Vendor Management Specialist
Job Description
Description
As a Vendor Management Specialist you will be act as the link between the Enterprise Business Unit and the Vendors to achieve the EBU objectives in the solutions domain.
Job Responsibility
- Developing and sustaining long-standing relationships with company-approved vendors.
- Conducting research on available vendors to determine which vendors offer the best pricing and product quality.
- Continually monitoring sales trends to determine which products are more popular
- Establishing standards by which to assess the performance of approved vendors
- Own and Manage vendor ordering cycle and billing inside the organization
- Lead the onboarding of new vendors cycle
Required Criteria
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Evidence of Use Conflicts for Constructive Change
- Customer-orientated and innovative approach to service design and delivery and result orientated
- Detail-oriented and adept at multitasking effectively.
- Demonstrate exceptional analytical, problem-solving, negotiating and decision-making skills.
- Solid IT offering background preferably with technical education
- Digital Solutions, SaaS [ERP, E-commerce, etc] Hosting, and professional services knowledge.
- Hands-on General IT experience is a must.
- A Commercial experience is an asset
- Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of written and verbal formats with a wide range of people – external individuals, organizations and agencies
- Strong time management skills and motivation – ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
- Understanding of revenue reporting needs and effective data & information management issues
- Experience in working with budgets and financial systems
- Ability to work and contribute effectively to a team
