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Lead Vendor Management Advisor

1 month ago

Madison, Wisconsin, United States American Family Mutual Insurance Company Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Vendor Management Advisor to join our team at American Family Mutual Insurance Company. As a key member of our procurement team, you will be responsible for leading the strategic labor sourcing life cycle for Tier 1 suppliers, including spend analytics, market intelligence, supplier evaluation and selection, negotiations, contracting, supplier risk, performance management, and relationship management.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and present proposed supplier strategies to business partners and sponsors, obtaining approvals and aligning sponsorship and resources needed to move projects into active execution.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to successful outcomes, ensuring business value is quantified, optimized, and fully realized.
  • Serve as the primary contact between the company and Tier 1 suppliers, defining strategies to maximize the effectiveness of the relationship, mitigate risk, create enhanced value, assure timely identification and resolution of performance issues, and compliance with contract requirements through regular business and executive reviews.
  • Lead the entire sourcing process for Tier 1 suppliers, including labor supplier selection (RFx), negotiations, establishing contract terms and conditions, facilitating contract renewals, and execute with excellence by applying project and change management best practices in order to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes aligned with business objectives.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for assigned supplier contracts.
  • Assure compliance with contract approval process and adherence to contract standards.
  • Assist and support stakeholders in contract management from award to completion or termination.
  • Provide reporting to business unit leaders, including supplier spend, sourcing project activity, risks, opportunities, and results. Executive-level dashboards will include actionable data, performance metrics, and supplier scorecards.
Requirements
  • Requires specialized expertise in labor sourcing, procurement, and vendor management, specifically managing highly visible, complex, and strategic supplier relationships.
  • Extensive knowledge of strategic sourcing practices, including spend analytics, market intelligence, RFx execution, and contract negotiation.
  • Extensive knowledge and understanding of vendor management practices, including performance management and relationship management techniques.
  • Demonstrated experience leading large, cross-functional, complex projects.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience applying contract negotiation techniques.
  • Extensive knowledge and understanding of goods and services contract terms.
  • Solid knowledge and understanding of preparing reports, charts, and presentations.
  • Demonstrated experience in relationship building, consulting, guiding strategic business decisions, and using data to solve problems.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Professional Experience: Demonstrated experience in negotiating with and managing large IT professional services vendors.
  • Executive Interaction: Proven experience working with senior-level executives, managing substantial vendor relationships, and negotiating complex contracts.
  • IT Professional Services Sourcing and Procurement: Expertise in sourcing, procurement, and vendor management focused on IT professional services.
  • Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management: Extensive knowledge of strategic sourcing practices and vendor management techniques.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements listed above. Skills can be used in many different ways, and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply.

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays, and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment, and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.