IT Vendor Strategy & Contracts Leader

Rockwell Automation, Inc.; Mayfield Heights (OH); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance including Medical, -?

401k

Paid Time off

Parental and Caregiver Leave

Flexible Work Schedule

Job summary

Rockwell Automation, Inc. is seeking an IT Vendor Management and Contracts Lead to establish and lead an enterprise capability that maximizes the value and performance of strategic technology vendor relationships.

You will craft the IT Vendor Management strategy and operating model and secure executive-level agreement on governance and standards. The role requires commercial judgment, technology experience, and leadership as you manage vendors across contracts, costs, performance, and risks

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• Experience in IT vendor management and contract governance.
• Strong negotiation and governance capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the IT Vendor Management strategy, charter, operating model, governance framework, and performance standards.
• Establish vendor segmentation based on business criticality, relationship potential, spend, risk, performance, and strategic relevance.
• Develop vendor strategies aligned with IT, business-unit, and enterprise technology roadmaps.
• Lead executive business reviews, strategic vendor reviews, commercial reviews, performance reviews, and escalation meetings.
• Partner with IT Strategic Sourcing on sourcing strategies, negotiations with strategic vendors of spending threshold, renewals, pricing, statements of work, service levels, and contract changes.
• Establish the IT vendor contract-governance process. Operate it to ensure new agreements, renewals, statements of work, and material contract changes are assessed against CIO-approved Vendor Contract Standards and applicable Design Authority requirements before approval.
• Ensure that software, SaaS, cloud, managed-service, technology-service, and developer agreements receive a documented assessment of conformity.
• Establish controls, reporting, and evidence demonstrating compliance with Vendor Contract Standards, including contract-clause adoption, Design Authority assessments, approved deviations or exceptions, remediation actions, and upcoming renewals.

Skills

IT vendor management

Vendor relationship management

Contract management

Technology procurement

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant experience

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, finance, information technology, engineering, or related field

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, business, finance, supply chain, or related field

Job description

Rockwell Automation, Inc. is seeking an IT Vendor Management and Contracts Lead to establish and lead an enterprise capability that maximizes the value and performance of strategic technology vendor relationships.

You will craft the IT Vendor Management strategy and operating model and secure executive-level agreement on governance and standards. The role requires commercial judgment, technology experience, and leadership as you manage vendors across contracts, costs, performance, and risks