Senior Vendor Program Analyst

Alliant Insurance Services; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliant Insurance Services in Miami seeks an Enterprise Procurement Governance professional focused on managing enterprise third parties, contracts, and vendor relationships through compliance and governance lenses.

The role collaborates with IT, Legal, and Risk teams to drive policy enforcement, contract renewal processes, and proactive procurement improvements across a large enterprise.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Creates or modifies policies and procedures for governance of enterprise third parties
• Facilitates enterprise third party relationships with IT, Legal, and business leaders
• Builds direct professional relationships with key individuals at enterprise third parties
• Coordinates collection, review, inventory, and renewal of contracts in Mergers and Acquisition space
• Ensures adherence to department policies and supports procurement improvement initiatives
• Educates business teams on due diligence for third parties

Education

Bachelor's degree in Procurement or related field

Five or more years of procurement/ sourcing experience

Strong negotiation and communication

Stakeholder engagement and project management

Relationship building and collaboration

Ability to manage multiple priorities

Strategic yet tactical mindset

Tools

Coupa

Netsuite

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

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