Senior Vendor Management Specialist in American Tower’s Supply Chain team. Evaluating vendor partnerships and collaborating for continuous improvement of vendor relations.
About the role
- Enterprise Sourcing Specialist facilitating the sourcing of IT solutions for public bodies. Collaborating with stakeholders for contracting processes and contract negotiation in Virginia's supply chain.
Responsibilities
- VITA's Enterprise Sourcing team within Supply Chain Management
- Responsible for sourcing and execution of contracts for IT solutions, goods and services
- Assists customers in identifying how to solve IT business problems
- Facilitates the process of evaluating, negotiating, and selecting solutions that provide the best value
- Leads customers and stakeholders in the development of RFI and RFP documents
- Leads teams in evaluating supplier responses and proposals
- Negotiates complex contracts with suppliers and executes contract awards
- Works with other Enterprise Sourcing team members regularly
- Supports development of IT infrastructure sourcing strategy by conducting market research and data and trend analysis
- Collaborates with VITA service owners, financial analysts, and supplier stakeholders to ensure continual improvement
Requirements
- Sr level IT Procurement experience
- Superior written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate clearly and professionally with all types of stakeholders
- Experience executing request for proposals (RFPs).
- Demonstrated Knowledge of contract development
- Ability to analyze and negotiate complex high value contracts
- Ability to interpret procurement law and policies
- Ability to use existing templates and work instructions to complete tasks
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and work with all levels of staff and the general public
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in business, information systems, compliance, legal, or related field preferred (or commiserate experience)
- Ability to work with Enterprise Sourcing peers to collectively problem solve and brainstorm solutions that can be uniformly applied
Benefits
- Professional references a big plus if your candidate has prior VA state agency exp.
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