Senior Outsourcing & Vendor Manager
An Outsourcing & Vendor Manager is required to join a leading international bank based in London on a 3 month contract (inside IR35) paying £450 per day.
As the Outsourcing & Vendor Manager, you will manage the onboarding & offboarding of Vendors/Suppliers and maintain relationships with them.
Manage the interaction between vendors/suppliers and internal relationship owners/supplier managers and ensure adequate oversight and facilitation of the bank's outsourced suppliers and vendors.
Role responsibilities & experience required:
Ensure that Vendor management policies & processes are matured & integrated into existing and new systems and processes and that the VM capability and awareness are continuously improved.
Validation and assurance to ensure that the BCM solution is regularly reviewed and tested.
Have an understanding/experience of the Ops resilience framework and third-party testing scenarios.
Work with other teams to oversee disaster recovery and incident management across the bank.
Oversee the external vendor/supplier relations within the bank.
Ensure that the enterprise-wide needs for due diligence, risk assessment, and continuing vendor monitoring are being accomplished.
Manage and coordinate vendor/supplier processes and methods to renew/approve new relationships.
Coordinate, track, measure and report vendors/suppliers to contractual obligations and costs.
Oversee (renewal /expiry dates) of all contractual agreements for vendors and suppliers.
Identify commercial sourcing opportunities and support the tendering process to ensure the quality of service and value for money.
Business Continuity
Oversee the Business Continuity Manager to assist in developing and maintaining a corporate-wide Business Continuity program, policy and framework document(s) that address business recovery and emergency response management requirements.
Support aligning all Business Continuity planning, initiatives and goals with Organizational goals and Infrastructure capabilities.
Ability to understand front-to-back processes and operational controls and procedures.
This is a contract role paying up to £450 per day (inside IR35) with the likelihood of extending.
Please note that should feedback not be received within 14 days due to the large volume of applications, your application has been unsuccessful. However, I may be in touch with similar relevant opportunities in the future.
