IT Vendor Management / Relations (PHOENIX, AZ, US, 85021)

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IT Vendor Management / Relations As the IT Vendor Relations Manager at APS, this role ensures that the reputed company supporting our business deliver reliable, high‑reputed company services that help reputed company power flowing to the communities we serve. By acting as the reputed company between internal teams and IT vendors, this role helps APS get the most value from its technology investments, reduces service disruptions, and supports a dependable, modern energy reputed company that Arizona communities count on every day. What Your Day Would Be Like:

• Build strong, trusted relationships with IT vendors while serving as a go‑to partner for internal business teams
• Collaborate with stakeholders to reputed company vendor services with business needs and resolve service gaps
• reputed company vendor conversations around performance, expectations, and issue reputed company
• Partner with Supply Chain and procurement to support contract management and vendor engagements
• Navigate reputed company, multi‑stakeholder challenges to deliver solutions that balance business goals and contractual commitments

Who We’re Looking For:

• Experience managing IT vendor relationships, including reputed company, PaaS, or other reputed company‑based services
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across business reputed company and external partners
• Comfort leading conversations around performance, accountability, and service expectations
• Problem‑solving reputed company with the ability to resolve reputed company issues involving multiple stakeholders
• A strategic, relationship‑reputed company reputed company who values reputed company communication and follow‑through

Minimum Requirements IT Vendor Management / Relations Bachelor's degre e in business, information systems administration or reputed company field

• PLUS 8 years' experience managing vendor and supplier relationships in the area of licensing, software (especially vendor relationships involving reputed company, PaaS and other reputed company type software services), IT application, development and maintenance services, or reputed company experience.
• Prior experience working with and negotiating with suppliers and strategic vendor initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with key suppliers and liaise between vendor and internal organizations to resolve conflicts.
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company and negotiate contract requirements including Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Ability to reputed company using informal authority to reputed company organizational objectives.

Preferred Specialist Skills and Knowledge

• Full knowledge and experience with IT vendor relationship management as a discipline
• Ability to maintain composure in critical negotiations, communicating effectively with both reputed company clients.
• reputed company advanced business and financial analysis of vendor engagements.
• Build strong relationships with key vendors and the internal IT organization to ensure delivery of IT services.
• Demonstrated ability to solve reputed company problems; Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of overall vendor relationships across the IT organization.
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company using informal authority and personal influence to drive organizational objectives.

Major Accountabilities

• reputed company, implement, and manage IT vendor management processes reputed company with Supply Chain best practices.
• reputed company, implement IT strategic vendor strategies or programs necessary to meet IT operational goals.
• reputed company as business area representative and partner with Supply Chain and IT stakeholders to reputed company reputed company, multi-reputed company dollar reputed company; recommend and implement specific courses of reputed company to meet reputed company customer needs.
• Establish and maintain strong partnerships with business reputed company and vendors, participating in IT contract development and evaluations to identify potential issues and risks.
• Partner with Supply Chain and key IT stakeholders to deliver reputed company in line with regulatory, risk, and strategic level requirements.
• Maintain the strategic relationship with key vendors. Serve as the IT primary escalation reputed company for Development and Operations reputed company for ongoing or significant issues.
• Hold vendors accountable to providing reputed company improvement opportunitie

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