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(Senior) IT Vendor Manager (m/f/x)
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02. Open
Experienced
ITJobs: Buying
ALDI International Services SE & Co. oHGMintarder StraeMlheim an der Ruhr
Mintarder Strae3640
Mlheim an der Ruhr
45481
Germany (DE)
contract
partial mobile working within Germany
ALDI DX
Varvara Brandl
TopJobFeb25
1
ITJobs
IT Consultant
NordrheinWestfalen (DENW)
24.03.2025 14:10
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Employee
various
Info text
At ALDI DX we develop innovative digital products and services for our employees as well as our customers in 11 ALDI SD countries and over 7300 ALDI SD stores worldwide. We drive digital value to offer great quality at the lowest price. We will be guided along the way by the three core values of the ALDI SD Group simplicity reliability and responsibility. Our team and our performance are also at the heart of everything we do at ALDI DX.
Our International IT Procurement department (IITP) is responsible for procuring all ITrelated goods and services (hardware software and IT services). The centrally and globally integrated department is divided into two main areas: Strategic IT Procurement and Vendor Management. These are supported by IT Procurement Operations and Software Asset Management.
We are expanding our IT Vendor Management team and are looking for ambitious employees for ALDI International Services. We assume responsibility for and develop the relationship with our strategic vendor of pointofsale solutions in the stores area. Would you like to actively shape the future of ALDI SOUTH Then apply now and join our team!
Your Job
What this role looks like.
- Further developing and maintaining longterm cooperative relationships with our strategic pointofsale vendors in order to sustainably improve our collaboration
- Assuming full responsibility for developing and implementing strategic goals and measures in close coordination with the IT Buying and business departments
- Supporting the management team by providing wellfounded advice on vendor management and proactively finding solutions to escalations
- Ensuring effective collaboration with our IT vendors by managing and holding strategic workshops meetings and events even at Clevel
- Ensuring effective collaboration using indepth knowledge of contract content and the entire contractual landscape
- Regularly analysing the vendors product portfolio and the products and solutions used at internal level in order to derive a strategic direction
- Identifying crossdepartmental risks and monitoring defined mitigation measures
Your Profile
What you bring with you.
- A degree in business administration business informatics IT management or a comparable degree
- Several years of professional experience in the areas of vendor relations IT partner/vendor management and IT buying
- Knowledge of how contracts are structured and a fundamental legal understanding of IT contracts
- Networking mindset confident demeanour assertiveness and the ability to communicate and negotiate diplomatically with people at different hierarchical levels including external Clevel IT service providers
- A selfstarter who works independently responsibly and solutionorientated but is also a strong team player
- Analytical structured and conceptual way of thinking as well as the ability to take on a high degree of individual responsibility
- Professional fluency in German and English
Desirable extras.
- ITIL knowledge or ITIL certificate
- Initial experience in the management of outsourced IT services is ideal
- Knowledge of or experience in how to work in an agile environment
- Initial experience in developing a vendor strategy
Your Benefits
What you will get in return.
- Partial mobile working within Germany
- Stateoftheart technologies
- Attractive remuneration as well as holiday and Christmas bonuses
- Futureoriented training and development
- Modular onboarding and buddy
- Corporate health management programme
Your Tech Stack
What you will work with.
- M365
- SAP
- Many more depending on the job
Required Experience:
Manager