Vendor Solutions Consultant, Google Cloud
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in management consulting or equivalent experience in a client-facing role, advising on and delivering solutions for business problems.
- 8 years of experience in consulting and transformation, and in managing projects with ambiguity, multiple information sources, and managing multiple stakeholders across the globe with competing priorities.
- Experience analyzing and advising, commercial negotiations and governing SOW constructs for service-based agreements and commercial models.
- Experience in conducting/drawing insights from multiple data analysis to identify trends, patterns and actionable insights.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in a contract role with a professional services and Consulting organization.
- Ability to deliver business transformation programs in a fluid, and dynamic environment.
- Ability to identify and understand business problems, and craft creative, impactful solutions.
- Ability to communicate and influence cross-functionally and at the executive level.
- Ability to operate with autonomy and independence in complex environments, demonstrate thought leadership and result oriented at fast speed.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with clients and act as a trusted advisor and strategic partner.
About the job
The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.
This role is a consulting position, focused on advising and providing solutions to the Learning and Training services business stakeholders regarding their vendor needs.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Responsibilities
- Assist the development and implementation of a comprehensive vendor strategy for Cloud Business functions, encompassing sourcing, selection, negotiation, and contracting.
- Conduct in-depth reviews and analyses of existing agreements across Google Cloud vendor operations.
- Design and propose innovative vendor solutions that encompass location strategy, rate cards, commercial terms, and other key variables.
- Conduct thorough primary and secondary market research to establish cost benchmarks across various global locations and service types.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to craft clear, comprehensive, and compelling request documents that accurately capture the scope of services required.
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