Global IT Vendor Strategy Lead

National Black MBA Association; Maplewood, Northern (MN, KY); On-site; USD 188,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

3M Center, Maplewood, MN area seeks a Senior IT Vendor Manager to lead a global portfolio of strategic technology suppliers across hardware, software, SaaS, cloud, and services. You will own IT vendor strategy, governance, and value realization, partnering with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Security, EA, and delivery teams.

The role requires strong commercial judgment, executive communication, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to manage complex supplier relationships in a global

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in information technology, business, supply chain, finance, engineering, or a technology discipline (completed and verified prior to start)
• Ten (10) years of experience in IT vendor management, technology sourcing, IT asset management, technology procurement, contract management, supplier governance in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Seven (7) years of experience managing enterprise technology suppliers and complex commercial relationships in a private, public, government or military environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute vendor strategies aligned with enterprise roadmaps, sourcing objectives, architecture standards, and business priorities.
• Serve as the IT relationship owner and escalation point for assigned strategic technology suppliers.
• Lead executive governance meetings, quarterly business reviews, supplier scorecards, and performance improvement plans.
• Drive supplier accountability for outcomes, innovation, service quality, commercial value, and continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities for vendor consolidation, rationalization, demand management, and improved competitive leverage.
• Lead contract lifecycle activities including new agreements, renewals, amendments, SLAs, and cloud commitments.
• Partner with Corporate Procurement on sourcing strategies, RFQs, RFPs, negotiations, and supplier selection.
• Define clear business requirements, deliverables, service levels, milestones, and pricing protections.
• Maintain visibility to renewals, commitments, risks, dependencies, and decision dates.
• Resolve escalations through cross-functional action.
• Coordinate with IT Asset Management to improve entitlement, utilization, and lifecycle management.

Skills

Executive communication

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Vendor management

Contract escalation

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in IT or business

Master’s degree or MBA preferred

Tools

GEP

SAP

Flexera One

ServiceNow

Apptio

Power BI

Job description

3M Center, Maplewood, MN area seeks a Senior IT Vendor Manager to lead a global portfolio of strategic technology suppliers across hardware, software, SaaS, cloud, and services. You will own IT vendor strategy, governance, and value realization, partnering with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Security, EA, and delivery teams.

The role requires strong commercial judgment, executive communication, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to manage complex supplier relationships in a global