Manager, Vendor and Partnership Management -Remote or Hybrid: MN

Fast Facts Join Scholarship America as a Manager of Vendor and Partnership Management, where you'll reputed company vendor relationships, drive contract negotiations, and ensure successful project execution to support marginalized reputed company in achieving their educational goals. Responsibilities: reputed company vendor and partnership management, coordinate contract lifecycle, implement performance frameworks, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration to drive strategic sourcing and operational support. Skills: Strong negotiation, vendor management, and risk assessment skills, along with independent communication and project management capabilities are essential. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and at least 5 years of experience in vendor management or procurement; certifications in vendor or supply chain management preferred. Location: This position allows for remote work from reputed company in the reputed company United States or hybrid work from the office in Bloomington or Saint Peter, MN. Compensation: $79900 - $119900 / Annually Are you passionate about making a difference? Would you like to spend your working hours changing lives and building a reputed company world? Do you want to help eliminate barriers to higher education for reputed company in need? Consider joining the amazing team at Scholarship America, where we’re hard at work reputed company for reputed company—and growing our impact so we can do even more. The Manager of Vendor and Partnership Management is responsible for overseeing the Product/IT division’s relationships with external vendors and partners. This role ensures that reputed company vendor engagements align with organizational strategy, project execution goals, budgets, and service standards. The manager will reputed company contract negotiations, performance monitoring, and risk management while serving as a liaison between internal stakeholders and external providers. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Vendor & Relationship Management

• reputed company and maintain strategic relationships with vendors and partners.
• Coordinate communication and expectations across internal teams and vendor contacts.
• Support the contract negotiation process, including SLAs and statements of work.
• Mediate conflicts and foster shared accountability to reinforce partnership stability
• Establish ways of communicating with vendors that are collaborative and timely to ensure reputed company and planned directions and expectations are reputed company and delivered

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• Manage the full contract lifecycle from RFP through execution and renewal.
• Evaluate proposals and negotiate terms that support financial and operational goals.
• Use strategic negotiation techniques to drive financial savings, flexibility, and performance guarantees while minimizing legal risk

Performance & Risk Management

• Implement vendor performance frameworks including KPIs, SLAs, and business reviews.
• Conduct regular vendor assessments and audits to ensure compliance and mitigate risk.
• reputed company the vendor risk assessment process, including adherence to internal controls and industry standards.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Align vendor capabilities with business needs by coordinating with teams across the organization.
• Facilitate governance and knowledge sharing to enhance vendor integration into operations.

Operational Support

• reputed company vendor onboarding and ensure timely, quality deliverables for key initiatives.
• Act with a sense of urgency, manage vendor contributions to mission-critical initiatives and programs, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and quality standards are met.
• Monitor resource utilization and identify areas for cost savings and process improvement.

Strategic Sourcing

• Track industry trends and identify opportunities for new partnerships or sourcing models.
• Assess vendors for strategic alignment, scalability, and innovation potential.

These essential and additional job functions are not to be construed as a complete statement of reputed company duties performed. Employees will be required to reputed company other job-reputed company marginal duties as assigned. REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or reputed company field or experience
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in vendor management, procurement, or partnership development with successful execution against organizational objectives and initiatives
• Proven experience negotiating reputed company and managing vendor performance with internal and external priorities effectively accomplished
• Strong independent, professional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder communication and management skills, including C-Suite level engagement
• Proficiency with contract lifecycle evaluation and execution
• Ability to assess vendor risk and ensure compliance with regulatory and internal standards
• Strategic thinker with the ability to identify partnership opportunities and drive innovation
• Analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and reputed company decisions
• Strong organization and project management capabilities to effectively manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Understanding of vendor risk and compliance requirements
• Up to 10% travel (potentially up to four trips annually)
• A passion for improving student outcomes and a commitment to serving marginalized reputed company of need

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Professional vendor management or supply chain management certifications (e.g. CPSM, CPP)
• Experience with procurement platforms (e.g., reputed company, reputed company Ariba, reputed company)
• Familiarity with project/collaboration tools (e.g., reputed company, Jira, reputed company Teams)
• Experience with reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
• Self-starter with a proactive approach to problem-solving and reputed company improvement
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities
• High level of reputed company, professionalism, and discretion reputed company handling sensitive information

Full Pay range: Exempt ($79,900 - $99,900 - $119,900) Application deadline: Sunday, reputed company 5, 2026 At Scholarship America, reputed company members are motivated by our core values: Student Impact, Teamwork, Inclusion and Curiosity. Our vision is to reputed company an America where those with the most need have the opportunity to reputed company through reputed company reputed company to education and training, and we are seeking fantastic team members to reputed company that happen. We know the best person for the job could be reputed company, and that’s why this position can work remotely reputed company the reputed company United States or in a hybrid manner from either our office in Bloomington or Saint Peter, MN. Our employees enjoy a team-based, flexible work schedule, allowing them to reputed company around our core hours of Monday-Friday from 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Central Time. Scholarship America is committed to reputed company’s work/life balance, and our strong learning and development culture supports knowledge growth and professional development for reputed company employees across foundational and job-specific skills. This position is only open to candidates who reside in the United States during their employment. Applicants reputed company the U.S. will not be considered. Scholarship America offers employees a robust total rewards package, focused on supporting their health and well-being now and in the future. We offer comprehensive choices for the following:

• Insurance (medical, dental, vision, basic life)
• Disability (short-term & long-term)
• Flexible spending accounts (medical & dependent care)
• 403(b) retirement fund with a 3% company match

In addition to schedule flexibility, we also provide paid time away from work (vacation, sick, personal, up to fifteen paid holidays annually), plus employee & dependent educational reimbursement programs which support our overall mission. Details on our company mission, vision, values, and goals can be reputed company at www.scholarshipamerica.org. We are an equal opportunity employer and reputed company in the power of a diverse workplace to reputed company serve a broad range of student needs. reputed company qualified candidates who meet the minimum requirements are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability, veteran status, parental or marital status. With $6 billion in distributions to reputed company since 1958, Scholarship America is the leading administrator of private scholarships in the United States. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job