Vendor Governance Lead - Strategy, Risk & Performance

The AA; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Cash car allowance

Private medical insurance

25 days annual leave

Job summary

The AA is seeking a Vendor Management Lead to join the Transformation business area and embed a central vendor framework across a large organisation. You will establish governance, monitor performance and risk, and provide a consolidated view of third party relationships.

Working with Procurement, Risk, Legal, Finance, Cyber, Technology and business teams, you will deliver clear insights to senior leaders and drive continuous improvement in governance and contracts.

Qualifications

• Experience establishing a central vendor management framework in a large organisation.
• Experience overseeing a portfolio of strategic vendors.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end vendor lifecycle, governance, risk and resilience.
• Ability to translate complex commercial information into clear senior stakeholder insights.
• Experience producing dashboards and management information for executives.

Responsibilities

• Establish and evolve the central vendor management framework.
• Provide portfolio level oversight of strategic, critical and high risk vendors.
• Establish vendor governance, KPIs, SLAs and scorecards for performance.
• Maintain oversight of contract milestones, renewals and obligations.
• Identify and manage vendor risks and dependencies across the portfolio.
• Produce vendor MI dashboards and executive insight for informed decisions.

Skills

Vendor management

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Governance & reporting

Data-driven insights

Tools

Contract management tools

Vendor risk platforms

Job description

The AA is seeking a Vendor Management Lead to join the Transformation business area and embed a central vendor framework across a large organisation. You will establish governance, monitor performance and risk, and provide a consolidated view of third party relationships.

Working with Procurement, Risk, Legal, Finance, Cyber, Technology and business teams, you will deliver clear insights to senior leaders and drive continuous improvement in governance and contracts.