Vendor Specialist

Position Overview:

Reporting to the Associate Director, Contracts and Vendor Management the Vendor Specialist is responsible for partnering across all functions to build direct relationships with key vendors, negotiating contracts and terms & conditions, and collaborating with vendors to develop comprehensive selection and price strategies. This role will work with a variety of vendors and must have the necessary leadership presence and communication skills.

You will be expected to work independently in a rapidly changing environment and be innovative on how to consistently improve. 

Working Hours: This role will require the working hours of Monday - Friday, from 9-6 pm ET.

Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of vendor management and oversight: from sourcing, selection, qualification, contract development, to performance management, continuous process improvement, and offboarding.
• Develop and maintain vendor management policies and procedures. 
• Develop and execute RFI’s, RFP’s, business landscape research, and vendor selection.
• Lead and facilitate all quality and technical aspects of the vendor qualification activities and processes.
• Generate and maintain Endpoint’s vendor contract database, license database, and vendor scorecard system.
• Monitor performance and compliance across all vendors, managing risk and issues that may occur. 
• Other duties as assigned. 

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Merchandising, Management, or similar fields.

Experience:

• 1-2+ years’ of experience in negotiations and vendor management. 
• 1+ years of information security experience, preferred.
• Experience with all aspects of vendor oversight including but not limited to vendor selection, contract development, SLAs, performance management, continuous process improvement, and writing policies and procedures. 
• Knowledge of procurement and vendor management processes, including RFPs and contracts.
• Experience building relationships and working with cross-functional business teams.
• Knowledge of U.S. and international regulatory standards and guidelines, preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications and DocuSign.

Skills:

• Strong leadership and project management skills.
• Strong communication (written and verbal), organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment. 
• Excellent team-building skills.
• Demonstrated collaboration, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to communicate and direct vendor activities.
• Ability to solve problems and communicate appropriately.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct root-cause analysis, using various problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to define and execute a project using project management techniques.
• Proactive team player with an enthusiastic high work ethic.
• Demonstrated proficiency in learning new software/tools.