TEKsystems

It Vendor Manager

TEKsystems  •  $60 - $80/hr  •  Toronto, CA (Hybrid)  •  8 hours ago
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Job Description

Job Title: Technology Vendor Management Analyst

Location: Toronto - Hybrid

Reporting To: Director, Enterprise Applications, PMO & VMO

Role Summary

The Analyst, Technology Vendor Management Office (T-VMO) plays a critical role in advancing enterprise governance of the technology vendor portfolio. In close partnership with IT leadership, Supply Chain, Compliance, and Legal, this role enhances sourcing, contracting, and renewal disciplines while driving process automation and stakeholder adoption across the IT ecosystem.

The Analyst contributes to building a mature, data-driven T-VMO capability by:

  • Standardizing procurement documentation and enablement materials to promote consistency, compliance, and effective adoption across IT
  • Advancing automation within the IT procurement lifecycle, including proactive renewal alerts, workflow optimization, and governance controls
  • Delivering integrated vendor spend analytics by consolidating data across SAP Ariba (Source-to-Contract) and Oracle JDE EnterpriseOne (Procure-to-Pay) to improve financial transparency and commercial insight
  • Supporting supplier risk and compliance dashboards to enhance visibility into approved, non-approved, and at-risk vendors
  • Maintaining a structured IT vendor inventory to strengthen renewal planning, portfolio oversight, and financial discipline
  • Enabling IT stakeholders to confidently navigate sourcing and contract execution processes within SAP Ariba

Key Responsibilities

Vendor Lifecycle Governance

  • Support the inventory and maintenance of all IT vendors, contracts, MSAs and SoWs
  • Support vendor onboarding, offboarding, and governance processes
  • Track contract milestones, renewals, and notice periods, flag risks, and upcoming decisions

Renewal & Commercial Standards

  • Develop standards for proactive renewal planning.
  • Develop standards for conducting commercial reviews to identify optimization and cost avoidance opportunities.
  • Develop standards for major software and SaaS renewals.
  • Track and report renewal pipeline risks and exposure.

Spend Analytics & Financial Transparency Standards

  • Collaborate with Supply Chain, Finance and IT Data Management team to:

o Deliver integrated vendor spend analysis by consolidating data across SAP Ariba (Source-to-Contract) and Oracle JDE EnterpriseOne.

o Develop dashboards and reporting to improve visibility into IT vendor spend, commitments, and trends.

  • Identify vendor rationalization opportunities.

Automation & Process Improvement

  • Advance automation within the IT procurement lifecycle, including renewal alerts and workflow enhancements.
  • Improve system-enabled controls within SAP Ariba and related enterprise tools.
  • Recommend process improvements that reduce manual effort and increase governance discipline.
  • Advice on continuous improvement opportunities within the VMO function.

Risk & Compliance Oversight

  • Collaborate with Compliance, Supply Chain and IT Data Management team to create IT supplier risk dashboards to enhance visibility into approved, non-approved, and at-risk vendors.
  • Provide guidance for contractual and regulatory adherence of IT contracts.

Stakeholder Enablement & Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Develop and maintain procurement documentation, process guides, and training materials for IT stakeholders.
  • Enable IT users to effectively navigate sourcing and contract execution processes within SAP Ariba.
  • Advice on executive reporting and presentations related to IT vendor portfolio governance.

Key Deliverables

  • Standardized procurement documentation and enablement materials, including technology products/services sourcing, contracts and renewal process and system flow documentation
  • Enhanced vendor governance documentation
  • Updated and systematized IT vendor inventory
  • Vendor negotiation framework
  • Spend analysis report and dashboard in PBI

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Systems, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field
  • 3–7 years of experience in vendor management, IT procurement, commercial governance, finance, or related roles.
  • Experience working with enterprise systems such as SAP Ariba, Oracle JDE, or similar ERP/S2C platforms.
  • Exposure to SaaS licensing models, software renewals, and commercial contract structures preferred.
  • Experience working in cross-functional enterprise environments.
  • Strong analytical, documentation, and reporting skills

Skills

Project management, Risk management, Program management, Vendor management

Top Skills Details

Project management, Risk management

Experience Level

Expert Level

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Toronto, ON.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $80.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Toronto,ON.

À propos de TEKsystems et TEKsystems Global Services

Nous sommes un fournisseur de services aux entreprises et de technologies. Nous accélérons la transformation de nos clients. Notre compétence en stratégie, conception, exécution et opérations libère la valeur de l’entreprise par un éventail de solutions. Nous sommes une équipe de 80 000 personnes qui collaborent avec plus de 60 000 clients, notamment 80 % du Fortune 500 en Amérique du Nord, Europe et Asie, qui collaborent avec nous dans le cadre de nos capacités full-stack et notre rythme. Nous sommes des penseurs stratégiques, des collaborateurs pratiques qui aident les clients à exploiter le changement et maîtriser le dynamisme de la technologie. Nous bâtissons le futur en livrant les résultats et en créant un impact positif dans nos communautés mondiales. TEKsystems et TEKsystems Global Services sont des entreprises d’Allegis Group. Découvrez d’autres informations à TEKsystems.com.

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About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.econnaissez et acceptez que celle-ci puisse être examinée à l’aide d’outils d’IA.

TEKsystems

About TEKsystems

We’re TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers, so they can capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities.

TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Hanover, MD
Year Founded
1983
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