Vendor Manager

Utilities One is a company that delivers a full range of infrastructure solutions for Telecommunications providers, Electric Utilities, Wireless Carriers, and Engineering companies in the US Market.

We are looking for a Vendor Manager to join our team. In this role, you will have ownership of the vendor sourcing and onboarding, managing current vendor relationships and increasing company resources to deliver on projects delivery. You will be responsible for assessing vendor capabilities, vendor onboarding, and answering vendor inquiries and requests. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who wants to learn and grow.

Responsibilities :

• Partner with business leaders to understand strategic pipeline resource requirements : skills, technology, expertise levels well in advance of business needs;
• Source for and onboard strategic vendors, ensuring contractual compliance, an effective database of all relevant information, and providing meaningful reporting;
• Create, build, and maintain ongoing relationships with multiple strategic vendors simultaneously;
• Keep vendors informed on developments within the organization and ongoing initiatives;
• Identify compliance-related issues and collaborate with Risk manager to find suitable resolutions that are best for U1 and our customers (internal and external);
• Ensure proper management of vendors data base;
• Maintain Rate Cards for each geography / country / vendor;
• Continuously perform market research on pricing and create rate cards that make business sense as per geography / client / type of work;
• Collaborate with Licensing Compliance Coordinator on onboarding new clients.

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