Vendor Management & Enablement - Supervising Associate - EY Global Delivery Services

EY; Tandil; On-site; ARS 107,614,000 - 169,108,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Supervising Associate for Vendor Management & Enablement to support the CMS practice by coordinating onboarding, governance, and ongoing management of technology vendors and strategic third parties.

This role partners with CMS stakeholders, Procurement, Independence, Risk, Privacy, InfoSec, Legal/GCO, and other functions to ensure timely reviews, dependencies, and approvals are tracked across multiple governance processes.

Qualifications

• Strong project management and ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams.
• Proven ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Excellent written and verbal communication translating complex requirements.
• Ability to work independently, identify next steps, and follow up on dependencies.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation discipline.
• Ability to identify risks, blockers, and decisions requiring escalation.
• Comfortable working in governance, risk, procurement, legal, technology, and business stakeholders.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Vendor onboarding and governance from request through approvals and onboarding.
• Coordinate NDA, BRIDGE, Independence, risk/IRA, InfoSec, PIA, AIRA, AI QRM, procurement and legal reviews.
• Coordinate questionnaires, assessments, and supporting documentation.
• Maintain onboarding lifecycle visibility and proactively identify next actions.
• Ensure required approvals and documentation are captured before progression to subsequent stages.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Communication skills

Independent work

Attention to detail

Risk management

Governance awareness

Vendor management familiarity

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Outlook

Job description

Supervising Associate - Vendor Management & Enablement

Role Overview

The Supervising Associate - Vendor Management & Enablement will support the Cyber Managed Services (CMS) practice by coordinating and driving the end-to-end onboarding, governance, and ongoing management of technology vendors and strategic third parties.

The role serves as a central point of coordination between CMS business stakeholders, vendors, Procurement, Independence, Risk, Privacy, Information Security, Legal/GCO, and other internal functions. The successful candidate will ensure that vendor initiatives progress efficiently through EY's required reviews while maintaining visibility of dependencies, risks, approvals, decisions, and outstanding actions.

This role requires strong project management, stakeholder coordination, attention to detail, and the ability to navigate multiple governance processes simultaneously.

Key Responsibilities

Vendor Onboarding & Governance

• Manage multiple vendor onboarding initiatives from initial business request through internal approvals, contracting, procurement, and operational readiness.
• Determine applicable onboarding and governance requirements and coordinate activities such as NDA, BRIDGE, Independence review, Supplier Risk/IRA, InfoSec, PIA, AIRA, AI QRM, procurement and legal/GCO review, as applicable.
• Coordinate completion of questionnaires, assessments, intake forms, business justifications, and supporting documentation.
• Maintain a clear understanding of where each vendor sits within the onboarding lifecycle and proactively identify the next required action.
• Ensure required approvals and supporting documentation are appropriately captured before vendors progress to subsequent stages.

Required

Skills & Experience

• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups and drive activities through to completion.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex process requirements into clear actions.
• Ability to work independently, identify next steps, and proactively follow up on dependencies.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation discipline.
• Ability to identify risks, blockers, and decisions requiring escalation.
• Comfortable working in an environment involving governance, risk, procurement, legal, technology, and business stakeholders.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, and task/tracking tools.

Preferred

• Experience in vendor management, procurement, third-party risk, project management, PMO, operations, or technology enablement.
• Experience working with technology or cybersecurity vendors.
• Familiarity with vendor due diligence, information security, privacy, independence, contracting, or supplier-risk processes.
• Experience coordinating stakeholders across multiple countries or organizational functions.
• Understanding of managed services, cybersecurity services, or technology-enabled professional services environments.

Ultimately, the role enables CMS leaders and service teams to focus on client and business priorities while ensuring that the operational, governance, risk, and procurement activities required to use strategic technology vendors are actively managed.