Fidelity Investments Hiring for Director, HR Vendor Management Job at Merrimack, NH Full Time

Job Description:

The Team

As a member of the HR Vendor Management team, you will lead a portfolio of moderate to critical complexity vendors across Human Resources and supporting the team with other critical initiatives. This role requires a strong focus with vendor risk, vendor performance and impacting overall financial benefit to the firm. You will collaborate with HR Business partners to support their goals and initiatives, while holding our external vendors accountable through contract compliance. The primary vendors in this opportunity will focus on vendors supporting the HR Talent Acquisition group, however may include other HR groups as needed.

The Expertise You Have:

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent (and relevant) experience.
• 7-10 years of work experience in Vendor Management, Procurement or Risk related roles.
• Extensive Fidelity expertise and work experience interacting with all levels of the organization.

The Skills You Bring:

• You are an excellent communicator and have strong facilitation, influencing skills and negotiating skills, with strong executive presence.
• You have the ability to independently drive and lead all aspects of complex vendor engagements with minimal oversight.
• You are organized and can lead multiple projects or activities simultaneously and deliver results in an accurate and timely manner.
• You have an ability to cultivate and improve partnerships with peers, leaders, vendors and other partners.
• You have a strong background or experience with Vendor Management and Procurement processes.
• You are eager to join a growing team that focuses on establishing processes, innovative solutions and standards across a dynamic organization.

The Value You Deliver:

• Provide oversight to a portfolio of vendors with strategic complexity.
• Lead all aspects of, measure, and report vendor performance relative to contracted expectations, including Service Level Agreements; drive improvement and accountability with the vendors.
• Seek out and implement cost reduction opportunities across your portfolio
• Support funding processes: including purchase order creation & tracking, reporting and associated governance reviews.
• Significant focus on vendor risk, including proactive risk mitigation measures and collaborating with HR Risk, Compliance and ECS Risk.
• Maintain deep knowledge of the relationship’s overall risk profile and drive resolution of risk-related events.
• Building positive partnerships across Procurement, Risk & Finance.
• Develop full understanding of active contracts and ensure vendor and Fidelity are adhering to contract terms.
• Participate in Procurement related activities, including market scans, RFPs, RFXs, contract and vendor negotiations; coordinate activities to ensure progress, approvals & timely completion.
• Coordinate and drive Business Review meetings with vendors as appropriate.
• Complete responsibilities & compliance to the Enterprise Vendor Management policy.
• Provides analysis and make recommendations for problem resolution complex problems/issues.
• Produce recurring dashboards and/or scorecards to internal and external partners.

At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit Fidelitycareers.com

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a Best Place to Work in 2022. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Many of our associates are continuing to work remotely temporarily due to COVID-19. When Fidelity employees eventually return to the office, our goal is for most people to work flexibly in a way that balances both personal and business needs with time onsite and offsite through what we’re calling “Dynamic Working.”

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Leave of Absence/Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations @fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.