Smartsourcing and Vendor Manager

EMW

Smartsourcing and Vendor Manager role overseeing supplier relationships and business situation analysis in Mons, Belgium. Requires NATO SECRET clearance and management experience.

Posted 7/15/2026contractMons • 🇧🇪 BelgiumMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in continuity management, business situation analysis, and supplier management, with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement and change management. Possesses a solid understanding of NATO procurement processes and regulations, complemented by extensive experience in managing services and projects in customer-facing roles.

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NATO SECRET Security ClearanceChange Management PlanningSupplier Relationship ManagementProcess OptimizationTeam Leadership

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Hard Skills

Continuity ManagementBusiness Situation AnalysisRisk AssessmentOutsourcing ManagementVendor Management

Soft Skills

Stakeholder EngagementCommunicationNegotiationCollaborationProblem Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP)Certified Supplier Relationship Management Professional (CSMP)Certified Contract Management Professional (CCMP)

Industry Keywords

NATO Procurement ProcessInternational EnvironmentMilitary and Civilian ElementsOrganizational StandardsChange Management Resources

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

**Duties & Role:**
__Continuity management__
- Contributes to the development of continuity management plans.
- Identifies information and communication systems that support critical business processes.
- Coordinates the business impact analysis and the assessment of risks.
- Coordinates the planning, designing, and testing of contingency plans.
__Business situation analysis__
- Plans, manages and investigates business situation analysis where there is significant ambiguity and complexity.
- Advises on the approach and techniques to be used for business situation analysis.
- Ensures holistic view adopted to identify and analyse wide-ranging problems and opportunities.
- Engages and collaborates with a wide range of stakeholders, including those at the management level.
- Gains agreement from stakeholders to conclusions and recommendations.
- Contributes to definition of organisational standards and guidelines for business situation analysis.
- Develops the change management approach and a change management plan in collaboration with sponsors, users and project teams.
- Creates and implements action plans to ensure everything is ready for the change before going live.
- Acquires change management resources and develops their capabilities to deliver the required changes.
- Gathers feedback to allow timely improvements to the change management plan and approach.
- Assesses risks and takes preventative action.
- Develops and communicates tailored change management plans for senior stakeholder groups.
- Provides guidance and makes suggestions to support change sponsors.
__Supplier management__
- Develops organizational policies, standards, and guidelines to ensure effective supplier management across the integrated supply chain.
- Defines the approach for commercial communications and the management of relationships with suppliers.
- Establishes a positive and effective working environment with suppliers for mutual benefit.
- Ensures that resources and tools are in place to conduct bench-marking.
- Reviews supplier analysis and assesses effectiveness across the supply chain.
- Manages risks and assures the quality of the services delivered by suppliers.
- Leads the development of comprehensive stakeholder management strategies and plans.
- Builds long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders (internal and external).
- Facilitates the engagement of stakeholders in support of the delivery of services and change projects.
- Acts as a single point of contact for senior stakeholders, facilitating relationships between them.
- Negotiates to ensure that stakeholders understand and agree on what will meet their needs, and that appropriate agreements are defined.
- Oversees monitoring of relationships including lessons learned and appropriate feedback.
- Leads actions to improve relations and open communications with and between stakeholders.
- Trains others on evaluating products or services from multiple vendors.
- Advises on appropriate solutions to complex multiple vendor problems.
- Leads in the regulated use of materials and forms for the selection of products and vendors.
- Evaluates overall considerations such as product and vendor risks, and provides recommendations.
- Optimizes standard processes to maximize the efficiency of organizational products or services.
- Designs and develops product and vendor selection criteria and requirements.
__Vendor Management__
- Builds and maintains partnerships with multiple and/or large vendors
- Ensures the fulfilment of report and record-keeping requirements.
- Evaluates issues and terminates vendor relationships as appropriate; works with legal departments.
- Monitors supplier performance; works to resolve discrepancies between performance and agreements.
- Develops quality standards and controls for vendor selection.
- Facilitates supplier partnering arrangements that share risk.

Requirements

What you’ll need

**Skills, Knowledge & Experience:**
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognized/certified University in a related discipline and 3 years of directly relevant work experience.
- Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the functions;
- A minimum of 3 years' experience in managing services and projects in a customer facing role;
- Experience with setting and managing outsourcing plans
- Experience with process optimization and smart sourcing projects
- Experience leading and managing teams
- Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP), Certified Supplier Relationship Management Professional (CSMP) or Certified Contract Management Professional (CCMP)
- Working knowledge and experience of NATO/NCIA procurement process and regulations.
- Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
- Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including Allied Command Operations (ACO) and Allied Command Transformation (ACT) or a comparable organization

