Vendor Account Manager

JR United Kingdom; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Manchester - Hybrid working, 2 days a week in the office

Agency

Vendor Account Manager / Hybrid Working / 25 days holiday plus bank holidays / Private Medical / Employee Discount Schemes / Life Assurance / Income Protection / Enhanced Mat and Pat leave

The Vendor Account Manager will be joining a Vendor Services team as part of a Global Digital Marketing agency. Working across international clients, you'll be instrumental in the relationships created and fostered with the agency's vendors. From monitoring their performance to formalising agreements and negotiation, this is a full relationship/strategic position. You'll act as the go-between the Vendor and internal teams to help ensure successful completion of a range of projects and campaigns.

With no two days the same, you'll be creating status reports for the internal teams/squads, collating feedback from key stakeholders, and relaying/implementing those changes to the agency. The Vendor Account Manager will help keep projects on track in terms of timelines and budgets through their consistent contact with vendors and internal teams.

Reporting into the Head of Vendor Services, the Vendor Account Manager will:

1. Manage and develop long-term relationships with a portfolio of Vendors, Partners, and Contractors
2. Support and formalise contractual agreements
3. Develop relationships with key stakeholders
4. Lead intake meetings
5. Lead on negotiations with Vendors
6. Onboard new Vendors and partners
7. Report on Vendor performance
8. Help forecast and track key performance metrics including financials
9. Build briefs, business cases, monthly reports, and other key operational documents as required
10. Identify new opportunities to add value to the team's key marketing efforts
11. Liaise between the external Vendors and internal teams

Requirements:

1. 5 years experience in a marketing setting, ideally with agency background
2. Proven experience in building relationships
3. Understanding of website development, marketing, measurements of analytics, content management, and digital marketing
4. Demonstrated ability to communicate, present, and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the organisation, including executive and C-Suite level

If this sounds like the ideal role for you, then apply with an up-to-date CV.