Program Manager, Contract and Category Enablement
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in vendor management including managing multiple global vendors in multi-year agreements and execution of extended workforce projects.
Preferred qualifications:
- MBA or Master's degree in a technical or engineering field.
- 5 years of experience in contracting operations and program management.
- Experience partnering with external suppliers/agent based programs to deliver agreements and programs.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, sourcing, consulting, and collaboration skills.
About the job
The Vendor Strategy and Enablement team establishes and advocates best practices in vendor management through interconnected functions focused on data-driven decision-making, collaboration, and strategic alignment. We proactively address stakeholder needs, anticipate potential challenges, and foster innovation to transform vendor engagements into strategic partnerships that drive sustainable growth for gTech. This role provides data-driven analytics, insights, and reporting, while also contributing to agreement-related tasks and identifying opportunities for process streamlining and continuous improvement.
In this role, you will gather, analyze, and interpret data related to vendor performance, agreement compliance, category spend, and market trends, providing valuable insights to support strategic decision-making. You will contribute to the development of reporting tools and dashboards, support with agreement management tasks, and contribute to the implementation of process improvements.
In gTech Users and Products (gUP), our mission is to advocate for Google’s users by creating helpful and trusted experiences across the product ecosystem. We achieve this by meeting partners and consumers where they are with support and help, representing their needs with our product partners and proposing fixes and features that elevate their engagement with Google's diverse product ecosystem. Additionally we provide a range of product services that ensure our products are optimized for every user, no matter where they are in the world (e.g., localization, digitization, partner integration and more).Responsibilities
- Ensure robust agreement compliance and mitigating risk through proactive monitoring and tracking. Manage and monitor essential phases of the agreement life-cycle, including tracking renewals, amendments, and key milestones; maintaining data accuracy within management systems.
- Serve as a key liaison, effectively communicating data insights and findings related to agreements and business performance to stakeholders across the organization.
- Develop clear reports and visualizations that translate complex agreement and performance data into actionable Key Performance Indicators for stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying and implementing better procedures for data governance, reporting, and overall agreement management processes.
- Gather and analyze data from agreement, and available resources to generate reports and visibility focused on compliance trends and business needs.
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