Overview
This role provides analytics, reporting, and operational support to manage strategic vendor relationships effectively. The Senior Vendor Governance Analyst tracks vendor performance, financial commitments, and governance actions to improve transparency, support leadership decisions, and ensure vendors deliver expected outcomes.
Responsibilities
Performance Tracking & Analytics
- Collect, validate, and analyze vendor performance data including CSLs, SLAs, KPIs, and vendor scorecards
- Monitor trends, identify risks or performance deterioration, and escalate issues as needed
- Maintain standardized dashboards and scorecards for leadership and executive reviews at vendor and enterprise levels
- Independently analyze vendor performance and risk indicators, providing insights and recommendations to governance leadership
- Identify emerging performance, financial, and operational risk indicators and proactively escalate potential issues
Governance Operations
- Support governance cadence including Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), monthly/quarterly reviews, and formal issue management reviews
- Prepare executive-ready materials summarizing vendor performance, risks, action plans, and financial impacts
- Track vendor commitments, remediation actions, and follow through on agreed outcomes
Financial & Contract Support
- Assist in tracking contract performance, savings, credits, penalties, and benefits realization
- Support renewal and renegotiation efforts by compiling historical performance and commercial insights
- Maintain accurate documentation of governance decisions and artifacts
Stakeholder & Vendor Coordination
- Serve as day-to-day coordinator for governance data requests and reporting for key strategic vendor relationships and enterprise-wide programs
- Partner with Procurement, IT, Finance, and Risk teams to ensure accurate and timely information flow
- Support compliance with governance standards and documented processes
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between internal teams and external suppliers
Additional duties may be assigned as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Analytics, or related field required
- 5+ years of experience in procurement, vendor management, operations, finance, or analytics with demonstrated ability to manage complex analyses
- Experience working with outsourced service providers or complex third-party relationships preferred
- Strong data analysis and reporting skills; proficiency with Excel, Power BI, or similar tools required
- Experience with contract lifecycle management (CLM), vendor risk management tools, and ERP/reporting platforms preferred
- Ability to synthesize complex data into clear, executive-ready insights
- Strategic thinking and executive presence
- Vendor performance and relationship management
- Financial analysis and value realization
- Risk identification and escalation management
- Change management
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range: $83,100.00 - $124,700.00
- Position may be eligible for an annual incentive (bonus) plan
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, employee assistance program, life insurance, disability plans, parental leave, paid time off, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement
- Flexible workplace options supporting work-life balance and career growth
Location
Information about work location and flexibility will be provided during the hiring process.
Additional Information
Applicants may be evaluated using an AI screening tool that generates a score based on how well qualifications match the position requirements. This score is one component of the application review process and does not solely determine candidacy.
Accommodation requests for the application or interview process are supported to ensure an inclusive environment where all candidates can perform their best.