Overview
At Tata Technologies we make product development dreams a reality by designing, engineering, and validating the products of tomorrow for the world’s leading manufacturers. We are recruiting for a Vendor Management Analyst to strengthen our team in Detroit, Michigan.
Job Description
- Work alongside procurement, finance and IT stakeholders to assist with developing master service agreements, sow’s and various vendor contracts
- Handle internal contract-related complaints or disagreements from the business or other internal stakeholders
- Administer commercial and financial arrangements with vendors to include invoice review of billing, performance credits and earn backs and internal chargebacks, where appropriate
- Facilitate and maintain relationships between the vendors and internal resources, including IT stakeholders and executive leadership
- Ensure reviews (contract, business, risk, etc.) are occurring in accordance with the agenda, participants and cadence defined
- Support procurement activities as needed, including renewals, termination letters and collection of risk artifacts (certificate of insurance, certifications etc.)
Education
Graduate Degree required.
Experience
Minimum 3+ years of experience managing contract life cycles. Experience managing large complex vendors or projects in one or more IT categories, including hardware, software, managed services and telecom.
Skills & Qualifications
- Knowledge of procurement and vendor management practices
- Strong interpersonal communication skills to be applied in a working environment with vendors across the entire contract cycle.
- Knowledge of IT concepts and systems
- Strong dispute resolution and mediation skills to handle issue escalation
- Use analytical approach to problem solving, with a focus on managing tasks with appropriate urgency in a results-oriented environment
- Ability to work across a complex organization to create needed alignment and harness relationships to collaborate with business units to influence decisions and drive strategy
Benefits
We offer a complete benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, FMLA and 401K.
Equal Opportunity
Tata Technologies Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, termination, promotions, or any other condition of employment or career development.
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