Vendor Management Specialist

The Infrastructure Vendor Management Office (iVMO) manages the divisional contract and Vendor legal governance and contributes to the required group wide transparency on our key vendor partners to drive informed management decisions.
The Business Partner sub-function works with the business function to maintain a full understanding of business priorities and requirements to lead to the best sourcing outcomes across the Bank. As a iVMO Vendor Management Specialist, you will act as a support function to the Vendor Management Lead with the creation of MI, data extraction and reporting to drive better decision making. You will be responsible for ensuring business function adherence to bank wide policies and processes.
What we'll offer you
A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That's why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.
You can expect: Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them Competitive salary and non-contributory pension 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days' volunteering leave per year Your key responsibilities
Supporting the Vendor Management Lead, determine and execute the Information Technology (IT) Domains Vendor & segmentation strategy Partnering with the other iVMO functions and provide business context to support vendor engagements Support Procurement function to ensure the Vendor selection process is aligned with the Business strategy Builds, maintains and leverages strong network and partnerships within the IT Domain and within iVMO Work proactively with the Business to ensure process adherence Managing all Sourcing transactions incl. tracking and reporting Your skills and experience Relationship building and interpersonal skills across different functions within the end to end sourcing process (ie. vendors, Third Party Risk Management, Procurement) Knowledge of Procurement function and processes Data extraction, analytics & reporting to identify improvement areas and opportunities (eg. Spend, location) Ability to diagnose improvement areas across processes, tools and systems Domain and
business process management knowledge Fully conversant with Vendor Service Delivery metrics How we'll support you Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
Coaching and support from experts in your team A culture of continuous learning to aid progression A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs We value diversity and as an equal opportunities' employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards) About us

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