Principal Vendor Management Officer

1 week ago


Brisbane, Australia Queensland Government Full time

**Your typical day as a Principal Vendor Management Officer may include:

- Reviewing and analysing a Vendor Performance and Incident Report, identifying key trends, contract risks, and potential corrective actions.
- Facilitating a contract management meeting, addressing performance concerns, negotiating remedial actions, and ensuring all commitments are documented in meeting minutes with clear action owners.
- Contributing to a procurement planning meeting, where you share vendor performance insights and industry trends to help inform procurement strategy and contract terms.
- Preparing a detailed financial forecast for a contract, including spend trends and risks of exceeding budget and then collaborating with finance colleagues to ensure sufficient internal budget is allocated.
- Providing a concise daily update to your manager on key outcomes, highlighting new risks, issues, decisions and pending approvals.

You will be supported by a positive, constructive team and divisional leaders as you do your work.

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate:

- Extensive experience (5+ years) in an ICT-related senior contracts or vendor management role in a large organisation.
- Expertise in QITC or Government contracting frameworks.
- A proven track record in managing large strategic contracts and resolving complex contract issues.
- Ability to understand business needs and how they translate into service deliverables and key performance indicators.

We welcome applicants to share with the contact officer any health condition, disability and/or cultural/linguistic background, so that we may make any necessary adjustments to enable you to equitably participate in the recruitment process.

If you are interested in this role - click 'Apply' to be redirected to the full advertisement including role description and contact details.

Applications may remain current for 12 months after the closing date of the vacancy and may be used to fill identical or similar roles.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/647643/25
Closing Date: Tuesday, 22 July 2025
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