Senior Vendor Manager

JOB PURPOSE

The Senior Vendor Manager plays a strategic, cross-functional role in orchestrating vendor onboarding, qualification, and performance management across a decentralized organizational model. Operating as the central coordinator, the Senior Vendor Manager partners closely with sourcing teams, compliance, ESG, and other stakeholders to align vendor-related processes with company policies, risk controls, and strategic goals. This role is particularly critical in the fashion industry, where speed-to-market, quality, sustainability, and supplier diversity are top priorities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and manage standardized frameworks for vendor onboarding, due diligence, qualification, and performance evaluation across all business units.
• Support business stakeholders in ensuring that vendors meet corporate requirements for compliance, sustainability, and ethical sourcing.

Cross-Functional Orchestration

• Serve as the central point of coordination across Procurement, Legal, ESG, Finance, and IT during vendor engagements.
• Guide and support business units through vendor approval, contracting, and performance review processes.

Policy & Process Enablement

• Maintain vendor governance policies and procedures, and ensure documentation is up to date and accessible.
• Provide training, resources, and templates to enable business-led vendor management in line with corporate standards.
• Performance & Risk Monitoring
• Implement tools and reporting mechanisms to track supplier performance and risk across the vendor portfolio.
• Coordinate performance reviews, vendor scorecards, and issue resolution in collaboration with relevant business owners.

Tooling & Data Management

• Manage vendor master data governance and promote adoption of vendor management platforms and tools.
• Ensure data quality and consistency across the enterprise’s vendor records and documentation systems.

Sustainability & Compliance

• Work with ESG and compliance teams to integrate sustainability, human rights, and environmental standards into vendor assessment and oversight.
• Ensure that third-party vendors comply with the company’s ethical sourcing and regulatory requirements.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Fashion Merchandising, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in vendor management, supplier governance, or sourcing operations within the fashion, retail, or consumer goods industries.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a decentralized or matrixed organization with complex stakeholder landscapes.
• Proficiency in vendor lifecycle management tools, ERP systems, and contract or compliance platforms.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills with a process-driven mindset.

Prada Group promotes an inclusive work environment, ensuring equal opportunities for all candidates, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or other personal characteristics. We believe that diversity is a value and we are committed to build a fair and respectful workplace for all.