Tenthpin
Resource & Vendor Management Specialist
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At Tenthpin, we are looking for a highly organised, commercially minded and collaborative Resource & Vendor Management Specialist to join our rapidly growing global team. The successful candidate will play a key role in helping us identify, engage and manage high-quality external consultants across Europe and other international markets, ensuring our clients have access to the specialist expertise required to deliver complex transformation programmes.
Working closely with Partners, Delivery Leads and Resource Management teams, you will help support some of the world's leading Life Sciences organisations, contributing to our reputation as one of the consulting success stories of recent years.
The Opportunity
As a Resource & Vendor Management Specialist, you will play a critical role in supporting the engagement, management and deployment of external consultants across our global business. Acting as a trusted partner to both internal stakeholders and external suppliers, you will help ensure we have access to the right talent at the right time, whilst maintaining strong commercial and operational controls.
The role will include, but not be limited to:
- Building and managing relationships with subcontracting agencies and staffing partners across Europe and other international markets.
- Developing and maintaining talent pools of high-quality consultants across key skill areas to support current and future business demand.
- Partnering closely with Resource Management, Delivery Leads and Partners to understand resource requirements and project priorities.
- Supporting the end-to-end engagement of external consultants, from requirement through to onboarding and deployment.
- Negotiating rates and commercial agreements with agencies and subcontracting partners.
- Ensuring up to date Contractor Master Data
- Collaborating with Finance, IT, Compliance to further develop/improve the SubCo process
- Producing reporting and insights relating to vendor performance, consultant utilisation, spend and resource planning activities.
- Supporting consultant allocations, extensions, replacements and transitions across client programmes.
- Acting as a key point of contact for consultants, vendors and internal stakeholders throughout the consultant lifecycle.
- Working as part of a truly global team, collaborating with colleagues across the UK, Europe, USA, Japan and India.
- Contributing to a business that removes much of the traditional red tape associated with large organisations, allowing you to focus on creating value, building relationships and supporting successful project delivery.
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Your Experience
First and foremost, you are highly organised, proactive and relationship-driven, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders simultaneously. You will also bring:
- Experience within Resource Management, Vendor Management, Contract Recruitment, Workforce Planning or a similar role.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to work directly with senior leaders, Delivery Leads and Partners.
- Experience negotiating rates, contracts and commercial agreements with agencies or subcontractors.
- Strong reporting and analytical skills, with the ability to provide meaningful insights from data.
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
- Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Experience working within a consulting, technology or professional services environment would be advantageous.
- Exposure to SAP, SAP S/4HANA or Life Sciences environments would be beneficial.
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Why Tenthpin
Tenthpin is a Global Consulting and Technology Boutique for the Life Sciences industry. With around 450 consultants and constantly growing, we currently operate out of 8 countries: Switzerland, Germany, UK, Portugal, Poland, Japan, USA and India.
At least sixteen of the top 20 Life Sciences companies worldwide trust Tenthpin for independent and unbiased advice.
Our Corporate Services teams are more than a support function. We are subject matter experts and trusted business partners who work closely with colleagues and leaders across the organisation. As part of a truly global and collaborative team, we proactively solve challenges, support growth, and help shape the continued success of Tenthpin.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and a collaborative work environment that encourages professional growth and development.
If you enjoy working in an entrepreneurial and international environment, value collaboration, and want to make a genuine impact within a growing global organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
Tenthpin is an equal opportunities employer.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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