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Technical Vendor Manager

Isle of Man
Permanent
Technical Vendor Manager
 
Role Profile:  The Technical Vendor Manager manages the relationship with third party vendors providing services the group, its brands and cross-functional teams and customers and leads a team who manage the supply chain.  
  • Ensuring that suppliers are conformant to Group Policies and Standards; are meeting performance, service level and commercial obligations; taking action when they aren't.
  • Ensuring that suppliers are accurately categorised in accordance to their contribution to the Group based on risk, materiality and criticality.
  • Building and running robust commercial and procurement approach as part of Group Procurement and Vendor Management practices.
  • Through working to make sure suppliers comply with best practice, group policies and deliver against their contracts - whether they're existing suppliers or part of a tender for new business - the Technical Vendor Manager is key to ensuring that  providers deliver what they're obligated to.
 
Key Skills and Experience:
  • Thorough knowledge of Procurement and Supply Chain Management practices and processes and how to apply them.
  • Experience working in a relationship manager, relationship owner or supply chain manager capacity previously - preferably within a Financial Services setting.
  • Office 365 Collaboration tooling experience essential.
  • Proven, disciplined and consistent analytic approach and mindset.
  • The ability to work with stakeholders at multiple levels of seniority, across multiple different suppliers and geographies.
  • Experience working with outsourced landscapes and within an organisation undergoing significant transformation is desirable.
Personal Capabilities Required, e.g. skills, attitude, strengths
  • A proactive individual, self-motivated, and able to use own initiative
  • Excellent spoken and written communication skills, with the ability to express technical concepts in Business English to non-technical audiences.
  • Previous line management experience would be beneficial - however not mandatory; coaching will be provided in all cases for the right applicant where needed.
  • The ability to work under pressure and maintaining focus and accuracy is a necessity for this role.
 
To find out more about this role and to see the full job description please contact the team or  register online at searchandselect.com
Angela Westmorland
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