Comments on: Vendor Management Job Descriptions

By: DL

DL — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:22:25 +0000

Vendor Management covers a number of disciplines. How many VM’s have noticed that IT Service Managers perform a similar role, same with Procurement, same with Legal. How many VM’s have got experience across all these areas.

For large companies, the all encompassing VMO is a worthwhile pursuit, however smaller companies, needing to have a more lean approach to Vendor Management, would be best advised to look at constructing a virtual team, ensuring the Vendor Management skills across all required disciplines are present while each individual department still perform their “day job”

Either option should be managed independently by someone accountable for sourcing and who possesses a sharp set of teeth.

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By: Help

Help — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:25:13 +0000

Thanks for a great article. I tto have had challenges with job expectations and job description. If my supervisor is unclear on what I do and duties I perform how can he reclassify my job discription. Are they detailed tools to assist and benchmark the psoition and fair pay?

Any help would be great. Thanks.

By: Help Needed

Help Needed — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:00:15 +0000

We have it in the business currently with a narrow focus on service delivery. Vendor selection, contract documentation and negotiations are in procurement, but day-to-day operations, performance improvement and remediation are in the business.

By: Kate Hardesty

Kate Hardesty — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:08:03 +0000

Where do you see the roles of vendor management? Procurement or within the business? I feel there is a need for a central governance of vendor management however if you put that within the business it lessons the credibility of procurement and if you put it in procurement there is a lack of business specific knowledge. Neither group is overall effective in doing their job and productivity is lost.