IT Cost & Vendor Management Manager

IT Cost & Vendor Management Manager

Are you highly motivated, hard-working, and seeking to join a growth-focused consulting & engineering firm? Are you looking for a company that will invest in your development and grow your professional skills? If so, consider a career with Apex!

Powered by record sales, extraordinary client retention, strategic acquisitions, and an entrepreneurial spirit, Apex Companies is one of the fastest growing engineering and environmental consulting firms in the US. We were recently recognized by the Zweig Group as one of the fastest growing firms in the AEC industry. We take pride in providing our clients with exceptional service and have earned numerous awards for project excellence. We continue to grow, and we want you to grow with us.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Director of IT Operations, the role is being established to help manage the cost and budget of Technology and Innovation. The role provides operational support for supplier relationships, contract administration, and cost monitoring to ensure compliance, efficiency, and value for money. This role assists in maintaining accurate supplier and contract records, tracking performance against agreed terms, and supporting cost analysis activities. Working under guidance, the analyst contributes to supplier onboarding, contract lifecycle management, and routine financial reporting, helping the organization achieve its procurement and cost-control objectives. He or she owns and must understand contractual, commercial, and operational working relationships with vendors to ensure that contractual commitments are delivered across IT.

Your Responsibilities as an IT Cost & Vendor Management Manager

Responsibility includes the alignment of Apex's supplier performance objectives and activities with sourcing strategies and plans, balancing costs, efficiencies and service quality. The establishment of working relationships based on collaboration, trust, and open communication in order to encourage co-innovation and service improvement with suppliers. The proactive engagement of suppliers is for mutual benefit to resolve operational incidents, problems, poor performance and other sources of conflict. The use of clear escalation paths for discussing and resolving issues.

Strategy & Planning

• Supports the organization with the management of the budgets for Technology and Innovation.
• Creates an environment in which the organization and its suppliers collaborate to their mutual benefit, ensuring positive and effective working relationships are developed and maintained across the supply chain. Participating in or in some cases leading the supplier performance reviews.
• Ensures that resources and tools are in place to conduct benchmarking. Reviews supplier analysis and assesses effectiveness across the supply chain.
• Follows procurement strategies, standards, methods, processes, and good practices that ensure compliance with legislation, regulation, and third-party information security.
• Work with peers to ensure alignment and delivery, specifically focused on the leaders for Applications, Infrastructure, Service Management, Program Management, and Cybersecurity.

Operational Management

Knowledge & Experience

Personal Attributes

What We're Looking For

Formal Education & Certification

Why You'll Love Working For Us