Vendor Contract Analyst

Company Description

Nine is Australia's largest locally owned media company - the home of Australia's most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want - across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.

Our Purpose: We shape culture by sparking conversations, challenging perspectives, and entertaining our communities.

We bring people together by celebrating the big occasions and connecting the everyday moments. Australia belongs here. We bring our purpose to life via three shared values: We walk the talk, turn over every stone and keep it human.

**Job Description**:
Our Vendor Management team leads the commercial negotiations with our technology vendors and broader 3rd parties to achieve the best value and broader business outcomes for the Group. They support the ongoing contract management and performance improvement through the contract lifecycle working closely with our technology leaders, product owners, business stakeholders and project managers across all parts of our business to achieve outcomes.

This role is responsible for implementing strategies to maximise value and reduce risk in our IT sourcing and contracting, and for improving our contract-related reporting and analysis processes to enable informed decision-making, compliance monitoring, and performance optimization.
- Contract Management for a portfolio of IT contracts
- Collaborate with business, legal and finance teams to understand and clarify their requirements
- Leading contract negotiations, including terms and conditions, pricing and service level agreements.
- Ensure contracts are properly executed, reviewed and renewed as required.
- Contract Reporting and analysis
- Develop and execute a comprehensive reporting strategy and monitor contract portfolio performance metrics
- Present contract lifecycle data and insights and assist with renewals and renegotiations
- Analyse and present data to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities
- Create dashboards and visualizations to provide real-time insights into contract portfolio performance
- Prepare and present regular contract-related reports to various stakeholders, translating complex data into actionable insights and recommendations

**Qualifications**:
Expertise in IT procurement, market analysis, contract negotiation, as well as in data analysis and reporting will be essential in this role.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Data Analytics, or related field
- Proven experience in IT procurement category management preferably in a large corporate environment
- Proficiency in data visualization tools e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Microsoft Excel, and contract management software (SQL is desirable but not essential)
- Knowledge and experience in Media technology products, services and industry trends (desirable not essential)
- Prior experience in contract reporting, portfolio management, legal operations, or business analysis is beneficial (desirable not essential)

Additional Information
**Life at Nine**

Nine is a people business. Being part of the team means you'll be in a culture that promotes creativity and innovation, diversity and inclusion, is open to feedback, rewards impact and ensures everyone is heard. Importantly, you'll receive the following:

- Career development and quality training
- Up to 16 weeks paid primary carer's parental leave
- Discounts on lifestyle, entertainment, and leisure memberships, including health insurance, dental and gym
- Discounts on products and services with corporate partners

**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**:
**Disclaimer**:We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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