AVP, Vendor Strategy and Cost Management

About the role

A senior enterprise role that oversees vendor spending, sourcing and contracts to improve financial performance. It acts as the organisation's authority on vendor cost and value.

What you will do

• Lead enterprise visibility and optimisation of vendor spend across all categories.
• Analyse expenditures to find savings, usage trends, contract leakage and margin gains.
• Set standards for spend reporting, usage reviews and sourcing governance.
• Build executive dashboards showing vendor financial performance and emerging trends.
• Run the most complex sourcing events and contract negotiations.
• Work with finance, operations, IT, legal and risk leaders to align vendor investments.

What they look for

• Experience leading enterprise vendor strategy and cost management.
• Strong spend analytics and utilisation management skills.
• Ability to negotiate complex contracts and sourcing events.
• Skill in challenging stakeholders with fact based analysis and executive influence.
• Experience partnering with finance and FP&A to validate savings and realised value.