Beschreibung
Vendor Management Responsible
Our multinational end client in Basel is currently looking for a Vendor Management Responsible to join the early stage of a large program on a long term basis.
Starting date: ASAP.
THE ROLE:
* You will manage commercial activities and relations for the client's program, with very high complexity and with significant impact.
* Experienced in service transition programs, is the escalation point for Project Managers for vendor performance issues, and is as well responsible to support the team in vendor selection processes.
* You will be responsible for developing processes and tools to enable ongoing performance, service level agreement monitoring and validates the delivery of key contract obligations, milestones, and deliverables.
YOU WILL:
* Resolve contractual disputes related to the client's projects/initiatives, by taking advantage of all available remedies and resolution processes within the contracts.
* Establish robust vendor governance framework and supporting processes.
* Identify and manage critical contract terms.
* Establish processes and tools to enable ongoing performance and service level agreement monitoring, and validate the delivery of key contract obligations, milestones, and deliverables.
* Identify and implement strategies to address deficiencies in service and performance.
* Continually evaluate the long term health of the relationship as well as the available alternative offerings in the marketplace.
* Incentivize the vendor to maintain a high level of service through the application of best practices and new technologies.
* Evolve the supplier relationship from a purely transactional relationship to a strategic partnership.
* Continually manage the vendor environment to maximize leverage and identify the preferred supplier for each additional procurement.
* Develop best-in-class Supply Chain processes.
YOUR PROFILE
* At least 5 years of experience in IT Project and Program Management negotiation and commercial management of contracts with significant spend.
* Several years of experience in a multicultural environment.
* Experience working effectively across divisional lines in a complex, multi-site organization.
* Excellent negotiator and stakeholder management capability.
* Experience negotiating large external vendor contracts.
* Creative and detail oriented with sound planning and organizational skills.
* Extensive enterprise level vendor management knowledge.
* Excellent written, oral and presentational communication skills.
* Confident and experienced in dealing with disputes and issues, working with vendors and creating pragmatic commercial solutions to business requirements.
* Works with other functional teams to ensure that optimal commercial and contractual outcomes are achieved on behalf of the business.
* Demonstrable leadership skills within a global Matrix organization.
* Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project life cycle.
* Extensive internal financial, vendor management and consulting experience.
* Results oriented and possess excellent analytical, facilitation and strategic planning skills.
If this sounds like your next challenge send us your updated English CV and we will call you to discuss it in more details.
Keywords: vendor, management, negotiator, negotiation, negociation, project, program, IT, manager.