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What you’ll be doing...

We are looking for a consultant – Program and Project Management who will be leading the Strategy part of Vendor Governance. This role will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of vendor relationships, from the contract to ongoing performance management, ensuring compliance with company standards and optimizing vendor performance. This person must have excellent communication, project management, and strategic thinking skills, Deep understanding of Vendor management concepts and Data analytical skill along with market research background

What we’re looking for...

• Developing and implementing policies and procedures that guide the vendor management activities.
• Monitoring vendor performance against key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensuring that vendors are meeting their contractual obligations
• Conducting research to identify and evaluate potential vendors that align with the organization's objectives
• Analyzing industry trends, competitive landscapes, and market opportunities to inform vendor selection and strategic decision-making
• Identifying, assessing, and mitigating vendor-related risks to protect the organization’s reputation and assets.
• Managing the entire vendor lifecycle, from selection to offboarding, to ensure that vendors are managed effectively throughout their engagement with the organization.
• Collecting and analyzing vendor data to identify trends, opportunities for improvement, and cost savings.
• Developing and maintaining positive and mutually beneficial relationships with vendors to enhance the experience.
• Measuring vendor performance against agreed-upon KPIs, such as service levels, quality, and cost
• Ensuring that vendors are complying with contractual terms and conditions, as well as regulatory and legal requirements.
• Tracking cost savings achieved through vendor management activities, such as negotiation and process improvement
• Measuring the time, it takes to draft, negotiate, and finalize contracts with vendor
• Measuring vendor satisfaction with the organization’s vendor management process and relationship.

Also, this position will be responsible for Developing and implementing innovation strategies aligned with the organization's goals

• Managing the Vendor innovation, including ideation, development, and launch of new ideas.
• Fostering a culture of innovation within the organization, encouraging experimentation and collaboration.
• Perform quantitative and qualitative research into GCC, consumers, competitors, and the marketplace
• Create reports, presentations, and action items based on collected data
• Analyze data from numerous sources to identify market trends and consumer demographics
• Conduct in-depth market research and share insights with the marketing and sales teams on a regular basis
• Review and interpret large data sets and organize them into spreadsheets, charts, and graphs
• Present data findings and insights during company-wide meetings

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or six or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or specialized training.
• Knowledge of IT Vendor management lifecycle
• Ability to identify opportunities, facilitate sessions to ideate and come up with joint cross functional solutions to improve vendor performance
• Ability to meet timelines, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, customer and team-oriented work environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of GCC, Vendor Landscape & Contracts
• Experience in Vendor Governance & Innovation with a focus on large scale transformation programs & contribute to larger organization.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Experience in Vendor Governance, including managing different teams through Business Analysis, Project Management, and other technologies.
• Experience in lead real-time high stake risk mitigation plan and drive timely decisions
• Strong presentation skills to communicate complex concepts effectively.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.