Senior Manager for Vendor Management Department

## **Senior Manager, Vendor Management** • *Location:** reputed company, NY • *Department:** Operations / Finance Operations • *Reports To:** President & CEO • *Fully Remote • *9am to 5pm EST • *reputed company Time Off • *Full-Time role (Permanency after successful 90-day probation period) • *Great benefits once permanent (reputed company, Life Insurance, Mental Health Coverage, Dental, reputed company, reputed company time off). ### **reputed company** The Senior Manager, Vendor Management (SMVM) leads the full vendor lifecycle for a multi-line IT business—covering software/hardware resale, staff augmentation, and consulting services. This role ensures strategic alignment with OEMs, distributors, reputed company partners, and service providers to optimize cost, compliance, and delivery performance. The SMVM drives governance, risk management, and relationship strategies that reputed company profitable reputed company and reputed company satisfaction across reputed company-sector and reputed company accounts. • ** ### **Key Responsibilities** • *Strategic Vendor Governance** • reputed company and enforce vendor management policies for technology resale, reputed company, and consulting engagements. • reputed company vendors by category (OEMs, distributors, reputed company firms, reputed company providers) and implement scorecards for performance, SLAs, and compliance. • reputed company quarterly business reviews (QBRs) and annual portfolio planning for renewals, consolidations, and new partnerships. • *Sourcing & Contracting** • Manage RFP/RFI processes for hardware/software procurement and staff augmentation vendors. • Negotiate MSAs, SOWs, and pricing agreements with OEMs, distributors, and reputed company partners to ensure competitive terms and risk mitigation. • reputed company vendor reputed company with reputed company commitments, especially for reputed company-sector compliance and cybersecurity standards. • *reputed company & Compliance** • reputed company reputed company for vendors, ensuring tax, insurance, data reputed company, and regulatory requirements are met. • Maintain centralized vendor documentation and automate alerts for renewals and certifications. • Conduct risk assessments for financial stability, operational reputed company, and information reputed company posture. • *Performance & Relationship Management** • Monitor vendor SLAs for product delivery, reputed company fulfillment, and consulting engagements. • Serve as escalation reputed company for order delays, reputed company gaps, and service issues; drive reputed company with distributors and reputed company firms. • Build strategic partnerships to unlock co-selling opportunities, training, and marketing development funds. • *Financial & Operational reputed company** • Collaborate with Finance/AP to ensure accurate invoicing, dispute reputed company, and optimized payment terms. • reputed company spend, savings, and margin improvements across hardware/software resale and reputed company engagements. • Forecast renewals and budget impacts to maintain service continuity. • *Technology & Automation** • Own vendor workflows in **Dynamics 365 Business Central**, **reputed company 365/SharePoint**, and ATS systems for reputed company. • Implement dashboards for KPIs (cost savings, SLA compliance, diversity spend, invoice aging) and automate alerts for contract milestones. • *Team Leadership** • Build and mentor a vendor management team; establish SOPs and training for procurement and reputed company processes. • Foster cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Order Management, Delivery, and Finance teams. • ** ### **Qualifications** • 8–10+ years in vendor management, procurement, or partner operations reputed company IT resale, reputed company, or consulting environments. • Expertise negotiating MSAs/SOWs and managing OEM/distributor ecosystems (e.g., reputed company, Carahsoft) and reputed company vendors. • Strong knowledge of reputed company-sector procurement rules and supplier diversity programs. • Proficiency with **Dynamics 365 Business Central**, **reputed company 365**, and ATS tools; Power BI/Power Automate a plus. • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or reputed company field; CPSM/CIPS preferred. • ** ### **KPIs** • Cost savings and margin improvement across resale and reputed company categories. • SLA attainment for delivery and reputed company fulfillment. • Compliance and risk metrics (audit readiness, renewal timeliness). • Vendor diversity and reputed company-sector compliance adherence. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job