JPMorgan Vendor Management - Vice President 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

951499787

As a Vendor Management Professional in our Finance team you will spend each day defining, refining and delivering set goals for our firm.

Job Responsibilities

• Driving contracting and vendor strategy across the client group
• Serve as the gateway between vendors, our business partners and Corporate groups (GSS)
• Ensure appropriate technical considerations addressed in contracts, SLAs and acceptance criteria captured
• Relationship ownership for full vendor spend (Includes both Labor and SW)
• Contract Negotiation in partnership with Procurement teams
• Understand and influence: pipeline, vendor requirements, resource planning and financial impact
• Enforce consistent payment discipline by processing invoices on time and ensuring we capture as much early pay discount as possible
• Identify opportunities, make recommendations and help execute changes for increased efficiencies with vendor spend, for example consolidation, working with preferred vendors who give JPM preferential rates
• Act as a portfolio manager from a Risk Management perspective on corporate Third Party Oversight tools
• Represent AWM & exercise influence on key forums keeping in mind optimization, controls and good governance principles
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with strategic vendors for AWM

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 8+ years experience in Vendor Management or Procurement function
• Energetic and dynamic in style
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management/prioritization skills
• Present well to senior and global business heads
• Able to forge strong internal relationships across a broad range of functions
• Self-motivated, tenacious and able to work with high degree of independence
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Able to both define and deliver to conclusion a strategic agenda across multiple groups
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely
• Excellent project management and organizational skills
• Attention to detail with logical thought process