Vendor Manager

1 month ago


Melbourne, Australia RMIT University Full time

Overview:
- Full-time, Continuing position- Salary Level HEW 9 + 17% Superannuation- Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, and hybrid ways of working

About the role

The Vendor Manager Corporate Services - Procurement will be involved in the continued development and implementation of a Vendor Management Framework to track and monitor the performance, contractual obligations and operational Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) for contracted vendors in RMIT University.

The primary responsibility will be to support RMIT in managing its key vendors, particularly in travel and human resources, and provide governance and monitoring of performance objectives to ensure any potential down trend in performance is captured early.

The Vendor Manager will be responsible for nurturing and managing all major vendor relationships to extract value added benefits aligned to RMIT needs. The main activities include determining portfolio/college requirements, developing strategic vendor management plans, and managing vendor contracts, performance, and risk. The Vendor Manager will also support the RMIT Procurement team which is responsible for category management plans and strategic sourcing activities in ensuring continued improved commercial outcomes and strategies in the Corporate Services and Academic & Student Support Services category.

The Vendor Manager will engage with senior stakeholders within the RMIT organisation and the vendor community to understand long-term business aspirations that can be enabled by third party relationships. The Vendor Manager will work to deliver process innovation that targets demand management and drive simple and effective use of processes and systems.

To be successful in this position, you’ll have:
- Experience in managing multiple complex contracts utilising standardised policy and procedure whilst still developing and delivering substantial commercial outcomes- Strong leadership skills in a cross-functional team environment within a matrix environment- Demonstrated expertise in strategic vendor and stakeholder management- Demonstrated experience and proven ability in vendor and performance management framework development & implementation using analytics and leading practice tools-
- Demonstrated ability to manage and lead suppliers at senior management level to deliver high performing supply chains

About the Portfolio

Procurement

Procurement is a small but focussed group reporting to the Chief Financial Officer. The role of Procurement is to review sourcing and procurement options across the university based on an expenditure on goods and services of ~$380M. Key issues addressed are:
- Identifying cost improvement initiatives across the university spend- Rationalising vendor base- Negotiating and establishing major RMIT group contracts based on combined purchasing power- Enabling the procurement process and policies through both systems and controls- Using and leveraging group contracts to provide savings- Managing strategic vendor relationships and panel agreements

To Apply

Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply’ link at the top of this page.
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