SVP, Vendor Management
SVP, Vendor Management
Mission
Define vendor management vision
Tour of Duty
Transform vendor management into strategic advantage
About This Job Family
People in this job family buy what the company needs—negotiating contracts, managing vendors, and ensuring the organization gets value for its spend. Good procurement saves money, reduces risk, and enables the business to move faster.
What You'll Do
Vendor Management professionals optimize the value and reduce risk from supplier relationships. They monitor vendor performance, manage relationships, and ensure suppliers meet expectations. Success means supplier partnerships that deliver consistent value.
- • Define the vendor vision for enterprise excellence
- • Shape strategic vendor ecosystem and partnerships
- • Establish vendor management as competitive advantage
- • Build the next generation of vendor leadership
- • Define innovation agenda for vendor analytics
- • Shape supply chain partnership strategy at executive level
Every responsibility is an accomplishment waiting to happen. The question is: will you own the outcome, or just do the task?
AI as an Accelerator
AI isn't a skill we call out. It's invisible in the accomplishment but easily visible in the velocity and scale of your outcomes. Here's how people in this role are accelerating their work with AI:
- → Building strategic planning systems
- → Analyzing market trends
- → Creating vendor architectures
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The Competencies That Matter
Skills fill your toolbox. Competencies are how you wield them. Three matter most at this level:
1. FINANCE (2) Strong Finance skills required at this level.
2. OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE (1) Strong Operational Excellence skills required at this level.
3. PROCUREMENT (1) Strong Procurement skills required at this level.
The radar shows the full picture. These three are where you need to be undeniable.
Your Journey From Here
Going up? Your next Tour of Duty:
→ Chief Procurement Officer - Vendor Management (L10) "Establish vendor excellence enterprise-wide"
The L9 → L10 gap is about ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT: • From functional leadership → company leadership • From technical strategy → business strategy • From building teams → building organizations
These are your stretch accomplishments. Start doing L10 work now. When you can prove it with accomplishments, you're ready.
Going sideways? That's valid too.
Up isn't the only direction. It's your career. You own it.
Competency Requirements
Competency Shape
- Finance
- Proficiency: 2
- Strategy
- Proficiency: 1
- Operational Excellence
- Proficiency: 1
- Procurement
- Proficiency: 1
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Effective Date
July 2025
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