Vanguard

Vendor Management Administrator

Vanguard

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Charlotte • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Establishes and maintains vendor relationships
  • Helps negotiate favorable pricing in partnership with ESM
  • Reports on vendor performance
  • Reviews SOC reports
  • Oversees vendor risk
  • Manages incidents
  • Helps offboard if needed
  • Leads the management of vendor relationships of moderate to high scope and complexity
  • Maintains active and positive relationships with designated points of contact with key vendors
  • Discusses, resolves, or escalates risk and performance related issues
  • Leads the monitoring of post contract performance of the vendor
  • Makes change recommendations
  • Develops and maintains strong internal and external relationships
  • Manages cross-departmental and cross-divisional projects
  • Coordinates the resolution of operational problems and issues for assigned critical vendors
  • Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Three years related work experience
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience
  • Stakeholder management experience is required
  • Project management experience is required
  • Supply chain or procurement experience is helpful
  • Must be eligible to work in the United States
Benefits
  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development opportunities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
vendor managementincident managementstakeholder managementproject managementrisk managementcontract performance monitoringoperational problem resolutionsupply chain managementprocurement
Soft skills
relationship buildingnegotiationcommunicationleadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingescalation management