Strategic Vendor Relations Manager
CoBank
- Greenwood Village, CO
- $127,320-177,038 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
2. Launches and establishes relationship mapping exercises with key service providers to identify strategic, operational, and tactical accountabilities (activities and individuals) with established set of partners.
3. Responsible for developing and maintaining relationship with managed services provider for contingent labor, vendors and suppliers.
4. Defines and designs business review cadence, metrics, and service level agreements (SLAs), and facilitates reviews of defined scope and key sets of vendors.
5. Partners with legal group to ensure the timely processing, review, execution and tracking of legal agreements, including licensing, statements of work, and non-disclosure agreements.
6. Oversees contract negotiation, contract renewals and other vendor management, procurement and sourcing activities.
7. Partners with the finance team to develop financial models, perform financial analyses, and recommend appropriate strategies for all vendor categories.
8. Collaborates with management to define cost savings, asset compliance and service improvements.
9. Manages and/or provides support for projects as applicable, with the goal of delivering on time and within budget and scope. Responsible for planning and tracking budget, variances, and deliverables as defined. Works with internal business leaders to define scope, project timeline, deliverables and priorities on individual and competing projects or business strategies.
10. Successfully creates and manages detailed work plans, including time, resources and expenditures.Education
- Bachelor's Degree required