
Associate Professional, Vendor Management
- Mississauga, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work as a liaison between vendors and the organization.
- Responsible for some back-end operations as well as connecting with the vendor and growing accounts.
- Responsible for proactive cold calling to generate leads and managing existing accounts to ensure long-term client satisfaction and growth.
- Provides specialized consultative service and implements, drives, and maintains vendor programs, marketing, and training.
- Review and negotiate terms of vendor contracts and communicate with vendors regarding day-to-day matters.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with vendors and monitor vendor performance.
- Research invoice and contractual issues and resolve discrepancies.
- Post-secondary education or equivalent is required.
- Minimum 1-2 years of account management experience & hunting for new business.
- Must be passionate and able to identify and pursue new business opportunities.
- Proficient in MS Office suite.
- Adept in managing escalations and supporting the vendor as needed.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Must be detail-oriented, organized, and articulate.
- Established and productive professional individual contributor.
- *This is not a complete listing of the job duties. It's a representation of the things you will be doing, and you may not perform all of these duties.
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