Supplier Manager (Cloud Vendor Management)_25WD90621

AUTODESK ASIA PTE. LTD.; Pasir Panjang; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Malaysia seeks an experienced professional to manage supplier relationships critical to cloud services. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance, managing contracts, and facilitating stakeholders. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of relevant experience with strong analytical and communication skills, and is adept at project management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in management of supplier relationships critical to a cloud and platform technology business.
• Experience creating and managing supplier risks.
• Ability to read and interpret legal documents such as contracts and non-disclosure agreements.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier accounts and create supplier management policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with Autodesk's documented policies.
• Drive resolution for disputes between the business and suppliers.

Skills

Supplier relationship management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Contract management

Project management

Job description

Position Overview

The Platform Supplier Management team leads Autodesk's platform supplier relationships to ensure a highly resilient and compliant platform for all Autodesk customers. We do this by managing 3rd party suppliers that provide foundational technology for Autodesk Platform Services. This includes cloud-native suppliers across domains such as API Management, Security, Databases, SAAS/PAAS providers, Localization, Service and staff augmentation providers.

In this role reporting to the Senior Manager, this person is responsible for managing a variety of these supplier relationships including contractual management, performance management, issue management, stakeholder management and being a key partner in risk and financial management

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Support specific areas of the business and manage all their supplier accounts. Create and manage supplier management policies and procedures
• Ensure supplier compliance with Autodesk's documented policies and procedures
• Key stakeholder in supplier management lifecycle including sourcing, contracting, onboarding, participating in negotiations, issue management, to offboarding
• Work with Business Owners, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, and Security teams on RF(x) processes, technical supplier evaluations, security assessments, and other projects as needed
• Work with Business, Procurement, Finance, and Legal teams to ensure contracts have appropriate terms and conditions, service level agreements, key performance indicators, and escalation processes
• Responsible for contract management including compliance, oversight, and adherence to change control procedures
• Monitor and ensure contract renewals are planned and executed well in advance of expiry
• Monitor supplier performance, financial status, SLA/KPI monitoring
• Drive and facilitate any disputes between business and supplier to resolution Set up regular check-ins with supplier account managers, facilitate regular conversations between the business unit/stakeholder(s) and supplier operations teams
• Plan and conduct regular business reviews and executive meetings at a cadence agreed with the business unit/stakeholder
• Support the business in demand planning and monitor against the plan
• Flag overages and additional budget asks well in advance
• Ensure all relevant supplier data is automated and available on dashboards

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of progressive experience in management of supplier relationships critical to a cloud and platform technology business
• Experience creating and managing a supplier risks
• Ability to effectively and comfortably communicate with executive leadership and provide updates/status reports or deliver presentations and recommendations
• Excellent analytical, organizational, tactical and strategic planning, presentation (verbal, and written) communication skills
• Ability to read and interpret legal documents such as contracts, terms and conditions, non-disclosure agreements
• Ability to work with and empower others on a collaborative basis to ensure success of the team
• Ability to establish workflows, manage multiple projects, and meet necessary deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in managing cloud vendors
• Knowledge in software / platform / SaaS industry would be ideal to have
• Vendor management / Procurement background would be ideal to have