
Vendor Manager, Enterprise Technology
Fidelity Investments
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Smithfield • Massachusetts • New Hampshire • United States
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Salary
💰 $110,000 - $222,000 per year
About the role
- Provide oversight to a portfolio of vendors with strategic complexity
- Lead all aspects of, measure, and report vendor performance relative to contracted expectations, including Service Level Agreements, drive improvement and accountability with the vendors
- Seek out and implement cost reduction opportunities across your portfolio
- Support funding processes: including purchase order creation & tracking, reporting and associated governance reviews
- Significant focus on vendor risk, including proactive risk mitigation measures and collaborating with enterprise risk functions
- Maintain deep knowledge of the relationship’s overall risk profile and drive resolution of risk-related events
- Building positive partnerships across Procurement, Risk & Finance
- Develop full understanding of active contracts and ensure vendor and Fidelity are adhering to contract terms
- Participate in Procurement related activities, including market scans, RFPs, RFXs, contract and vendor negotiations; coordinate activities to ensure progress, approvals & timely completion
- Coordinate and drive Business Review meetings with vendors as appropriate
- Complete responsibilities & compliance regarding the Enterprise Vendor Management policy
- Provides analysis and makes recommendations for problem resolution complex problems/issues
- Maintain/Produce? recurring dashboards and/or scorecards to internal and external partners
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent (and relevant) experience
- 3-7 years of work experience in Vendor Management, Procurement or Risk related roles
- Extensive Fidelity expertise and work experience interacting with all levels of the organization
- You are an excellent communicator and have strong facilitation, influencing skills and negotiating skills, with strong executive presence
- Proven ability to independently drive and lead all aspects of vendor engagements with minimal oversight
- You are organized and can lead multiple projects or activities simultaneously and deliver results in an accurate and timely manner
- Proven ability to cultivate and improve partnerships with peers, leaders, vendors and other partners
- You have a strong background or experience with Vendor Management and Procurement processes
- You are eager to join a growing team that focuses on establishing processes, innovative solutions and standards across a dynamic organization.
Benefits
- comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
- market-leading retirement
- generous paid time off and parental leave
- charitable giving employee match program
- educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
vendor managementprocurementrisk managementcontract negotiationperformance measurementcost reductiondata analysisdashboard creationreportinggovernance reviews
Soft Skills
communicationfacilitationinfluencingnegotiationorganizational skillsproject managementpartnership cultivationexecutive presenceproblem resolutioncollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor's degree