Information technology business management specialist

Position Summary:

Support the IT department with management of strategic partner contracts and vendor relationships, with a firm focus toward optimizing vendor performance and ensuring strategic alignment. Responsible for analyzing vendor service level agreements, contracts, and vendor performance against the IT vendor portfolio. Additionally, responsible for Statement of Work (SOW) oversight and invoice reconciliation.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Obtains vendor quotes, submits, reviews, and tracks, all IT vendor invoices, and ensures invoice payment.
• Reviews, tracks, and submits all IT approved SOW requisitions for purchase order approval for both capital and expense acquisitions and for both MHC and other business units.
• Collaborates between financial and business stakeholders and vendors to reconcile purchase orders, and resolve contractual and invoice discrepancies.
• Supports financial team with PO processes and ensure vendor leases/purchases are correct tracked in support IT and Peoplesoft systems.
• Assists with developing and editing departmental documents and various administrative functions.
• Actively seeks ways to streamline contractual and procurement processes.
• Acts as liaison for escalation of issues identified by the vendor management team, procurement, business stakeholders, finance, and external suppliers.
• Maintains good vendor management documentation and records to support audit requests.
• Assists with the coordination of periodic vendor business reviews.
• Assists with monitoring vendors contractual compliance.
• Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Qualifications:

Required:

• High School diploma
• 2-4 years of experience in procurement related activities, including PO generation, invoice reconciliation, vendor management, or other related items.
• OR Possess a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting/Finance, Healthcare, Information Technology or other related field.

Preferred:

• Experience with Oracle PeopleSoft Financial
• Experience working with contract life cycle solutions