Vendor Manager at FNB South Africa

Job Description

• Hello Vendor Manager. Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and the game changers. As part of our talent team at FNB Points of Presence, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now’s the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change
• To drive Vendor onboarding and compliance
• To engage with and maintain relationships with vendors and drive delivery from third party suppliers.

Are You Someone Who Can: 

• Deliver against operational and cost targets.
• Negotiate pricing and services delivery to obtain the best possible outcome for the Business and ensure cost are controlled
• Establish, align and manage target and budget goals whilst ensuring effective control of costs for a range of functional areas to increase cost efficiency.
• Develop a service culture which builds rewarding relationships, proposes innovations and allows others to provide exceptional client service.·
• Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SME's, project managers and senior staff members·
• Comply with governance in terms of legislative, policy and audit requirements·
• Vendor onboarding and contracting
• Vendor Compliance on BBBEE, Industry certification
• Monitor billing from vendors, ensuring such billing conforms to agreements and delivery against agreed service levels·
• Analyse vendor capability.
• Dashboard / database / all vendors documents / Information updated monthly. Use procurements central repository system for recording and managing all vendors across a vendor lifecycle.
• Extract reports, dashboards and include in the Monthly reports. Provide a single version on vendors.
• Manage all vendor documents & contracts and request approvals from Business units and communications to all stakeholders & or vendors.
• Identify, control and escalate potential risks that may lead to increased costs.
• Deliver customer experience excellence aligned to Organizational values and service standards.

You Will Be an Ideal Candidate If You Have 

• Bachelor’s Degree/BTech (NQF Level 7) in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field
• 3 – 5 Years relevant experience
• Over 1 year experience within an Information Technology (IT) environment
• Advanced knowledge of Excel 
• Contract background will be advantageous

You will have access to 

• Opportunities to network and collaborate 
• A challenging working environment 
• Opportunities to innovate 

We can be a match if you are / have 

• Analytical 
• Adaptable and curious 
• Thrive in a collaborative environment 
• Conceptual and Big Picture Thinking 
• Strategic Thinking