Compliance-Bengaluru-Associate-Vendor Management
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Design and implement a global delivery management framework for Compliance Engineering teams by leveraging Goldman Sachs's vendors
- Manage vendor relationships, including vendor onboarding, driving contract execution, monitoring delivery and vendor performance evaluation. This includes identification a mitigation of operational and performance risk.
- Manage the vendor services operating model through forecasting, planning, deploying resources, and managing their entitlements.
- Provide timely and accurate reports and analysis related to vendor performance, cost savings, spend vs actuals and other key metrics to management and stakeholders.
- Coordinate with internal expense management teams to ensure timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices, including resolving any discrepancies or issues.
- Provide program stakeholders with regular updates on staffing changes and solicit feedback to discuss with vendor partners.
- Monitor performance against service level agreements and address unfulfilled KPIs through corrective action plans
- Conduct data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for process improvements in vendor management space
- Design reporting standards for operational metrics, service level requirements and process KPIs
- Coordinate the budgeting and planning process with internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to - aligning divisional priorities into measurable milestones and targets, comparison of performance to plan, providing adhoc reporting to stakeholders etc.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 3-5 years of experience in vendor management / outsourcing / procurement related roles solutions
- Strong communication skills, with ability to interact with vendors, internal teams, and stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience in project management (e.g., lead meetings, update stakeholders, create project plan), working as part of a global/cross-functional team and working with all levels. Knowledge of contract, budget management would be an added advantage.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a global team in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Ability to think outside the box, multi-task, and work under pressure to identify and resolve issues with stakeholders and vendors.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with focus on Microsoft Excel. Working knowledge of data analytics and visualization applications like Alteryx and Tableau would be an added advantage.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills with experience analyzing data