Vendor Manager

Description

This is a 3 month contract in Maastricht. Rates negotiable. Applicants must have the right to work at this location. Must have English and Dutch language skills also. Bellitto terms are monthly invoicing and 30 day payment with approved timesheets. If you are interested, please forward a word copy of your CV with rate and availability to
Prime SI Vendor Manager
Role Description:
Accountable for a portfolio of assigned vendors with a primary expectation to: facilitate vendor negotiations; contract negotiation, drafting and administration; and perform ongoing vendor performance monitoring and evaluation against defined contracts, as part of a large delivery program that includes a large number of vendors with different interaction models.
Activities:
- Define contractual requirements (including SLAs) for all program deliverables of contracted 3rd party vendors
- Review and assess suitability to prime SI engagement of the existing master services contracts already in place for 3rd party vendors already under customer’s management
- Review and edit statement of work for contracted third-party vendors
- Work with purchasing and legal entities to receive consulting advice on how to manage specific situations and to ensure compliance to policies
- Engage with both customer’s and vendor’s counterparts into regular, formal sessions to document progress and issues
- Raise contractual issues through PMO
Profile requirements:
- Experience in working with SI and software vendors in terms of deliverables management, from a contractual perspective
- Solid understanding of negotiation theory, strategies and practices
- Knowledge and experience relating to IT Software and hardware
- Ability prioritize time and activities on most problematic 3rd party vendors
- Strong project management skills to ensure proper planning, execution and reporting of contract management activities
- Experience in setting and monitoring 3rd party performance SLAs
- Ability to engage with the domain delivery leads managing the technical delivery of the contracted 3rd party to understand both technical and delivery issues and to assess the relevance/timing of invoking contractual terms
- Very strong formal communication skills
Required Skills & Abilities:
- Strong business and financial acumen - including proven experience in structuring deals, drafting legal agreements, risk mitigation and skilled negotiations
- Ability to maintain perspective and confidence in face of difficult contract negotiations, tight deadlines and client expectations
- Ability to engage effectively with different levels of management
- Excellent problem solving and planning skills
- Spirited team player with the ability to work as a positive role model and catalyst for change
- Ability to foster and motivate cross functional team engagement when leading and negotiating transactions