Benefits

Comp & perks

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**Duties & Role:**
__Continuity management__
- Contributes to the development of continuity management plans.
- Identifies information and communication systems that support critical business processes.
- Coordinates the business impact analysis and the assessment of risks.
- Coordinates the planning, designing, and testing of contingency plans.
__Business situation analysis__
- Plans, manages and investigates business situation analysis where there is significant ambiguity and complexity.
- Advises on the approach and techniques to be used for business situation analysis.
- Ensures holistic view adopted to identify and analyse wide-ranging problems and opportunities.
- Engages and collaborates with a wide range of stakeholders, including those at the management level.
- Gains agreement from stakeholders to conclusions and recommendations.
- Contributes to definition of organisational standards and guidelines for business situation analysis.
- Develops the change management approach and a change management plan in collaboration with sponsors, users and project teams.
- Creates and implements action plans to ensure everything is ready for the change before going live.
- Acquires change management resources and develops their capabilities to deliver the required changes.
- Gathers feedback to allow timely improvements to the change management plan and approach.
- Assesses risks and takes preventative action.
- Develops and communicates tailored change management plans for senior stakeholder groups.
- Provides guidance and makes suggestions to support change sponsors.
__Supplier management__
- Develops organizational policies, standards, and guidelines to ensure effective supplier management across the integrated supply chain.
- Defines the approach for commercial communications and the management of relationships with suppliers.
- Establishes a positive and effective working environment with suppliers for mutual benefit.
- Ensures that resources and tools are in place to conduct bench-marking.
- Reviews supplier analysis and assesses effectiveness across the supply chain.
- Manages risks and assures the quality of the services delivered by suppliers.
- Leads the development of comprehensive stakeholder management strategies and plans.
- Builds long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders (internal and external).
- Facilitates the engagement of stakeholders in support of the delivery of services and change projects.
- Acts as a single point of contact for senior stakeholders, facilitating relationships between them.
- Negotiates to ensure that stakeholders understand and agree on what will meet their needs, and that appropriate agreements are defined.
- Oversees monitoring of relationships including lessons learned and appropriate feedback.
- Leads actions to improve relations and open communications with and between stakeholders.
- Trains others on evaluating products or services from multiple vendors.
- Advises on appropriate solutions to complex multiple vendor problems.
- Leads in the regulated use of materials and forms for the selection of products and vendors.
- Evaluates overall considerations such as product and vendor risks, and provides recommendations.
- Optimizes standard processes to maximize the efficiency of organizational products or services.
- Designs and develops product and vendor selection criteria and requirements.
__Vendor Management__
- Builds and maintains partnerships with multiple and/or large vendors
- Ensures the fulfilment of report and record-keeping requirements.
- Evaluates issues and terminates vendor relationships as appropriate; works with legal departments.
- Monitors supplier performance; works to resolve discrepancies between performance and agreements.
- Develops quality standards and controls for vendor selection.
- Facilitates supplier partnering arrangements that share risk. 🎯 Requirements
**Skills, Knowledge & Experience:**
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognized/certified University in a related discipline and 3 years of directly relevant work experience.
- Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the functions;
- A minimum of 3 years' experience in managing services and projects in a customer facing role;
- Experience with setting and managing outsourcing plans
- Experience with process optimization and smart sourcing projects
- Experience leading and managing teams
- Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP), Certified Supplier Relationship Management Professional (CSMP) or Certified Contract Management Professional (CCMP)
- Working knowledge and experience of NATO/NCIA procurement process and regulations.
- Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
- Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including Allied Command Operations (ACO) and Allied Command Transformation (ACT) or a comparable organization Apply Now 📊 Check your resume score for this job Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply. Check Resume Score 🌐 Worldwide Built by Lior Neu-ner. I'd love to hear your feedback — Get in touch via DM or support@remoterocketship.com Search Search Jobs by country Search jobs by city Search jobs by job title Search entry-level jobs Search junior-level jobs Search senior-level jobs Search jobs by tech stack Search jobs by contract type Search remote internships Search remote part-time jobs Remote jobs Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Sales People Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Software Engineers Anywhere in the World Resources Advice Tips for finding remote jobs Interview questions and answers Resume examples Cover letter examples Post a job Affiliates Privacy policy Terms of service Job board SEO course AI Apply Copilot OpenClaw job finder Find jobs using your resume Jobs by Country Remote jobs anywhere in the world (Worldwide remote jobs) Remote jobs United States Remote jobs Australia Remote jobs Brazil Remote jobs Canada Remote jobs France Remote jobs Ireland Remote jobs Germany Remote jobs Netherlands Remote jobs Spain Remote jobs UK Popular Jobs Remote data analyst jobs Remote customer support jobs Remote executive assistant jobs Remote marketing jobs Remote product designer jobs Remote product manager jobs Remote project manager jobs Remote recruiter jobs Remote sales jobs Remote software engineer jobs Jobs by Type Remote full-time jobs Remote part-time jobs Remote contract jobs Remote internship jobs Remote entry-level jobs Remote jobs with no experience required Remote junior jobs (1-3 years of experience) Digital nomad jobs Remote jobs with no degree required Freelance remote jobs Temporary remote jobs Remote jobs hiring now Stay at home mom jobs