Senior IT Vendor Manager
- £67,000 - £80,000 salary (depending on experience)
- Opportunity to lead a team of Vendor Managers
- Brand new role
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior IT Vendor Manager to join our team on a permanent basis. In this brand-new role, you will lead a team of IT Vendor Managers who are responsible for managing our IT suppliers, whilst delivering important commercial outcomes for NFU Mutual. As a Senior IT Vendor Manager, you will offer a strategic approach to Vendor Management, bringing new ideas and your governance knowledge. Using your financial expertise, you will manage and build budgets, working closely with your team to provide excellent financial outcomes.
Ensuring you get the best out of your team is vital in this role. You will lead, manage, motivate, and develop your direct reports so that they know what is expected, are able to maximise their contribution to business objectives, and realise their potential. You will provide coaching and mentoring, helping them to increase their knowledge and maximise the team’s skill base.
Managing medium to large scale contracts is another vital component of the role. You will negotiate and agree terms and conditions and contractual obligations with suppliers, delivering value and cost savings that meet business requirements and deliver the best commercial outcomes for all parties.
You’ll be an expert in governance and controls, ensuring compliance with our policies, standards and regulatory requirements whilst aligning with our long-term objectives and IT strategy. You will define, implement, monitor, and act on relationship and contract governance, designed to deliver effective escalation processes, control, and mitigation of risk, meeting business, audit, and regulatory requirements.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will have demonstrable experience of managing teams of Vendor Management Specialists. You will be able to demonstrate strong coaching and mentoring skills, with a record of developing your direct reports. You will also have significant successful experience of negotiating and managing contract life cycles at a senior level within a technology and/or outsourced IT environment.
You will also have:
- Deep market knowledge in two or more IT categories, including applications management, hardware, software, service, and communication with a broad knowledge across all IT categories.
- Demonstrable experience of effective stakeholder and relationship management at senior level as well as with multiple vendors, legal and procurement functions.
- Strong specialist knowledge of procurement and vendor management practices, including experience of the tender lifecycle, contracting trends, licensing models and traditional and emerging contract and vendor performance models.
Benefits and Rewards
When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:
- £67,000 - £80,000 salary (depending on experience)
- Annual bonus (up to 25% of salary)
- Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
- 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
- A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
- Private medical insurance + options to add family members
- Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
- £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
- Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
- Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
- Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
- Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
- Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.
Working at NFU Mutual
We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and are one of only 39 companies across the globe, and the only organisation with headquarters in the UK, to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2022 award. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021.
We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.
Senior IT Vendor Manager employer: NFU Mutual
NFU Mutual is an excellent employer that values collaboration and innovation, offering a hybrid work model that allows for 80% homeworking. With a strong focus on employee development and a supportive work culture, team members are encouraged to grow their skills in data analysis and coding while making a real impact on customer outcomes. The Stratford-upon-Avon office provides a vibrant environment where employees can connect with colleagues across various departments, enhancing both professional and personal growth.
