VMO Consultant (REMOTE)

Senior Procurement Analyst, IT Vendor Management Office (VMO)

Location: Remote (CANADA - Anywhere)

Job#: 3046475

Job Type: Contract

Duration: 6-Month Contract with Strong Likelihood of Extension

Work Model: Remote

About The Opportunity

Our Enterprise IT Vendor Management Office (VMO) is seeking a highly experienced procurement and vendor management professional to support strategic vendor initiatives, complex contract negotiations, and enterprise-wide spend transformation programs. This individual will work directly with VMO leadership and must possess exceptional business acumen, commercial judgment, and the ability to independently navigate ambiguous challenges while delivering actionable recommendations and completed work products with minimal oversight.

This is a senior-level role requiring proven success negotiating and managing large enterprise agreements with major professional services organizations such as IBM, Accenture, and other global consulting and technology providers. The ideal candidate is sharp, highly strategic, and comfortable operating as a trusted advisor on complex commercial matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead commercial management and negotiation of IT vendor agreements, including Master Services Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), contract renewals, amendments, pricing schedules, and rate cards.
• Review and analyze vendor contracts to identify financial, commercial, operational, and contractual risks while providing recommendations that drive favorable business outcomes.
• Support enterprise vendor spend transformation initiatives by analyzing spend patterns, identifying optimization opportunities, and developing executive-ready recommendations.
• Manage and optimize MSP and contingent workforce programs, including supplier governance, SLA monitoring, performance management, spend compliance, workforce classification, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Monitor vendor performance trends and service delivery against contractual SLAs, identify service failures, determine root causes, and recommend corrective actions based on contractual obligations and business objectives.
• Lead strategic sourcing events, including RFI, RFP, and RFQ processes through vendor evaluation, negotiation, selection, and award recommendation.
• Partner with IT, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and executive stakeholders to drive contract execution, vendor governance, and strategic supplier relationships.
• Exercise strong business judgment and critical thinking to independently solve complex commercial challenges and develop actionable recommendations with minimal direction.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to VMO leadership by providing strategic insights and decision support on vendor spend, contract strategy, supplier performance, commercial risk management, and negotiation initiatives.
• Manage and oversee large-scale professional services vendor relationships and contractual commitments, including vendors supporting enterprise agreements exceeding $500M in annual spend.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, commercial operations, deal management, or contract management roles.
• Proven experience negotiating and managing large enterprise professional services agreements with global vendors such as IBM, Accenture, Deloitte, Cognizant, Capgemini, Infosys, TCS, or similar organizations.
• Hands-on experience managing or optimizing MSP and contingent workforce programs within a large enterprise environment.
• Strong contract expertise with the ability to interpret and negotiate MSAs, SOWs, SLAs, pricing schedules, liability provisions, termination rights, and commercial terms.
• Experience evaluating vendor performance against service level agreements (SLAs) and utilizing contractual mechanisms to address performance issues and drive accountability.
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale vendor portfolios and professional services contracts valued at $500M+.
• Advanced financial analysis and modeling skills, including total cost of ownership (TCO), benchmark analysis, vendor spend analysis, savings identification, and rate benchmarking.
• Strong critical thinking, business judgment, and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to independently manage assignments and deliver results without extensive guidance.
• Executive-level written, verbal, and presentation skills with experience advising VP and senior leadership stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• IT procurement experience supporting professional services, managed services, consulting, and technology vendors.
• Experience working with major MSP providers such as Allegis/AGS, Magnit, KellyOCG, Randstad Sourceright, or PRO Unlimited.
• Hands-on experience with SAP Fieldglass, Beeline, VNDLY, or similar Vendor Management Systems (VMS).
• Healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated industry experience.
• Experience supporting both U.S. and Canadian procurement and contracting activities.

Required Experience

• 8+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, or commercial operations experience.
• Demonstrated success negotiating large-scale professional services agreements with enterprise vendors and global consulting organizations.
• Experience managing vendor portfolios and contractual commitments exceeding $500M.
• Direct MSP and contingent workforce program management experience.
• Experience monitoring, governing, and improving vendor SLA performance.
• Experience leading strategic sourcing events, including RFI, RFP, and RFQ processes.
• Advanced Excel, financial modeling, spend analytics, and executive reporting capabilities.
• Experience using SAP Fieldglass, Beeline, VNDLY, or equivalent VMS platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to independently evaluate business problems, interpret contractual obligations, and develop strategic recommendations for leadership.

Education & Certifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Equivalent combination of education and professional experience will be considered.

Preferred Certifications

• CPSM (Certified Professional in Supply Management)
• CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply)
• CPP (Certified Procurement Professional)
• IAITAM Certification
• Other relevant sourcing, procurement, contracting, or vendor management certifications

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate has operated on the buy side of large enterprise vendor relationships and possesses a strong combination of procurement expertise, commercial negotiation experience, MSP program ownership, and strategic thinking. They are comfortable reviewing contracts to identify risks and opportunities, assessing vendor performance trends, managing large professional services engagements, and providing executive leadership with clear recommendations and business-focused solutions.

Candidates who have negotiated complex agreements with major consulting and technology vendors, managed contracts exceeding $500M, led vendor spend transformation initiatives, and demonstrated the ability to independently solve ambiguous commercial challenges will be highly preferred.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview

In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.

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