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American Family Insurance · 1 day ago

Senior Manager, IT Procurement & Vendor Management

Madison, WI

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$113K/yr - $194K/yr

American Family Insurance is seeking a Senior Manager for IT Procurement & Vendor Management. This role involves leading a team responsible for executing procurement strategies and optimizing vendor performance while fostering strong stakeholder relationships across the organization.

Angel InvestmentFinanceVenture Capital

No H1B

Hiring Manager

Yvette McNamara, PHR, CDIR

Responsibilities

Create a collaborative, performance-driven work environment by promoting trust, transparency, and inclusion. Work with team members to set clear goals, provide feedback, perform performance assessments, and support ongoing development

Lead with influence and expertise. Contribute to division or department leadership team. Communicate and support organization mission, vision, values and policies

Oversee the development of procurement, category, and supplier strategies to improve spend, performance, and risk according to team priorities

Oversee the development of long-term category and supplier strategies that align with goals, achieve mutually beneficial outcomes, establishes processes to manage supplier risk and performance, and assure contract compliance. Lead development of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports for senior management on important metrics. Report progress against plans, vendor performance and market trends

Develop relationships with important partners to build business knowledge and support important strategic programs by aligning team resources and prioritizing team activities while promoting category management, vendor management, and strategic sourcing as important strategies to achieve our goals, mitigate risk and create enhanced value

Develop a team by empowering a customer-focused culture of learning and teamwork, establishing performance goals, leading change, and communicating

Qualification

IT procurement experienceVendor managementContract managementData analysisCommunication skillsCustomer-driven solutionsInfluencing skillsProblem-solving skills