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As of Jul 1, 2026, the average yearly pay for manager vendor management in the United States is $99,621.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $81,500.00 and $113,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are Manager Vendor Management roles?

A Manager Vendor Management oversees relationships with a company's external suppliers and service providers. They are responsible for selecting vendors, negotiating contracts, monitoring performance, and ensuring vendors meet quality and compliance standards. Their role often includes developing strategies to optimize costs, reduce risks, and improve the value gained from vendor partnerships. Effective vendor management helps organizations build strong supplier relationships and achieve organizational goals.

How does a Manager Vendor Management typically collaborate with internal stakeholders to drive successful vendor relationships?

A Manager Vendor Management works closely with internal teams such as procurement, legal, finance, and operations to ensure that vendor partnerships align with the company’s goals and compliance standards. This involves regular meetings to discuss vendor performance, address any issues, and align on project requirements or upcoming needs. Strong communication and negotiation skills are essential, as the manager often serves as the bridge between vendors and internal departments, fostering collaboration and resolving conflicts to achieve mutual success. Building cross-functional relationships is crucial to ensure smooth onboarding, timely deliverables, and effective issue resolution.

What is the difference between Manager Vendor Management vs Vendor Relationship Manager?

AspectManager Vendor ManagementVendor Relationship Manager
Primary FocusOverseeing vendor strategies, contracts, and procurement processesManaging ongoing vendor relationships and ensuring client satisfaction
ResponsibilitiesVendor selection, negotiations, compliance, and performance managementBuilding vendor partnerships, resolving issues, and maintaining communication
Required SkillsContract management, negotiation, procurement, vendor analysisCommunication, relationship building, conflict resolution
Work EnvironmentProcurement departments, supply chain teamsAccount management, client-facing teams

While both roles involve working with vendors, the Manager Vendor Management focuses on strategic procurement and contract oversight, whereas the Vendor Relationship Manager emphasizes maintaining strong ongoing relationships and ensuring vendor performance aligns with client needs.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Manager Vendor Management, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Manager Vendor Management, you need strong negotiation, contract management, and analytical skills, typically backed by a degree in business, supply chain, or a related field. Familiarity with procurement software, supplier relationship management (SRM) systems, and certifications like CPM or CPSM are highly valued. Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management abilities help build effective vendor partnerships and resolve issues proactively. These skills ensure cost-effective, reliable supply chains and optimal vendor performance, driving organizational success.
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Infographic showing various Manager Vendor Management job openings in the United States as of June 2026, with employment types broken down into 9% As Needed, 82% Full Time, and 9% Part Time. Highlights an 90% Physical, 3% Hybrid, and 7% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $99,621 per year, or $47.9 per hour.
Director, Vendor Management

Director, Vendor Management

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits

Dallas, TX

Other

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 15 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Maximize vendor value, performance, and outcomes across the full vendor lifecycle for technology vendors.

  • Establish and maintain vendor governance frameworks, performance scorecards, and enforce accountability structures.

  • Lead vendor renewal strategy, manage renewal calendar, and develop leverage strategies for renewals, renegotiations, and vendor transitions.

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits rating

7.5

Company rating: 7.5 out of 10

Based on 160 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

153rd of 351 rated retail wholesalers

Job description

What You Need To Know

Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people - and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As the preeminent wine and spirits distributor, Southern Glazer's isn't just one of Forbes' Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933.

Southern Glazer's is proud of its well-earned positive reputation, continually achieving accolades for our outstanding workplace culture. We take pride in creating a culture where our people are valued, supported, and provided opportunities for growth and belonging.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

By joining Southern Glazer's, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job - it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Overview

The Vendor Management Lead is responsible for maximizing vendor value, performance, and outcomes across the full vendor lifecycle for technology vendors. This role partners closely with CIO and CDO leadership to ensure technology partners deliver measurable business outcomes, meet contractual commitments, and operate within acceptable risk parameters.

The role influences vendor selection and contract structure pre-signature and leads ongoing governance and performance management post-signature. The Vendor Management Lead establishes vendor management discipline through scorecards, governance frameworks and renewal strategy.  The Lead ensures vendors consistently meet service expectations, negotiated value is realized, and vendor relationships support the organization's strategic technology objectives.

