Hybrid Vendor Manager, Digital & IT Contracts

Scottish Enterprise; Holytown; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and Flexible working options

Up to 35 days annual leave

LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme)

Training & development opportunities

Volunteering allowances or paid time

Cycle to Work scheme

Job summary

SEPA is recruiting a full-time Vendor Manager (Digital & IT) on a permanent basis in Scotland. The role focuses on leading the Digital & IT contract and supplier portfolio, providing expert contract management advice, and building strong stakeholder relationships across Procurement, Finance, and IT teams.

The position supports hybrid working patterns, aims to secure value for money, and requires demonstrable experience in supplier governance and risk management.

Qualifications

• Educated to equivalent of SCQF 11 (post graduate / masters level) or qualified by comparable leadership and specialist experience.
• Strong Digital & IT commercial and contract management knowledge, with the ability to interpret contracts, manage risk, support negotiations and secure value for money.
• Demonstrable experience in contract and supplier management, including supplier performance, commercial governance, risk management, contract review, change control, renewals, disputes and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders, including Procurement, Finance, Information Security, Data Protection and service owners.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with experience using supplier performance, spend, risk and service data to produce reports, recommendations and improvement plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead the effective management of SEPA’s Digital & IT contract and supplier portfolio, ensuring robust commercial governance, supplier performance management and clear accountability for delivery.
• Provide specialist supplier, commercial and contract management advice to procurement, project teams and business stakeholders on high-visibility, high-risk CSM issues including escalations, leading supplier risk resilience and response strategies.
• Develop and embed effective CSM policy and processes, tools and reporting; monitor contract costs, invoice approvals, and overall spending to prevent budget overruns.
• Develop and lead key internal and external relationships across Procurement, Finance, Digital and IT project teams, service owners, contract owners, senior stakeholders and strategic suppliers.
• Execute exit and renewal plans; track critical milestones and expiration dates to smoothly negotiate renewals, execute extensions, or manage supplier transition and offboarding.

Skills

Vendor management

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

SCQF level 11 or equivalent master’s

Job description

SEPA is recruiting a full-time Vendor Manager (Digital & IT) on a permanent basis in Scotland. The role focuses on leading the Digital & IT contract and supplier portfolio, providing expert contract management advice, and building strong stakeholder relationships across Procurement, Finance, and IT teams.

The position supports hybrid working patterns, aims to secure value for money, and requires demonstrable experience in supplier governance and risk management.