Description
Our downtown Toronto client is seeking a Senior Manager of Vendor Relations, for a 3 month contract to start.
Accountabilities:
- Reviewing and summarizing contract agreements for data centres and Telecommunications
- Partnering with all teams with Technology Operations to analyze and evaluate vendor strategies
- Coordinating with Expense Management to analyze all financial impacts and Vendor Governance to ensure alignment with existing contracted services for all contract initiatives
- Liaising with Corporate Services & Legal to ensure contractual framework accurately reflects negotiated agreement
- Managing the end to end contract process to ensure an efficient and effective delivery of required services
Skills/Requirements:
- Proven industry in contract management and administration
- Sound knowledge of the hardware, software and telecom industry landscape
- Strong ability to evaluate vendor landscape to ensure viable replacement suppliers are available while ensuring the financial burden of change will not lead to risk of financial exposure
- Excellent capacity to interpret financial data as it applies to justifying projects, equipment or staffing expenditures by identifying cost, benefit, opportunities and threats
- Bachelors or equivalent degree in Business Administration
- Previous experience with in Information Technology and/or Financial Services industry
- Experience in Finance and how it relates to contract management
- Strong background in contract analysis and contract governance
- Build and use effective working relationships within own department and across lines, functional and geographic reporting lines