💼 Full-Time Position

Senior Manager, IT Strategic Vendor Management

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UL, LLC
📍 Northbrook, IL, United States
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Location
Northbrook, United States
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Posted
June 22, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

+ Evolve the design and execution of the vendor management strategy framework to evaluate partnerships and provide regular updates on upcoming renewals, opportunities for optimization and overall vendor performance.

+ Evaluate potential vendors and service providers and ensure alignment with IT strategy and goals.

+ Partner with IT stakeholders and Sourcing to manage and negotiate supplier agreements.

+ Build and manage relationships with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure vendor services meet those needs.

+ Oversee and manage strategic and large vendor contract renewals and support negotiation extensions or terminations as needed.

+ Implement and coordinate a vendor engagement model with strategic vendor and internal stakeholders to ensure vendor performance and alignment with IT strategy

+ Establish and implement vendor performance metrics and KPIs, and create and publish IT metrics to ensure quality, time...