Vendor Manager - Prime SI

Vendor Manager - System Integrator - 6 months

My client is looking for an experienced Prime SI Vendor Manager to join their existing team for a 6 month contract.

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
- 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 prioritise 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

Please send me your CV for immediate consideration.