Director Vendor Management

Responsibilities

• Own vendor lifecycle management end-to-end - standardized onboarding (KYC, financial health, security review, code of conduct attestation), through performance management, through offboarding.
• Lead contract governance for the firm - repository ownership and folder hygiene, template stewardship, renewal pipeline, expiration alerts, and executive approval workflows.
• Administer the vendor Code of Conduct - annual distribution, attestation tracking, exception handling, breach escalation, and recertification cadence.
• Maintain the vendor segmentation framework - Strategic, Emerging, Legacy, Tactical - and ensure differentiated treatment by tier holds across the organization.
• Drive tier-appropriate vendor risk reviews - security, financial, regulatory, geographic - in partnership with InfoSec, Legal, and Compliance.
• Deliver quarterly Strategic Vendor reviews for executive leadership; lead renewal-pipeline forecasting and spend coverage reporting.
• Partner across Legal, InfoSec, Compliance, Finance, IT, Sales, Corporate Sustainability, AI Transformation, and business unit leaders as the firm's central authority for vendor strategy and execution; recruit, develop, and retain the VMO team.
• We want all new Associates to succeed in their roles at Ensono. That's why we've outlined the job requirements below. To be considered for this role, it's important that you meet all Required Qualifications. If you do not meet all of the Preferred Qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.
• Required Qualifications
• 8+ years of progressive experience in vendor management, procurement, strategic sourcing, or a closely related discipline, with at least 3 years in a people-leadership role.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to translate operational detail into executive framing and influence across functions without direct authority.
• Demonstrated success running a vendor management function in steady state - clean governance, audit-ready posture, predictable executive-grade reporting.
• Familiarity with enterprise sourcing platforms (Workday Strategic Sourcing or comparable) and contract repositories (DocuSign or comparable).
• Strong analytical fluency - comfortable working with spend data, contract metadata, vendor risk indicators, and ESG metrics.
• Track record of partnership with Legal, InfoSec, Compliance, Finance, and IT on vendor matters.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Preferred Qualificatio

Benefits

Additional Information

At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things ! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation. We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose. Honesty Reliability Curiosity Collaboration Passion About the role and what you'll be doing: The Director of Vendor Management leads Ensono's Vendor Management Office (VMO) within Procurement. This fully remote leadership role owns day-to-day vendor lifecycle management - onboarding, contract governance, code of conduct, vendor risk, and ESG reporting and accountability - for a complex enterprise vendor ecosystem spanning mainframe software and hardware, value added resellers, distributed software and hardware, telecom, cloud, and professional services. VMO is the central nervous system between Alliances, Finance, IT, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Sustainability, Bid Management, and business unit leaders for everything vendor-related. The Director also partners closely with the firm's AI Transformation function within the Office of the CFO, whose AI Agent end-state depends on structured, well-governed vendor data. This role offers significant exposure to senior leaders and outputs feed directly into deliverables reviewed at the CFO and ELT level. Success is measured by clean operational governance, predictable executive-grade reporting, and on-time delivery of the in-flight portfolio.

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