Vendor Manager

Actively partake from sourcing to contracting activities that includes new vendor sourcing, onboarding, due diligence, negotiations, vendor management and contract management

• Work with stakeholder to secure final signed off SOW, requirements and budget estimates and develop a go to market strategy for relevant goods and services to secure the best outcomes in terms of price, quality and delivery with emphasis on TCO
• Manage RFx activities, bid / quote evaluations, price negotiations and PO award.
• Responsible and accountable for procurement governance in line with Vertiv Organization Process Assets (OPA) and SOX compliance
• Conduct Vendor Performance review (quarterly or half yearly) and take part in internal procurement audits
• Managing, finalizing yearly procurement savings budget and tracking savings against project budget.
• Contribute to VOS (Vertiv Operating System) which is focused on process improvement through ideation and brainstorming.
• Oversight and approval of variations (both pricing and contractual) and ePR's.
• Act as a single point of contact for all procurement advice to stakeholders in ANZ.
• Develop and establish procurement best practices for related project and act as a custodian of the procurement discipline.
• Job Requirements
• Engineering educational background would be preferred
• Over 5 years experience in previous procurement / supply chain or related roles
• Strong experience in vendor management, procurement, estimation of pricing, contract management would be required
• Prior experience in similar industry would be an added advantage
• Able to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Excellent organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• Excellent teamwork
• Good lateral thinking