Sr. Technical Vendor Manager, International Technical Vendor Management - Design & Construction

DESCRIPTION

The Sr. Technical Vendor Manager is responsible for Performance Management, Capability Development and Risk Management of strategic Design & Construction service providers such as Consultants, General Contractors and subcontractors. The individual will build and maintain relationships with vendors and deploy strategies to efficiently deliver high-quality projects safely, on time and within the defined budget, looking for the establishment of partnerships and long-term relations.

Successful candidates will have strong level of ownership, bias for action and be highly motivated individuals who have Project/Contracts Management experience within the construction industry. The role will understand the details of Amazon buildings, and will deep dive on key construction partners by working in close collaboration with consultants, General Contractors and internal stakeholders such as Procurement, Pre-construction, Construction and Technology.

Would you like an opportunity to travel and work in multiple countries and cultures? The role will be based in UK or Germany with 50% of time traveling between Brazil, Mexico and Australia.

Key job responsibilities
Drive capacity assessment, collaborate closely with Pre-construction / Construction / Project Delivery Teams on vendor qualification and upskilling, ensuring vendor capacity.

Drive vendor capability assessment, develop and maintain Vendor Strategy together with Procurement Team

Metric analysis, leveraging data to gain comprehensive insights, evaluating key metrics and KPIs against organizational targets

Improve method to collect and sync feedback on vendors, seek out ways to automate and improve productivity

Have technical capacity to understand and improve KPIs on vendors performance as well as internal process.

Assess vendor risks consistently for tender input and support data driven decision.

Manage vendors performance ensure the delivery of CAPEX projects safely, on time and on cost.

Deep dive on technical details and lead problem-resolution, driving process improvements and lessons learnt, keeping productive relation between the organization and the vendors.

Leading critical escalations and claims and manage communication with leadership risks and mitigations.

Be a business partner with the Procurement, Pre-Construction and Construction teams, drive execution of horizontal initiatives.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- • University degree in civil engineering or architecture
- • Proven Vendor management in construction and or contracts management
- • Analytical skills with aptitude for figures and data-driven argumentation
- • Proficient in utilizing Excel and software tools to deliver vendor metrics and conduct data-driven analysis.
- • Written and verbal communication skills in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
- • Flexibility to travel up to 50% between Brazil, Mexico and Australia.
- • Project management, real estate development, architecture/design experience