Senior Vendor Program Analyst

Alliant Insurance Services; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliant Insurance Services is seeking a governance-focused procurement professional to manage relationships with enterprise third parties across Legal, IT, and Risk, ensuring compliance and effective vendor governance. The role centers on contracts, licenses, and account relationships for enterprise vendors with no sole business owner.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in procurement or related fields, strong negotiation and project management skills, and experience with SaaS agreements and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in procurement, supply chain, or business, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in procurement, sourcing, or technology project/account management, preferably software.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Experience with vendor risk assessments and SaaS agreements.

Responsibilities

• Govern governance of key enterprise third parties.
• Coordinate collection, review, inventory, and renewal of contracts in the M&A space.
• Facilitate engagement with IT, Legal, and business leaders.
• Educate third parties on due diligence.
• Ensure adherence to policies and laws.
• Support procurement improvement initiatives.
• Build direct relationships with enterprise vendors.
• Handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

MS Office / Google Workspace

Procurement tools (Coupa, Netsuite)

Software licensing models

SaaS agreements

Vendor risk assessments

Indirect procurement

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Relationship building

Multi-priority management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Procurement / Supply Chain / Business

Tools

Coupa

NetSuite

Job description

SUMMARY

Focuses on direct engagement and relationship management with Enterprise third parties to ensure compliance across Legal, IT, and Risk teams. This role is located in the Legal department and will focus on Enterprise tools, contracts, and account relationships through the lens of compliance and governance. It fills a need for ownership and representation on enterprise vendors that have no sole business owner. It provides a proactive approach of looking at enterprise level services and products based on known business needs without needing to initiate the process through a business partner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Creates or modifies policies and procedures to establish governance of key Enterprise or High-Critical third parties.
• Executes the facilitation of the existing Enterprise third parties with key stakeholders, such as IT, Legal, and business leaders.
• Creates direct professional relationships with key individuals at the Enterprise third parties.
• Coordinates the collection, review, inventory, and renewal processes for existing contracts within the Mergers and Acquisition space.
• Ensures adherence to department policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Supports continuous improvement initiatives across the procurement organization.
• Supports business teams to educate the third parties on specific due diligence.
• Performs all duties in accordance with all company policies and procedures, and all federal, state and local laws, wherein the Company operates.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, or Business; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Five (5) or more years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain or technology related project or account management, preferably in the software category or technology domain

SKILLS

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite / Google Workspace; experience with procurement tools (e.g., Coupa, Netsuite) is a plus
• Familiarity with software licensing models, SaaS agreements, and vendor risk assessments
• Familiar with indirect procurement within a mid-to-large sized enterprise
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills
• Strong stakeholder engagement and project management skills
• Skilled at relationship building
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Able to be tactical while pushing for strategic improvements