IT Vendor Management Expert

Solvay is all about chemistry. We’re not just referring to chemical reactions here, but also to the magic that occurs when the brightest minds get to work together. This is where our true strength lies. In you. In your future colleagues and in all your differences. And of course, in your ideas to improve lives while preserving our planet’s beauty for the generations to come.

**We are looking for**:
An individual to focus on managing relationships with key suppliers of Solvay Digital Technology (DT), responsible for over 50% of total external IT expenses.

**We count on you for**:
DT Vendor Management aims to maximize value from key IT vendors by establishing, maintaining, and monitoring effective long-term relationships. You will drive supplier effectiveness through strong governance, identifying megatrends, and providing support. Develop expertise in DT vendor management to reduce risks, drive cost reduction, and position the organization as a reference within Solvay.

**You can count on us for**:

- Be part of and contribute to a once-in-a-lifetime change journey
- Join a transversal and dynamic team that is going to tackle big bets
- Have fun and work at a high pace

**You will bring**:

- ** Establish, Maintain, and Evaluate Vendor Relationships**: Reduce risks, deliver improvements to vendor performance, drive innovation, and contribute to Solvay IT's competitive advantages.
- ** Manage and Implement the Sourcing Roadmap**: Coordinate stakeholders, such as DT product/platform owners, delivery managers, legal, compliance, data privacy, and cyber security during the RFP/contract preparation process and the contract life cycle.
- ** Support Spin-Off Projects**: Manage key supplier strategy (TSA, split of contract, decommissioning) and associated action plans.
- ** Main Portfolio**: Outsourcing services, Cloud Services (Portfolio may change according to organizational changes).
- ** Leverage IT Vendor Management Best Practices**: Drive partner innovation and continuous improvement.
- ** Manage Complete Contract Life Cycle**: Ensure vendor performance through the establishment of strong governance and performance management with service owners or service delivery managers.
- ** Implement IT Sourcing Roadmap**: Rationalize vendors and participate in contract terms negotiations.
- ** Coordinate Supplier Risk Management**: Manage risks such as BCP, DRP, export control.

**Qualifications / Skills**:

- ** Master's Degree**: In Purchasing, IS Management, or IT Engineering.
- ** 5+ Years of Experience**: In IS outsourcing projects (Application, Infrastructure, Move to Cloud) or Purchasing in an IT or technical environment.
- ** Supplier/Contract Management Experience**: Either in Purchasing or IS delivery.
- ** Interpersonal Skills**: Ability to interact within a complex environment, acting as a leader to efficiently animate/challenge internal customers and sourcing teams.
- ** Negotiation, Legal, and Communication Skills**: Strong project management skills.
- ** Language**: Proficient in English.
- ** Result Orientation, Initiative, Collaboration, and Autonomy.**

**Additional information**:

- Smart working flexibility is applicable
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- #LI-Hybrid

About us
- Solvay, a pioneering chemical company with a legacy rooted in founder Ernest Solvay's pivotal innovations in the soda ash process, is dedicated to delivering essential solutions globally through its workforce of over 9,000 employees. Since 1863, Solvay harnesses the power of chemistry to create innovative, sustainable solutions that answer the world’s most essential needs such as purifying the air we breathe and the water we drink, preserving our food supplies, protecting our health and well-being, creating eco-friendly clothing, making the tires of our cars more sustainable and cleaning and protecting our homes. As a world-leading company with €5.6 billion in net sales in 2022 and listings on Euronext Brussels and Paris (SOLB), its unwavering commitment drives the transition to a carbon-neutral future by 2050, underscoring its dedication to sustainability and a fair and just transition.