Senior Manager - Vendor Risk Management

Mercer India is seeking candidates for the following position based in the Gurgaon office

Senior Manager – Vendor Risk Management

What can you expect?

We are looking to hire a Senior Manager in the Vendor Management department. The role will be responsible for enhancing our vendor risk management program, maintaining our inventory and reporting on vendor risks. You will be a subject matter expert on our program, policy, processes and portfolio of vendor risks. Working with our colleagues and other subject matter experts across MMC Vendor Management, Information Security, Data Privacy, Legal and Compliance, you will guide the business in managing vendor risks. Our colleagues will rely on you for help to manage risks throughout the lifecycle of the supplier relationship, to improve operating performance, and safeguard the Company's value.

We will count on you for :

• Ensuring Mercer remains compliant with the MMC Vendor Risk Management Program
• Drive best practices for communicating with vendor relationship owners
• Ensure business and vendor relationship owners are educated on the vendor risk management policy and understand their responsibilities
• Manage internal tracking of risk assessments and facilitate escalations for outstanding or incomplete internal and external risk assessments
• Ensure compliance with the IT / Cyber Risk Register process as required by the vendor risk management policy and standards
• Coordinate executive reporting on compliance with VRM processes
• Manage maintenance of Mercer Vendor Risk Management Inventory
• Ensure visibility of contracted and in-scope Mercer vendors. Validate the completeness of the MMC VRM registry of vendor relationships and ensure vendor data records are up to date.
• Work with MMC VRM to determine in-scope vendors and engage Information Security when higher risk relationships or services are introduced
• Manage special projects related to Vendor Management, including but not limited to process implementations, responses to vendor security risks (in collaboration with Vendor Risk Management and Information Security) and internal audit responses.
• Assign and monitor work of Vendor Risk Management support staff, ensuring quality output and adherence to departmental standards and procedures
• Recommend new standards and procedures to support continuous improvement

Note : Applicants will need to work during standard working hours in the United States.

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What makes you stand out?

Why join our team :

Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer’s more than 20,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE : MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with more than 85,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over $23 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh , Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman , Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit mercer.com . Follow Mercer on and X .

Marsh McLennan (NYSE : MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses : Marsh , Guy Carpenter , Mercer and Oliver Wyman . With annual revenue of $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com , or follow on and X .

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex / gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.