About the Job

The Strategic Vendor Manager oversees their assigned vendor portfolio to own the vendor relationship & ensure strategic alignment with organizational goals. This role involves, developing management strategies and engaging with executives for alignment and issue resolution. The strategic vendor manager will assess performance and risk metrics, track consumption patterns, and drive improvements to ensure vendor reliability.

What you do

Develop tailored management strategies for assigned vendors
Oversee relationships and performance of critical vendors, engage with executives for strategic alignment, and secure commitment for issue resolution
Establish and regularly assess performance and risk metrics to ensure vendor reliability and mitigate risks
Track and analyze consumption patterns with each vendor to ensure to drive improvements (e.g. performance improvement plan, shoring ratio)
Oversee the financial aspects (contract, spend) and overall portfolio of vendors to ensure alignment with organizational goals and cost-effectiveness

What you bring

Proven track record in overseeing vendor relationships and portfolios, ensuring strategic alignment with organizational goals.
Ability to develop tailored management strategies for assigned vendors and engage with executives for strategic alignment and issue resolution.
Expertise in establishing and assessing performance and risk metrics to ensure vendor reliability and mitigate risks.
Ability to track and analyze consumption patterns with vendors to drive improvements, such as performance improvement plans and shoring ratios.
Experience in overseeing financial aspects, including contracts and spend, to ensure vendor alignment with organizational goals and cost-effectiveness.

What we offer

We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

D&I statement

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity and commits itself to creating an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome all people, regardless of e.g., gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, age, nationality, religion, disability, or philosophy of life. After all, our greatest strength as a company is rooted in the diversity of skills, experiences, and backgrounds that our employees bring.

Join us. Let´s care for tomorrow.

You. IT.

To Recruitment Agencies:

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.