Technical Vendor Manager

Our leading Finance Sector Client is undergoing a time of significant growth and transformation as they integrate a recent corporate acquisition. To support these endeavours, they are seeking to hire an experienced Technical Vendor Manager to join the team.

Note - this role is based on the Isle of Man, so requires candidates to either be based on the island currently or be open to relocation.

The Technical Vendor Manager manages the relationship with third party vendors providing services to the company, its brands and cross-functional teams and customers and leads a team who manage the supply chain. This is achieved through ensuring that suppliers are conformant to Group policies and standards, meeting performance, service level and commercial obligations, and taking action when they aren't.

The ideal candidate for the role of Technical Vendor Manager will have:

• Thorough knowledge of Supply Chain Management practices and processes and how to apply them
• Proven experience working in a relationship manager, relationship owner or supply chain manager capacity previously - preferably within a Financial Services setting
• Microsoft Office / Office 365 Collaboration tooling experience essential
• Proven, disciplined and consistent analytic approach and mindset
• Ability to work with stakeholders at multiple levels of seniority, across multiple different suppliers and geographies
• Experience working with outsourced technical landscapes desirable