Title: Vendor Manager
Bill Rate: $38-42/HR
Hours: 8-5 M-F | Flexible Fully Remote
Assignment Duration: 4 month
Key Accountabilities
Enterprise Vendor Strategy
Execute the enterprise vendor strategy for talent and learning solutions, shaping recommendations and delivery plans
Establish clear principles for when to build, buy, scale, or exit vendors
Reduce duplication and fragmentation across segments and functions
Ensure vendor choices align to enterprise standards, platforms, and capability priorities
Vendor Selection, Rationalization & Lifecycle Management
Lead vendor selection, onboarding, rationalization, and exit processes, in partnership with Group Procurement and enterprise Talent & Learning leadership
Maintain a clear, enterprise view of the approved vendor landscape
Drive consolidation where appropriate to improve value, consistency, and leverage
Ensure vendors are positioned appropriately (strategic partner vs tactical provider)
Commercial Management & Contracting
Partner with Group Procurement on MSAs, SLAs, renewals, negotiations, and commercial terms, providing insight, analysis, and recommendations
Ensure contracts support scalability, flexibility, data protection, and performance accountability
Balance commercial efficiency with service quality and innovation
Proactively manage renewals and avoid reactive, last minute contracting decisions
Performance, Value & ROI
Define and track vendor performance metrics aligned to outcomes, not just activity
Establish clear expectations for delivery, quality, innovation, and responsiveness
Drive cost efficiency, value for money, and return on investment across the vendor portfolio
Hold vendors accountable for results and continuous improvement
Spend Transparency & Risk Insight
Provide leaders with clear insight into learning and talent spend, value, and risk
Create transparency across enterprise and segment level investments
Identify cost pressures, duplication, and under performing investments early
Ensure vendor risk (financial, operational, data, compliance) is visible and managed
Enterprise Alignment & Enablement
Work closely with Talent, Learning, SSC, and segments to align vendor usage to enterprise priorities
Enable segments to access high quality partners quickly within agreed guardrails
Act as a trusted advisor, not a blocker, balancing discipline with business needs
Key Partnerships
Group Procurement
Enterprise Talent, Learning, and Leadership capability owners
Segment Talent and Learning leaders
Finance and budget owners
Shared Services Centres (SSC)
Legal, Risk, and Compliance partners
Strategic talent and learning vendors
Experience & Profile
3+ years proven experience in procurement, vendor management, or commercial leadership, ideally within learning, talent, or professional services
Experience managing complex vendor portfolios in a global organization
Strong commercial acumen, including contracting, negotiations, and performance management
Experience working in partnership with central procurement functions
Ways of Working
Commercial, analytical, and outcome focused
Comfortable operating within enterprise direction and supporting the modernization of legacy arrangements
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
Able to balance enterprise discipline with business flexibility
Personal Attributes
Credible and confident with senior leaders
Pragmatic and decisive; avoids unnecessary complexity
Trusted advisor with a strong sense of commercial judgement
Able to bring clarity and structure to complex spend environments
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