Manager, Vendor and Contract Governance & Continuous Improvement

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About the role

  • Gestionnaire TI chez Pharmascience, gouvernant fournisseurs et contrats du RUN. Pilotage budgétaire, KPI, risques et initiatives d’amélioration continue.

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain Vendor Management and Contract Management processes, standards, controls, roles, and schedules for RUN operations.
  • Maintain a consolidated inventory of vendors, contracts, obligations, deadlines, support-hour banks, penalties, and risks.
  • Coordinate renewals, amendments, and terminations with Service Delivery Managers (SDMs), Finance, Procurement, Legal, Quality, and Security.
  • Define the framework for vendor reviews, coordinate their schedule, consolidate SDM contributions, and track decisions and actions.
  • Coordinate contractual and commercial escalations, as well as vendor assessments.
  • Track recurring expenditures, commitments, and use of support-hour banks.
  • Prepare budget forecasts for support contracts and explain variances.
  • Identify and document opportunities for consolidation, cost savings, and optimization of support models.
  • Prepare executive briefing materials and recommendations for decisions by the RUN Director.
  • Maintain the cross-functional RUN continuous improvement portfolio and consolidate proposed opportunities.
  • Facilitate prioritization, benefits tracking, and accountability for cross-functional initiatives.
  • Analyze consolidated trends to identify systemic causes and cross-functional improvements.
  • Lead Lean, ITIL, or automation initiatives affecting multiple services, vendors, or shared processes.
  • Clarify and maintain accountability interfaces between Plan, Build, Run, and Secure.
  • Improve Build-to-Run transition models, controls, and metrics.
  • Provide SDMs with tools, consolidated data, and coordination mechanisms.
  • Produce registers, scorecards, forecasts, risk reports, and improvement portfolios associated with the role’s KPIs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration, finance, procurement, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Significant experience in vendor governance, contract management, IT service management, or technology procurement.
  • Knowledge of SLAs, KPIs, support models, budgets, renewals, and vendor risks.
  • Strong understanding of ITIL, Lean, or continuous improvement principles.
  • Ability to produce scorecards, executive briefing materials, forecasts, and improvement plans.
  • Knowledge of ITSM/ITOM tools, including ServiceNow, as well as data and presentation tools.
  • Experience in a regulated GxP/CSV environment or an environment with stringent compliance requirements.
  • Influential leadership, political acumen, and negotiation skills.
  • French-English bilingualism; the incumbent must read and write documentation exclusively in English as part of their duties.
  • Regular business hours, with possible evening, night, and weekend availability depending on business continuity needs.
  • May be required to work on-site in plants, warehouses, or restricted areas depending on the scope of the role.

Benefits

  • Full-time employment
  • Hybrid work model
  • Remote work available when on-site presence is not required

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

ITSMServiceNowTypeScript

Location requirements

HybridMontrealCanada

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