Senior Vendor Management Analyst

Deutsche Bank; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leave policy - best in class

Parental leaves (gender neutral)

Childcare reimbursement

Sponsorship for certifications/edu

Employee Assistance Program

Hospitalization insurance

Accident and term life insurance

Health screening for 35+

Job summary

Deutsche Bank in Pune, India is seeking a Vendor Management Senior Analyst to govern IT service contracts and optimize supplier relationships across the VSDG function.

You will partner with internal stakeholders to develop commercial strategies, manage third-party risks, and drive procurement transformation with a focus on cost, quality, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services procurement and vendor governance.
• Strong ability to manage contracts, SLAs, and risk.
• Proven track record in governance and performance optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Vendor Service Delivery Governance to optimize supplier relationships.
• Manage third-party risks and ensure compliant purchases.
• Oversee vendor performance, SLAs, and cross-functional engagement.
• Lead commercial contract management and amendments.
• Support risk remediation and governance reporting across the portfolio.
• Act as interface to Global Procurement for business queries.

Skills

Vendor governance

Contract management

Risk & compliance

Vendor management

Job description

Vendor Management Senior Analyst Job Description

AS Location- Pune, India

Role Description The Vendor management Specialists key responsibility is to govern the IT service contracts. The area includes contract, commercial, performance and vendor risk management of the contracts. Also undertakes the daily workload, activities and tasks of establishing, monitoring, and optimizing vendor relationships by performing Performance validation, financial obligation, real-time dashboarding/reporting, supervising contractual obligation/SLAs, Audits and Risk Governance

What well offer you

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities:

Vendor Service Delivery Governance (VSDG) function enables Deutsche Bank (DB) to optimize supplier relationships to meet its strategic objectives by:

• Partnering across DB to develop commercial strategies and create value from supplier relationships.
• Enabling the bank to manage Third-Party risks and purchase efficiently and compliantly.
• Managing new service demands and vendor performance on a divisional level.
• Implementing and upholding sustainable procurement practices.
• Driving transformation and ensuring future-proof procurement technology, data and processes.

VSDG is responsible for the end-to-end management of vendors across TDI CIO Private Bank to improve performance, mitigate risk, optimize costs and maximize commercial value.

Within VSDG, the Vendor Management Specialist ensures that contractual, commercial, and risk outcomes are effectively managed so that vendor relationships deliver sustained value, compliant service performance, and robust risk mitigation across the contract lifecycle.

The Vendor Management Specialist is responsible for the management of DBs vendors and contracts post-signature, leading cross functional stakeholder engagement, managing business demand and proactively identifying and resolving contractual, vendor performance, and risk issues.

Act as the point of contact for business engagement related to portfolio of contracts/vendors under management and act as interface to Global Procurement and iVMO for queries from the business.

Manage and process new service demands in line with policy and the divisional third-party strategy.

Provide reporting and insights across the vendor engagements and across the elements of vendor management.

Vendor Governance & Performance

For assigned portfolio of vendors, manage vendor governance activities, coordinating structured engagements with vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment, transparency, and timely decision making.

Maintain end-to-end visibility of all contracts in scope, ensuring a holistic overview of vendor performance and delivery and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement/innovation.

Manage regular vendor governance and performance reviews, leveraging defined KPIs, SLAs to assess delivery quality, risk exposure, and value realization.

Commercial Contract Management

Own and oversee contractual compliance by DB and third-party vendors for assigned contracts, ensuring obligations are continuously monitored, documented, and enforced throughout the contract lifecycle.

Draft, negotiate and manage contractual changes and terminations for in-scope agreements in a structured and timely manner, ensuring continuity of service and protection of DBs commercial and legal interests.

Support the resolution of contractual issues and contractual disputes, supporting negotiations with counterparties and engaging with the relevant DB functions such as Legal and Strategic Procurement to resolve, minimizing financial, operational, and reputational risk for DB.

Conduct periodic contract and commercial reviews to confirm that vendor delivery remains aligned with agreed commercial terms, business demand, and the approved sourcing strategy.

Risk Management & Compliance

Support the remediation of in-scope supplier related audit findings and resolution of in-scope third-party risk issues where applicable.

Ensure that applicable third-party risk, compliance, and ESG requirements are embedded into contractual documentation and reflected in ongoing governance and monitoring activities.

Manage the proactive remediation, corrective action plans, and consequence management in response to contractual, performance, risk, or ESG noncompliance, ensuring issues are addressed at root cause level.

Provide visibility and reporting of risk management activity.

Your skills and experience:

Experience in Financial .