Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities
Vendor Management Functions:
- Source for third-party service providers to support RFS business functions.
- Establish contract and vendor management polies and procedures
- Negotiate the highest quality deliverable within set budgets, in accordance with vendors management policies
- Establish cost control metrics and budgeting standards
- Monitor, track, evaluate and report vendor performance
- Ensure compliance with service level agreements and contractual terms by both parties
- Establish penalties for poor performance or deviation from agreed upon terms, or bonuses as the case may be.
- Maintain a calendar of activities (Dates for milestones, key deliverables, invoice delivery, performance appraisals etc.)
- Serve as a communications bridge between vendors and internal stakeholders
- Perform cost-benefit analysis on internal programs- expansion, procurement, marketing etc.
- Champion cost reduction efforts across all operational areas within RFS
- Proffer profitable pricing benchmarks for vendor managers in contract bid reviews
- Produce regular cost reports and advise unit head of any forecast cost overrun, for corrective action to be taken.
Qualifications
- Candidates should possess a B.Sc Degree with 2 - 3 years relevant work experience.