Vendor Specialist
Position Overview:
Reporting to the Associate Director, Contracts and Vendor Management the Vendor Specialist is responsible for partnering across all functions to build direct relationships with key vendors, negotiating contracts and terms & conditions, and collaborating with vendors to develop comprehensive selection and price strategies. This role will work with a variety of vendors and must have the necessary leadership presence and communication skills.
You will be expected to work independently in a rapidly changing environment and be innovative on how to consistently improve.
Working Hours: This role will require the working hours of Monday - Friday, from 9-6 pm ET.
Responsibilities:
- Manage all aspects of vendor management and oversight: from sourcing, selection, qualification, contract development, to performance management, continuous process improvement, and offboarding.
- Develop and maintain vendor management policies and procedures.
- Develop and execute RFI’s, RFP’s, business landscape research, and vendor selection.
- Lead and facilitate all quality and technical aspects of the vendor qualification activities and processes.
- Generate and maintain Endpoint’s vendor contract database, license database, and vendor scorecard system.
- Monitor performance and compliance across all vendors, managing risk and issues that may occur.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Merchandising, Management, or similar fields.
Experience:
- 1-2+ years’ of experience in negotiations and vendor management.
- 1+ years of information security experience, preferred.
- Experience with all aspects of vendor oversight including but not limited to vendor selection, contract development, SLAs, performance management, continuous process improvement, and writing policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of procurement and vendor management processes, including RFPs and contracts.
- Experience building relationships and working with cross-functional business teams.
- Knowledge of U.S. and international regulatory standards and guidelines, preferred.
- Experience with Microsoft Office applications and DocuSign.
Skills:
- Strong leadership and project management skills.
- Strong communication (written and verbal), organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment.
- Excellent team-building skills.
- Demonstrated collaboration, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to communicate and direct vendor activities.
- Ability to solve problems and communicate appropriately.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct root-cause analysis, using various problem-solving techniques.
- Ability to define and execute a project using project management techniques.
- Proactive team player with an enthusiastic high work ethic.
- Demonstrated proficiency in learning new software/tools.