Primary Responsibilities

Vendor Lifecycle Management

  • Maximize vendor value, performance, and outcomes across the full vendor lifecycle.
  • Provide pre-signature influence to ensure vendor requirements are measurable and contractable.
  • Ensure contracts include enforceable service levels, acceptance criteria, remedies, and governance provisions.
  • Support vendor evaluation processes with structured scorecards and tiering frameworks.
  • Facilitate vendor onboarding with standardized onboarding checklists and governance setup.

Vendor Performance & Governance

  • Operate as a core technology governance and control function, enforcing vendor discipline, intake guardrails, and commercial accountability across the OneTech ecosystem.
  • Establish and maintain vendor governance frameworks and accountability structures.
  • Ensure vendors meet SLAs and XLAs and deliver agreed outcomes.
  • Lead vendor governance cadence including operational reviews and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs).
  • Maintain vendor performance scorecards and governance trackers.
  • Enforce Root Cause Analysis (RCA) discipline for service failures.
  • Manage service credits, remediation plans, and corrective actions when performance gaps occur.

Vendor Value Optimization

  • Drive realization of negotiated savings and expected vendor value.
  • Lead SaaS usage monitoring and shelfware reduction initiatives.
  • Manage vendor true-ups, license compliance, and consumption optimization.
  • Partner with finance and procurement teams to improve financial outcomes and cost transparency.
  • Produce value realization reports for leadership.

Vendor Intake & Portfolio Management

  • Enforce vendor intake guardrails to reduce vendor sprawl and rationalize vendor portfolios.
  • Support vendor tiering and strategic vendor prioritization.
  • Identify and mitigate vendor delivery risks and vendor concentration risks.
  • Manage ongoing vendor relationship engagements
  • Provide timely inputs to Finance and AP related to vendor disputes, acceptance status, service credits, and contractual remediation to support accurate close and payment controls.

Contract & Renewal Strategy

  • Lead vendor renewal strategy and renewal calendar management (12-18 months in advance).
  • Develop leverage strategies for renewals, renegotiations, and vendor transitions when necessary.
  • Partner with procurement, legal, and IT stakeholders to ensure favorable commercial and contractual outcomes.

Risk & Issue Management

  • Identify vendor delivery risk and ensure follow-through on remediation plans.
  • Manage chronic vendor underperformance and SLA disputes.
  • Lead vendor executive escalations and resolution processes.
  • Ensure vendors maintain compliance with contractual obligations and service commitments.

Deliverables & Artifacts

  • Vendor scorecards and governance trackers
  • Quarterly Business Review (QBR) materials
  • Vendor performance dashboards
  • Renewal strategy plans
  • Value realization reports
  • Vendor onboarding and governance documentation
Minimum Qualifications
  • Experience managing technology vendors including SaaS, cloud providers, managed services providers (MSP), system integrators (SI), application managed services (AMS), telecom, or staff augmentation partners.
  • Familiarity with leading enterprise and technology vendors across key categories, including ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft), telecom (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile), cloud (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure), and data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake).
  • Experience designing or managing vendor governance programs.
  • Strong understanding of service level agreements (SLAs), experience level agreements (XLAs), and performance metrics.
  • Experience driving vendor accountability and resolving performance issues.
  • Knowledge of vendor lifecycle management including vendor selection, onboarding, governance, and renewal strategy.
  • Experience collaborating with CIO/IT leadership, procurement, legal, and finance teams.
  • Strong negotiation, escalation management, and stakeholder communication skills.
  • Experience working with Vendor Management Office (VMO) frameworks.
  • Experience managing large enterprise technology vendor portfolios.
  • Experience with vendor risk management and compliance programs
Physical Demands
  • Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine
  • Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
  • May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 48lbs
EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

If you have any questions or concerns about whether this posting complies/adheres with local pay transparency requirements, please contact the SGWS talent acquisition team at NationalTA@sgws.com

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