Director Global Vendor Management OperationsÂ

Director Global Vendor Management Operations

This role will be based in Bengaluru.

At LinkedIn our approach to flexible work is centred on trust and optimized for culture connection clarity and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the business needs of the team.

The Director Global Vendor Management Operations is a critical business leader whose team drives strategy planning and operations at global scale for LinkedIns Global Vendor oversee four strategy & operations sub-teams who help accelerate growth and provide operational leverage to the global vendor management organization through central leadership of the following :

Planning & Performance : Workforce Management (WFM) strategic business planning (financial planning resource allocation & investment) forecasting quarterly business reviews

Project Management : planning project management strategic initiatives

Agent Enablement strategy supporting Training and Quality Assurance functions

Operations Excellence : process improvements systems & tool enhancements core sales operationsand Quality Control (QA)

This individual will be responsible for making data-driven decisions around business strategy in partnership with sales leadership designing and implementing strategy enhancements through our sales planning process and leveraging sales analytics and operational improvements to drive action and improve the productivity of the will also act as a critical partner to regional sales strategy & operations teams intaking regional activities and scaling them to a global level.

This is a people leadership role with an experienced team of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Scaled Vendor Operations Managers and individual contributors. As the Director Global Vendor Management Operations you will have the opportunity to shape and grow a high performing team.

We are looking for an exceptional business and people leader with strong quantitative problem solving communication and project management ideal candidate can effectively communicate with executives and collaborate with a variety of people and job functions accomplishing tasks of high complexity and scope andcanperform professionally in a challenging and extremely fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will be able to handle highly sensitive confidential and non-routine information supporting a rapidly changing organization. Were seeking a leader who can recognize opportunities to drive business growth or improve processes and who can lead a team to bring these ideas to life.

Responsibilities :

Develop and lead a top-calibre global strategy and operations organization

Serve as a key business advisor to sales and cross-functional leadership

Lead global business planning workstreams including financial planning headcount planning resource allocation and investment cases

Accelerate business growth through leadership of strategic initiatives (new product GTM channel strategy & partnerships incentive design and more)

Provide visibility into business performance and translate insights to action via forecasting and business reporting

Drive process improvements and operational transformations to boost organizational productivity

Provide leverage to regional strategy & operations teams by intaking and scaling regional activities globally

Coordinatewith cross-functional teams to lead mission critical projects role alignment & program integrations.

Strong understanding of vendors and risk management

Advanced subject matter expertise in Project Management BPO operations L&D QA and WFM

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications :

BA or BS degree

10 years in operations business process outsourcing or global vendor management

6 years in people management experience

Preferred Qualifications :

MBA or advanced degree preferred(or equivalent work experience)

3 years of experience managing large teams and / or people managers

Experience leading sales operations for a B2B SaaS businesses

Experience with CRM systems (SFDC and Microsoft Dynamics)

Project Management experience and experience mobilizing cross functional teams towards a common goal

Strong problem-solving and project management skills

Experience communicating with and presenting to senior management

Experience analysing data and using data to drive decision-making

Experience pivoting between big picture thinking and operational tactics

Suggested Skills : Leadership

Cross-functional Collaboration

Influencing

Communication

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Employment Type :

Full-time

Key Skills

Employee Relations,Employee Evaluation,Management Experience,Profit & Loss,Conflict Management,Operations Management,Project Management,Budgeting,Leadership Experience,Supervising Experience,Leadership management,Financial Planning

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1