Vendor Management Specialist
Location: Weybridge
Are you a strategic thinker with a natural ability to build successful relationships? Do you excel in fast-paced environments? Are you ready to take ownership of vendor partnerships and create significant value? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you! We’re looking for an enthusiastic Vendor Management Specialist to join our high-performing Vendor Management team.
In this role, you’ll join a team that has built everything from the ground up since 2020. We understand the importance of shaping our vendor strategies and growing together as a team, both professionally and personally. We want you to take advantage of your entrepreneurial mindset and be innovative.
You will work with a diverse range of stakeholders to ensure our business runs smoothly. If you're ready to become our subject matter expert for Sony Contingent Worker hiring and elevate our vendor management practices, we want to hear from you!
You will:
* Manage our temporary hiring efforts & process for circa 500 temps across Europe (please note that this role is not a recruitment-oriented position)
* Partner with our selected vendors & managed service providers to effectively hire contingent workers
* Support efforts to grow the contingent worker coverage throughout our teams & sister companies across Europe
* Become a subject matter expert in contingent worker processes and systems
* Utilize various data sets to create and present process dashboards & key success metrics back to management
* Learn about other areas managed day to day by Vendor Management as you establish yourself in the role
You will bring:
* Previous demonstrable experience in Vendor Management, Customer Service or Sales, Data Analysis, Stakeholder Management & Engagement ideally gained within a large corporate environment
* A customer-centric mentality
* A solution-oriented mindset
* The ability and desire to manipulate data sets into digestible content
* A resilient and adaptable nature
* A confident & outgoing personality
* An additional European language would be beneficial, but not essential
Your new office!
Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment, including an onsite canteen, a barista-style coffee shop, and a well-provisioned onsite gym. We have a staff car park with electric charging points and a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between the train station and the office at peak times.
Life at Sony
We offer competitive salaries and benefits, encourage a healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies, and celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We provide access to numerous services for all aspects of wellbeing and support volunteering days.
We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value.
Equal Opportunity
Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.
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