Vendor Manager

Vendor Management Analyst

Long Term Contract

Remote - half coverage of EST daily

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree required
• 3+ years of experience managing full contract lifecycles within enterprise environment
• Specific experience work managing large & complex vendors
• Experience with contract governance - managing compliance metrics & issues(invoices, payments)
• Artifact collection from vendors
• Conducting business review meetings
• Managing vendor risk & reporting
• Experience managing vendors/contracts within various IT categories
• Software, Hardware, Managed Services, Telecom
• Excellent communication & negotiation skills
• Fluent in English

Day to Day:

Insight Global is looking for a Vendor Management Analyst to join the team of one of its largest Automotive OEM clients headquartered in Metro Detroit, MI. This person can either sit remotely in South America or Europe, but must be able to work daily until 12pm est. This person must be fluent in English, and have great soft skills.

• Specific Responsibilities:

• Work alongside procurement, finance and IT stakeholders to assist with developing master service agreements, sows and various vendor contracts
• Handle internal contract-related complaints or disagreements from the business or other internal stakeholders
• Administer commercial and financial arrangements with vendors to include invoice review of billing, performance credits and earn backs and internal chargebacks, where appropriate
• Facilitate and maintain relationships between the vendors and internal resources, including IT stakeholders and executive leadership
• Ensure reviews (contract, business, risk, etc.) are occurring in accordance with the agenda, participants and cadence defined
• Support procurement activities as needed, including renewals, termination letters and collection of risk artifacts (certificate of insurance, certifications etc.)