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Job Title
Manager of Vendor Management & Procurement - Central Services
Work Type
Full Time - Permanent
Job Location
Vancouver
Practice Group/Department
Role
Business Services
Description
Hybrid work schedule - Please note that this position can
also be filled in any of our offices across Canada
Managing global and multi-regional suppliers is an essential factor
in the success of Norton Rose Fulbright. The manager of vendor
management & procurement will be required to lead the strategic
sourcing and procurement across a total spend of approximately $150m,
and growing.
You will be focusing on:
Work closely with the regional leads of the vendor management
and/or procurement teams to ensure a consistent and standardized
approach to all processes and policies implemented, and tools adopted
Innovate the direction of the function to ensure continued
alignment to the strategic priorities of the firm and market
standards (for example ESG)
Lead with vision in improving centralized procurement to be
faster, more efficient and have an increased element of automation
Manage and maintain the structure of the function's processes and
data including, but not limited to:
Contract Database
Benefits Tracker
Work In Progress Tracker
Methodologies, Policies & Processes
Vendor Categorisation & Governance Frameworks
Work closely with the C-suite management to highlight areas of
improvement, business risk, and any performance issues with suppliers
Work closely with a variety of senior stakeholders, including
finance, legal, data protection, security and IT to maintain
adherence to standards in procuring goods and services for the firm
Improve general reporting from the function
Play an active role in the budgeting process both globally and
across the five member firms
Build insights to key strategic vendors to build NRF intelligence
and develop supplier strategies
Own the relationships for a mix of strategic and transactional
suppliers, including their overall performance. Information must be
collated in order to provide a holistic view of supplier performance
to brief Norton Rose Fulbright stakeholders and as input to
governance meetings
Adhere to agreed supplier governance / chair regular supplier
relationship management governance meetings to ensure any supplier
relationship, delivery, quality or commercial issues are highlighted
and resolved
Manage against budget, including authorizing spend against that
budget, tracking actual spend to provide good financial control over
commercial performance
Understand the key cost drivers behind supplier invoices and
review supplier invoices for accuracy (and approve / reject as
appropriate) in order to ensure suppliers are billing accurately and
in line with contract
Drive supplier innovation, cost reduction and performance
improvement in order to maximize the value from supplier
relationships over and above contractual commitments
Manage supplier commercial issues and negotiate their settlement
to avoid escalation of such commercial issues into legal dispute
Own the negotiation of all contracts that are global and/or multi-regional
Be the firm's contact person for any client audit requests in
regards to third-party contracts
Manage a team to:
Maintain supplier documentation, including ensuring contract
changes, reports, notices and relevant supporting materials are
stored with controlled access
Drive actions, minutes, management pack preparation and
associated execution from the vendor and internal governance forums
Model contracted charges, including contract changes to
provide accurate forecasts of spend, total cost of ownership,
contract cost to complete, phasing of spend, build of detailed budgets
Manage end to end in-life contract changes for strategic
suppliers in close collaboration with global and regional
procurement teams as appropriate
Financial management of strategic suppliers managing
indexation / foreign exchange variation, rate card validation
and change
What you bring to the role:
5+ years experience of management of multi-million dollar
outsourced IT supplier relationships. Experience within legal
services or professional services organizations preferable but not essential
A degree in commercial management or procurement would be beneficial
Ability to build strong trusting relationships with business
partners and suppliers
Experience building collaborative environments, teaming cultures,
and with engaging executives in the strategy development and
financial management processes
Demonstrated experience in problem-solving, consensus building,
and negotiation
Knowledge of contract law and IT Service Delivery Management
(ITIL) preferred but not essential.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, in particular data
manipulation in Excel and presentation build in PowerPoint
Experience of working in a global company and global capacity and
the associated complexity on stakeholder management preferred but
not essential
Vancouver Salary: $102,564 - $166,661. Salary will be discussed
and negotiated during interview and will be based on experience.
Ready to join a proactive and modern firm that provides an
exceptional career experience in an inclusive and collaborative
environment? Come join us!
As a global law firm, we embrace a culture of excellence and working
hard, but always with a focus on flexibility, respect, diversity and
openness. We strive to create an equitable, inclusive environment
where everyone can bring their whole self to work and realize their
career potential.
If you are unable to apply for a position online or require any
reasonable adjustments during the recruiting process, please contact
canvanhrtalent@nortonrosefulbright.comto
further discuss your needs.
Please note that applicants who receive an employment offer may be
required during their employment with Norton Rose Fulbright to provide
proof of vaccinations recommended from time to time by government or
public health authorities. Norton Rose Fulbright has a duty to
accommodate those who are unable to get vaccinated due to protected
grounds. For applicants who require an accommodation, please contact
canvanhrtalent@nortonrosefulbright.com
to discuss further.
We thank all candidates for their applications, but please note that
we will be contacting only those whom we invite for an interview.