IT Vendor & Contract Manager

Decskill; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 55 000 - 75 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Decskill is expanding its team and seeks a Vendor & Contract Manager to oversee the lifecycle of large IT contracts and vendor portfolios across international contexts. You will monitor financial execution, drive KPI dashboards, and coordinate committees to optimize value and compliance.

The role requires strong negotiation, governance, and analytical skills, with the ability to navigate complex vendor ecosystems while collaborating with diverse teams across borders.

Qualificações

• Up to 10 years of experience in IT service/application availability management, contract management or vendor management.
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or Electrical & Computer Engineering.
• Experience in IT Vendor and Contract Management.
• Strong understanding of contract lifecycle management, vendor governance and financial management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and international environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, vendors and priorities in a complex IT environment.
• Good level of English.

Responsabilidades

• Manage the lifecycle of large IT contracts and vendor portfolios at an international level, including renewals and RFP processes.
• Monitor and report financial execution, spend and consumption, supporting budgeting and cost-control activities.
• Develop and maintain vendor reporting and dashboards to monitor performance, spend and contractual KPIs.
• Coordinate Vendor Committees, focusing on vendor performance, financial execution and continuous improvement.
• Perform root-cause analysis on vendor performance issues and coordinate corrective actions.
• Manage contract governance and vendor relationships, ensuring alignment with business objectives and contractual commitments.
• Provide guidance to stakeholders on contract optimization, compliance and value extraction.
• Manage invoicing and payment processes, including purchase orders and contractual penalties where applicable.
• Drive contract management improvements and automation.

Conhecimentos

Contract management

Vendor management

Financial management

Contract governance

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

English proficiency

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or related

Ferramentas

RFP tools

Vendor reporting tools

Descrição da oferta de emprego

We are growing. And we are looking for talented people.

At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent.

We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long-term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.

As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long-term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams.

We are searching for aIT Vendor & Contract Manager!

Responsibilities:

• Manage the lifecycle of large IT contracts and vendor portfolios at an international level, including renewals and RFP processes.
• Monitor and report financial execution, spend and consumption, supporting budgeting and cost-control activities.
• Develop and maintain vendor reporting and dashboards to monitor performance, spend and contractual KPIs.
• Coordinate Vendor Committees, focusing on vendor performance, financial execution and continuous improvement.
• Perform root-cause analysis on vendor performance issues and coordinate corrective actions.
• Manage contract governance and vendor relationships, ensuring alignment with business objectives and contractual commitments.
• Provide guidance to stakeholders on contract optimization, compliance and value extraction.
• Manage invoicing and payment processes, including purchase orders and contractual penalties where applicable.
• Drive contract management improvements and automation.

Requirements:

• Up to 10 years of experience in IT service/application availability management, contract management or vendor management.
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or Electrical & Computer Engineering.
• Experience in IT Vendor and Contract Management.
• Strong understanding of contract lifecycle management, vendor governance and financial management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and international environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, vendors and priorities in a complex IT environment.
• Good level of english.

Are you looking for an environment that values curiosity and commitment? Here, your contribution has real impact and individual growth is taken seriously.

Find with us the right opportunity to grow!

What you can expect from us

• Long-term projects with national and international context.
• Opportunities to grow technically and professionally.
• A people-first culture, focused on transparency and trust.
• Teams that value ownership, collaboration and stability.

Decskill is committed to equality and non-discrimination with all our talents. We recruit and promote talent, based on diversity and inclusion, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality or any other form of discrimination incompatible with the dignity of the human being