Reckitt
Location
Secunderabad | India
Job description
The Partner Manager sits within the Strategic Partners & Programs team as part of the Global Technology and Security. The Partner Management team is responsible for managing and driving key areas of Partner Engagement, key large contracts, governance, Innovation & Transformation projects with Tier 1 partners / suppliers across key product towers.
Scope of Responsibilities:
Large Partner / Supplier Sourcing
Provide specialist inputs into contracts with selected strategic IT vendors/programs
Support selection of IT service and technology vendors in line with RB s IT sourcing strategy and corporate procurement policies
Support definition and insights & analytics in coordination with internal and external stakeholders to demonstrate the performance of the IT services that they provide and support.
Tier 1 Vendor/Partner Management
Support the integration or alignment of Strategic Tier 1 strategic partners into the overall RB IT governance and reporting structures.
Support development, implementation, coordination and update with partners and internal stakeholders
Manage and execute communications with strategic partners in collaboration with supporting teams.
Maintain a good relationship with strategic partners to maintain reliability, cost-effectiveness and help drive innovation and transformation.
Continually assess the potential performance risks relating to strategic partners and their products or services
Support management and processes across programs and contracts with strategic partners
Support routine market comparisons and benchmarking relating to strategic partner management best practices.
Monitor the compliance of strategic partners with requirements in contracts.
Promote the RB IT&D strategy and operating model to help build a competitive and innovation driven partner ecosystem
Reporting & Communications
Use or develop innovative monitoring and governance dashboards to drive compliance with contracts
Support maintenance of a portfolio of IT Tier 1 contract change requests and the proper documentation and archiving of all contract documents and amendments
Assist in the development of reporting to address management requirements to obtain information.
Stakeholder Management
Maintain current knowledge of strategic partner contracts and report on how they affect the business
Collaborate with the respective IT Product towers including procurement, commercial, servce 0perations teams to enable a positive end-to-end relationship with partners.
Accountabilities:
Accountable for the management of the in-life portfolio of Tier 1 IT contracts.
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