The Vendor Management Manager is responsible for ensuring the availability of reliable, high-quality, and cost-competitive trucking vendors to support the company's sales and operational strategies.
Job Descriptions:
- Determine vendor procurement and development strategies.
- Source, select, and evaluate vendors.
- Control vendor costs and pricing structures.
- Monitor and evaluate vendor performance.
- Handle escalations and continuous improvement.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering or equivalent.
- Minimum 5–8 years in vendor management, transport operations, or procurement logistics.
- Experience in vendor and contract management techniques, negotiation and costing analysis, monitoring SLAs and KPIs for vendor evaluation, using Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, costing analysis), and understanding of Vendor Management Systems/TMS (a plus).
