# Vendor Management Analyst

**Company**: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
**Location**: Tlaquepaque, Jalisco
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Vendor Management Analyst to support Vendor Strategy & Management in regions across APJ, EMEA, Americas, and LATAM.

The role focuses on the day-to-day coordination, performance tracking, and optimisation of HPE Networking's vendor ecosystem supporting Pre-Sales and Delivery organisation in Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), Managed Services, and Professional Services.

**Responsibilities:**

**Vendor & Partner Management**

- Support onboarding, coordination, and ongoing management of vendors/service delivery partners

- Assist with vendor segmentation strategy and initiatives

- Support pre-sales/BDM teams with cost analysis and benchmarking exercises

- Maintain vendor records, performance data, and documentation

- Act as a first point of contact for vendor coordination and operational queries

- Assist with vendor reviews, QBR preparation, and relationship management

**Financial & Commercial Management**

- Track vendor costs, budgets in line with approved financial plans

- Support SOW creation, pre-approvals, and invoice reconciliation processes

- Monitor vendor rates against agreed benchmarks and identify cost variances

- Contribute to cost optimisation and value-for-money initiatives

- Govern the financial metrics for vendors assigned in regions

- Collaborate with Global Procurement teams to negotiate contractual agreements with vendors

**Supplier Performance & SLA Management**

- Contribute to sourcing new vendors to support regional growth objectives

- Build, maintain relationship with assigned vendors

- Influence vendors to align to build service capability and capacity readiness

- Track vendors KPIs, SLAs, and delivery performance

- Produce performance reports, dashboards, and scorecards

- Identify service delivery risks, trends, and improvement opportunities

- Support governance forums and vendor performance reviews

**Operational & Delivery Support**

- Communicate vendor readiness to stakeholders where appropriate

- Coordinate with delivery and project teams to fulfil resource/service requirements

- Monitor vendor capacity, responsiveness, and resource availability

- Assist with demand forecasting and capacity planning activities with regions

- Assist in service transitions, onboarding readiness, and operational coordination

- Drive QBRs with vendors for performance monitoring/channel feedback from business

**Governance, Risk & Compliance**

- Ensure vendors comply with contractual terms, HPE policies, and security requirements

- Track contract deliverables, milestones (SOWs, renewals, compliance checks)

- Ensure vendor exceed and meet contractual obligations set in the SOW

- Support audit activities and documentation reviews

- Assist in managing vendor risks, escalations, and corrective actions

**Continuous Improvement & Strategy Support**

- Contribute to vendor sourcing, onboarding, and regional supplier strategy

- Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and efficiencies

- Support vendor consolidation and capability development initiatives

- Maintain awareness of industry trends and vendor capabilities

**Requirements:**

- 3–6 years in vendor management, procurement, PMO, service delivery, or operations

- Experience in IT services, telecommunications, or managed services preferred

- Strong analytical and reporting skills (Excel, dashboards, data analysis)

- Good knowledge of bid management process, RFX response assessment

- Expertise with SharePoint, Process Mapping tools (e.g. MS Visio, Aha, etc.)

- Good organisational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities

- Effective communication and stakeholder management capabilities

**Preferred Attributes:**

- Commercially aware with attention to detail

- Proactive, adaptable, and able to work in a fast-paced environment

- Strong relationship-building and coordination skills

- Interest in supplier strategy, vendor operations, and service delivery

- Capable to influence and drive adoption of process and programs

- Fluent in English; additional European/LATAM languages is advantageous

## Skills

### Required
- vendor management
- procurement
- PMO
- service delivery
- operations
- analytical skills
- reporting skills
- bid management
- RFX response assessment
- SharePoint
- Process Mapping tools

### Nice to have
- commercial awareness
- relationship-building
- coordination skills
- supplier strategy
- vendor operations
- influencing skills
- process improvement
- automation
- efficiencies

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