Position Title : DA e-comm Vendor Management Lead - Asia
Reports to : DA CoE Global Leader
Business Unit : Consumer Intelligence - Data Acquisition
Location : Vadodara India
Job Purpose
- This role works closely with in-market eCommerce PL Commercial Dsci Ops Tech Finance Procurement & Legal teams and is accountable for onboarding ecommerce third party vendors and ensuring compliance improvement in overall processes related to vendor scouting RFP evaluation onboarding negotiations and contracting.
- Post vendor contract execution this role is responsible for maintaining day-to-day relationships with the vendors carrying out detailed discussions aimed at performance improvement against the required performance criteria per project and optimizing related vendor expenses against the set budgets.
- They will be conducting regular reviews with Internal stakeholders and Vendors and drive specific. Quality improvement goals for the Vendor including any change management pertaining to data receipt (content format advance notice on changes impacting data deliveries to NIQ).
- This role will also be the SPOC for all Ecommerce vendor engagements in respective geographies to provide regular updates w.r.t. in-market progress on vendor relationships and BAU KPIs (sourced from Ops) to regional leadership.
Job Responsibilities
Vendor Management (Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Development) :
Participate and support the Vendor accreditation process development at global level with Ops Transformation & DSci.Work with Product Dsci Procurement & Legal teams to onboard third-party ecommerce vendors within anticipated timelines.Participate in vendor negotiations as an observer and raise issues in due time for remedial actions to Product & COE leadership.Support PL and DSci to drive any on-ground conversations with the vendors related to data collection methodology improvements data quality completeness accuracy and timeliness.Establish and maintain a close relationship with Vendors and act as a point of contact between vendors and NIQ.Facilitate vendors in being up to speed with NIQ systems and processes involved in procurement (Ariba) Payments (P2P process) Payment timelines (Invoice date x days). - Closely monitor vendor landscape for eCommerce in your assigned geography and work with concerned stakeholders on creating back up vendor pools for critical projects / products.Scope
Budget Responsibility : Vendor & personnel expenses if anyNumber of employees managed : as applicable for the roleThe role is global / regional / local : Regional / Multi-CountryBreadth of functions under management : No responsible for managing other functionsSuccess Measures
Vendor Quality KPIsOperational Stability - Vendor Conversation ClosuresReporting Needs - Rigor in providing timely updates / visibility to stakeholders (Say do Ratio)Continuous Improvement - KPI Improvement with VendorsOutput from special assignments (Feedback from Stakeholders)Role Requirements
Bachelors or Masters in any stream (preferably mathematics statistics science or economics)3-5 years of experience in market research domainsExposure to Ariba or similar tools used in procurementExcellent communication & negotiations skills.Professional fluency in English and local language.Sound business acumenAdditional Information :
Our Benefits
Flexible working environmentVolunteer time offLinkedIn LearningEmployee-Assistance-Program (EAP)About NIQ
NIQ is the worlds leading consumer intelligence company delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to 2023 NIQ combined with GfK bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insightsdelivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platformsNIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100 markets covering more than 90% of the worlds population.
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Employment Type : Full-time
Key Skills
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Experience : years
Vacancy : 1