Vendor Management Manager

Hello,

My name is Arnold, and I am a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant with The Fountain Group. We are a national staffing firm with an array of Fortune 500 clients constantly looking for candidates such as yourself to join the team. I believe you have a great background and would love to discuss what's most important to you then compared to see if it matches our job.
Currently I have an opening for Vendor Management Manager located in Foster City, CA. Details for the position are as follows:

Pay rate: $82.10/hr.

This is a hybrid role – 3 days onsite, 2 days remote

Job Description/Responsibilities:

We are currently seeking an individual to help support the operations within the Vendor Relationship Management (VRM) group. As a team member you will be a key contributor to a fast-paced team responsible for the management of drug development vendors.

The successful candidate will have a strong foundation in project management, outsourcing, and/or vendor management in this critical role along with experience in Clinical Trial Delivery or Drug Development Lifecycle

• Own management and delivery of day-to-day vendor relationship management operational activities.
• Demonstrates excellent technical or analytical knowledge base, with ability to assess data, processes and understanding.
• Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates excellent attention to detail, teamwork, and initiative; maintains confidentiality; maintains meticulous attention to project deadlines.
• Supports the creation of presentations and or other internal materials related to the VRM group.
• Supports meeting management by scheduling meetings, developing agendas, gathering content, taking notes, and distributing meeting minutes.
• May support the development of select materials for external customers as determined by the team.
• Strong desire and ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Proven ability to work well as part of a team.
• Collaborates with functional vendor management stakeholders to gain insights for driving health of vendor relationship and related continuous improvement plans.
• Delivers with optimal collaboration, accountability, and integrity to business partners.
• Shows the clear ability to apply critical thinking, strategy development, and vision towards the growth of the vendor relationship management program.
• Shows clear ability to work collaboratively with other cross functional groups.
• Ability to influence and deliver across dynamic cross-functional groups.
• Competency in establishing relationships with cross functional teams, such as operations, finance, quality, systems, and process.
• Demonstrated ability to make critical decisions related to projects and tasks.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel/Word/PowerPoint and SharePoint.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree preferred
• 5+ years relevant experience, vendor management, and biotech or pharmaceuticals industry (Clinical Trials background is strongly preferred)
• Previous experience in multiple aspects of Vendor Relationship Management including partnering with vendors – several years and significant experience preferred.
• Project management/Initiative experience preferred or experience in managing complex projects.

Who We Are:

The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm with over 80 Fortune 100-500 clients. Since 2001, TFG has maintained a consistent standard of excellence, and our work is broadly recognized every year through numerous industry performance awards. Our success is a team effort.

Browse our website below for additional information on our company.

The Fountain Group

4505 Woodland Corporate Blvd, Tampa, FL 33614
“We work in Life Sciences, Clinical, Engineering, IT, and more. Above all, we specialize in people.”

If you are interested in hearing more about this position or other opportunities I may have please respond to this posting with your updated resume or contact me at (813) 425-2220, please reply/email your resume directly to Arnold.Suwan@TheFountainGroup.com

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