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 help ensure vendors deliver against expected outcomes.
The position supports the Strategic Vendor Governance office by delivering performance analytics, insights, and operational support across strategic vendor relationships. Key focus areas include tracking vendor performance, identifying trends and risks, and ensuring governance processes are consistently executed.
Responsibilities
Performance Tracking & Analytics
- Collect, validate, and analyze vendor performance data (CSLs, SLAs, KPIs, vendor scorecards)
- Monitor trends, identify risks or deterioration in performance, and escalate issues accordingly
- Maintain standardized dashboards and scorecards for leadership and executive reviews at the vendor and enterprise level
- Independently analyze vendor performance and risk indicators, surfacing 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 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 a day-to-day point of coordination for governance data requests and reporting for key strategic vendor relationships and enterprise-wide program data
- Partner with Procurement, IT, Finance, and Risk 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
Note: This statement of duties is not intended to be all inclusive, and other duties may be assigned from time to time.
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; experience 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
Compensation may vary based on the job level, geographic work location, position incentive plan, and exemption status.
In addition to base pay, the position may be eligible for an annual incentive (bonus) plan. Additional benefits for eligible employees may include:
- Medical, dental, vision
- Employee assistance program
- Life insurance and disability plans
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- 401k
- Tuition reimbursement
The organization also offers flexibility and supports hybrid work.
Location
Geographic work location will impact compensation, as noted in the compensation terms above.
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