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At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.As the Vendor Ecosystem Management Office (VEMO) Rationalization Lead, you will be responsible for ensuring that EY Technology operates in an effective and proactive manner to provide best in class services to our clients. Collaborating with stakeholders and focusing on key categories, responsible for ensuring the optimization of our estate, maximize re-use and drive increased value through the products and services that EY procures. Acting as a bridge between the Business and EY T to ensure that products and services used in EY are consolidated, re-use is promoted and increase value is gained.
The opportunity
Accountable for defining, planning, managing, and monitoring all activities associated with the rationalization efforts. Ensuring all business, technical and commercial goals are achieved. Ensuring that we are maximizing the value being gained from our partnerships both tactical and strategic. Focus areas such as Services, Managed Services, Data, Software, Hardware and Networking. Demonstrating integrity, respect, teaming and inclusiveness to achieve the desired outcomes
Your Key Responsibilities
- Understanding the current estate, working with the correct parties to drive effective change including creation of standards.
- Managing and driving towards the standards once defined, migration of products deemed non-standard or not preferred. Plans, cost, impact and migration management with product owners.
- Defining scope, baselines and driving progress to plan
- Support Governance bodies where required when driving approach.
- Setting up and managing the governance and reporting aspects including key stakeholders
- Working with key stakeholders to determine and implement required change.
- Liaising with Alliances, Technical and Product teams where needed, esp. around resale commits and combined internal/external use scenarios.
- Provide on-going insight and recommendations for internal use renewal/commit.
- Define and implement the plan which supports EY Technology moving to a mature position of having roadmaps for key external product sets.
- Work with procurement to drive contract changes resulting from consolidation efforts. Ensuring all required approvals and buy-in are in place
- Take into account dependencies with all concerned parties (EY Technology, Business, Alliances, Procurement., InfoSec etc)
- Creation, maintenance and oversight of roadmaps which support future visions
Skills And Attributes For Success
- Ability to build relationships based on trust, delivering on commitments and doing the right thing, strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence
- Self-starter, thrives in environments with high levels of ambiguity and challenging/senior stakeholders
- Strong Market and technical insight
- Ability to plan and progress against agreed plans.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Motivated by delivery.
- Ability to work and team effectively personnel across geographies.
- Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities and rapid change.
To qualify for the role you must have
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Project Management, Technical, Vendor Management, Procurement, or a similar role.
- Proven exposure to, and understanding of commercial and business models
- Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities
Ideally, you’ll also have
- Demonstrable leadership capabilities with the ability to indirectly manage cross-functional teams.
- Strategic thinker focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence
What We Look For
- EY is looking for a self-motivated, collaborative person with both technical and commercial experience, a passion to drive towards continuous improvement building long-term value for EY.
What We Offer
As part of this role, you'll work in a highly integrated, global team with the opportunity and tools to grow, develop and drive your career forward. Here, you can combine global opportunity with flexible working. The EY benefits package goes above and beyond too, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being. Your recruiter can talk to you about the benefits available in your country. Here’s a snapshot of what we offer:
- Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
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EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
