Job Description
Procurement Heads are partnering with a market-leading insurance company to support with the appointment of an IT Vendor Manager.\n\nThis is a newly created role, leading the management of a handful of business-critical, Tier-1 SaaS suppliers.\n\nWhile experience with SaaS vendors would be desirable, it is not essential as long as you have experience managing other key strategic vendor relationships.\n\nAfter having their best ever year last year, this role represents one of many new positions the organisation is investing in, so it's a great time to be joining.\n\nThe role will be based in their Southampton office, with 2 days a week spent in the office and the rest spent working from home.\n\nMain Responsibilities as IT Vendor Manager:\n \nTo oversee SaaS vendor performance, developing and managing supplier relationships to protect business interests and ensure costs reflect fair market value \nDevelop and maintain SaaS assurance models for vendors within the allocated portfolio, supporting areas such as Information Security, Compliance and Data Governance \nEnsure any negotiation of commercial terms for strategic IT contracts provides beneficial outcomes for the business and the customer \nProvide subject matter input to facilitate commercial terms discussions and value of contracts alongside or supporting the Central Procurement Team as appropriate \nMaintain an awareness of innovation and opportunities in the SaaS Vendor market, translating these into strategic business outcomes \nIdentify and report of risks associated with existing or potential SaaS vendors \nBuild effective strategic relationships with SaaS vendors ensuring sustainable business value is achieved Benefits of the IT Vendor Manager:\n \nUp to £55,000 salary \nFlexible hybrid working policy (1 to 2 days in the office) \nA minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) \nAnnual bonus schemes \nCompetitive private pension contribution \nHealth benefits include dental insurance and health cash plan \n16 weeks of full pay for maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement \nLife insurance and critical illness cover \nRetail discounts and Tech schemes