TEKsystems Hiring for IT Vendor Administrator Job at Chicago, IL Full Time

Description:

Job Description:

The SSVM Specialist is responsible for supporting sourcing and vendor management activities oversight to support the bank operations, including contract staffing management. Support the management of vendor relationships with business partners, and managing vendor performance programs to achieve the maximum service quality at the lowest cost; developing and maintaining procedures, and assisting with special projects and/or ad hoc requests.

• 2-5 years of strategic sourcing and vendor management experience
• Knowledge of commonly used vendor management practices
• Knowledge of commonly used strategic sourcing concepts, practices, and procedures
• An experience in IT related concepts, practices and procedures a plus
• Experience in financial services, and compliance reporting a plus
• Experience in Supply Diversity a plus.

Tool:

MS Office, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel (Comfortable using Excel features such as lookups, sums, etc.), SharePoint

Experience with ERP tools such as ServiceNow and WorkDay a plus

Experience with Docusign a plus

Responsibilities

• Conduct an oversight of vendor relationships across the Bank to ensure compliance with SSVM Policy and to ensure that business objectives are met and are in line with business expectations
• Assist in conducting vendor performance review; managing vendor scorecards, contract compliance and service obligations
• Support the processing and maintenance of purchase orders, contracts and proposals for vendors
• Support the diverse vendor certification process to ensure the accurate status of diverse vendors with supporting documents
• Assist in communication and coordination of requests for proposal, bids and contract negotiations with suppliers while providing continuous communication, detailed instruction and follow-up support to the business team
• Assist in managing Preferred Staffing program. Oversee, manage and report staffing vendor performance on a timely basis. Promote the use of Preferred Staffing program across the organization. Handle non-employee access requests, including new access, separation and network extension
• Provide guidance and ensure compliance with sourcing and contracting policies and procedures as required by the business owner
• Proactively manage internal and external customer expectations.
• Assist in the development of management reporting package of critical vendor management metrics
• Support periodic risk assessments with stakeholders.
• Participate in internal and external audits
• Assess and advise on operational process improvement opportunities
• Ensure a timely status reporting of assigned duties
• May perform other duties as assigned

Skills:

Vendor management, procurement

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Local to Chicago and able to work 1-2 days onsite per week

Experience Level:

Expert Level

About TEKsystems:

We’re partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That’s the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.