Global IT Director - Vendor Management

Boston Consulting Group • Atlanta, GA

2d • $156,000 - $192,000

About The Position

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

Overview:
The IT organization is looking for an IT Vendor Management Director who will be responsible for establishing and supporting vendor management capabilities for the IT and Digital Products functions at BCG. This high profile global role will drive more value through strategic vendors, offer support and governance for external sourcing needs, and accelerate time to source external talent through more streamlined processes. This role will work collaboratively with Procurement and will be responsible for enabling the broader Vendor Management team, IT, and Digital Products portfolio leaders with tools and resources to standardize the processes for determining what resources are needed, which suppliers should be engaged, onboard new vendors, or lead vendor management transformation programs. We are also launching a new IT Ecosystem capability which this role will report into and will be involved in creating this exciting new strategic component to managing across the entire IT estate. Prior experience with Ecosystem practices and comfortable with new AI tooling to help augment and automate.

Requirements

• 7+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement or vendor management experience; in a high growth technology environment preferred
• A seasoned leader who excels in driving strategic innovation in vendor management. Experience working with IT suppliers/vendors and associated contracting models (staff augmentation, managed services, outsourcing, etc.)
• Experienced negotiator adept at securing favorable terms and fostering mutually beneficial vendor relationships
• Outstanding communication and relationship building / stakeholder management and presentation skills. Strong experience with Excel, PowerPoint, and other MS Office applications
• Strong project management skills to deliver vendor management projects on time and on value
• Self-directed, able to work independently, as well as work in a team-orientated and fast paced environment. Comfortable in a ‘roll-up your sleeves’ environment.
• Ability to navigate through a global framework, handle conflicting priorities and goals
• Working knowledge of vendor management platforms and tools helpful
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university preferably in Procurement, Business Administration or related field. MBA/advanced technical degree preferred

Responsibilities

• In support of IT and Digital Products leadership, captures, centralizes and consolidates resource forecasts, project demand and roadmap plans into vendor requirements, uses expertise in the development of sourcing plans, and sourcing approaches
• Develops and supports sourcing models and strategies for supplier engagement
• Partner with teams, facilitating planning, advising on trade-offs, helping resolve priorities and introduce synergy opportunities.
• Facilitates and maintains relationships between strategic vendors and internal resources, including IT stakeholders and executive leadership
• Help design and roll-out a vendor lifecycle management framework to oversee planning and risk assessment, sourcing and selection of new vendors, manage data for vendor performance and manage vendor off-boarding
• Establish strong relationships with new and existing suppliers – supporting the negotiating, contracting and onboarding of new agreements and suppliers.
• Coordinates with primary preferred suppliers in support of Strategic Talent Suppliers – conducts hands on governance and management in support of program goals. Participates in the measuring of vendor performance and shares responsibility for the governance for vendors
• Identify operational challenges and shortcomings and escalates any unresolved issues before they become problematic
• In collaboration with Procurement and IT leadership, identify risks associated with key vendors and manage / monitor supplier performance against negotiated SLA and MSA terms
• Responsible for steering budgeting and financial analysis initiatives, optimizing vendor investments and ensuring value realization. Support Quarterly Business Reviews with key suppliers and develop reporting for executive leadership
• Evaluate existing processes and continually formulate/refine guidelines and supplier engagement and contracting practices
• Deliver relevant training content to business stakeholders to ensure a consistent vendor relationship management framework
• Supporting other ad hoc projects as needed

Benefits

• Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
• Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
• Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
• Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
• Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
• Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
• Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
• Paid sick time on an as needed basis

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees