leadership execution teams and delivery managers.
• Drive continuous improvement by defining remediation plans holding vendors accountable and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Support vendor strategy including rationalization renewal/readiness performance levers and value realization.
• Drive accountable owners to address data quality issues including availability and visualization needs to build dashboards
• Support wider teams in collaborate with Operations Technology Risk Product teams and senior leaders to remove blockers and optimize vendor performance.
• Monitor and analyse vendor data to uncover root causes trends and actionable insights for business leaders.
• Champion best practices in vendor governance compliance and risk management fostering a culture of accountability and excellence.

Required qualifications capabilities and skills

• Bachelors degree in business Finance or Data Analytics
• Extensive experience in business operations or business management
• Proven ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights for executive audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Expertise in performance management score carding and dashboarding (KPIs/KRIs SLAs financials).
• Demonstrated experience in risk identification escalation and remediation planning.
• Advanced proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques (e.g. Excel Tableau Qlik View/Sense).
• Track record of driving continuous improvement and value realization with senior audiences.
• Have a risk first mindset and be ready for audit compliance and risk in enterprise environments
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills

• Degree or MBA.
• Experience in financial services or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with vendor rationalization and strategic sourcing methodologies.
• Proficient in LLM VSCode Claude or other AI tools
• Experience with contract negotiation and vendor performance levers.
• Strong understanding of technology and operations within large enterprises.

Required Experience:

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