Vendor Manager

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. No job title heading. No metadata like Job ID. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "Make an Impact at Veristat! ..." maybe part of About the role? Actually that is company description; could go under About the role. The "What We Offer" includes salary range and benefits. So we need Pay section with salary range. Benefits section with list. Schedule? Not mentioned; remote working, flexible time off maybe schedule? Not explicit schedule. Probably no Schedule section. Also we need to preserve all substantive info. Let's parse content: Job Description Vendor Manager ... (first paragraph) describes role responsibilities. Then "Make an Impact at Veristat! Join a global team..." is about company. Then "What We Offer" includes salary range and benefits list. Then "What We Look For" includes requirements, qualifications, skills. We need to map to headings: About the role (maybe combine role description + company impact). Responsibilities (list duties). Requirements (education, experience). Qualifications (maybe preferred experience). Skills (skills list). Benefits (list). Pay (salary range). Schedule (if any). We'll decide. Let's extract specifics: Role description paragraph: "The Vendor Manager is responsible for the end-to-end management of Veristat’s vendor lifecycle, from vendor identification and proposal support through selection, qualification, negotiation, and contract execution. The role will lead strategic sourcing and procurement activities globally, including those supporting clinical trials conducted on behalf of Veristat’s sponsors. The Vendor Manager will also develop and maintain strong relationships with contracted vendors, serving as a key point of contact for performance concerns and escalations. This position is responsible for establishing and maintaining vendor performance measures, including KPIs and scorecards, monitoring vendor performance and market trends, and evaluating new and emerging vendors to ensure Veristat maintains a strong, competitive, and high-performing vendor network" That's responsibilities. Company impact paragraph: "Make an Impact at Veristat! Join a global team with more than 30 years of expertise accelerating life-changing therapies to patients worldwide. 105+ approved therapies for marketing applications prepared by Veristat 480+ oncology projects in the past 5 years 350+ rare disease projects delivered in the past 5 years Flexible, inclusive culture — 70% remote workforce, 66% women-led teams Learn more about our core values here!" We can include under About the role. What We Offer: "The estimated hiring range for this role is $110- $127k plus applicable bonus. This hiring range is specific to the US and will vary for other regions based upon local market data. Final salary is ultimately decided upon taking into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to: skills and experience, licensure and certifications, education, specific location and dynamic market data.Benefits vary by location and may include:Remote workingFlexible time offPaid holidaysMedical insuranceTuition reimbursementRetirement plans" We need Pay section: salary range. Benefits section: list. What We Look For: bullet list of requirements. Let's extract each line: - Bachelor's Degree required. - 5+ years of relevant experience in vendor management, procurement, strategic sourcing, contracting, or supplier management; clinical research/CRO, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences experience strongly preferred. - Demonstrated experience managing the vendor lifecycle from sourcing and proposal development through contracting, relationship management, and ongoing performance management. - Experience developing and managing vendor KPIs, scorecards, governance programs, and performance improvement plans preferred. - Strong experience with vendor negotiation, qualification, sourcing, procurement, and contracting. - Ability to analyze vendor capabilities, pricing, performance, operational risk, and market alternatives to support strategic decision-making. - Demonstrated project/program management skills, including risk assessment and contingency planning. - Strong matrix leadership, communication, negotiation, teamwork, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence without authority. - Ability to establish strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external business partners. - Innovative and adaptable; able to challenge the status quo, drive change, and support continuous improvement and knowledge sharing. - Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and relevant vendor/procurement systems; awareness of applicable local country requirements is required. Also there is "Automated Decision Making: All applicants are reviewed by a member of the Veristat Talent Acquisition team; Veristat does not utilize an automated decision-making process." That's boilerplate? It's about process, maybe we can drop as it's not substantive? It's not EEO but maybe considered boilerplate. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. This is about automated decision making; could be considered legal? Safer to drop. Also "Veristat is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees." That's EEO boilerplate, drop. Now we need to decide sections. About the role: combine role description + company impact? Could be two paragraphs. Responsibilities: maybe we already covered in role description; but we could separate responsibilities list. However the role description already includes responsibilities. To avoid duplication, we could put responsibilities as a list derived from that paragraph. But we must preserve all substantive info; we can keep the paragraph as prose under About the role, and not repeat. The instruction: "Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

  for prose." So if we have a list of duties, we should use ul. The role description paragraph is prose; we could keep as

  . If we want to break into list, we could but not required. Probably keep as prose. Responsibilities section maybe not needed if we already have role description. But we could still have Responsibilities with list derived from that paragraph. However that would duplicate info? Not necessarily duplicate if we rephrase; but we must preserve all info, not invent or summarize away detail. If we convert prose to list, we must keep same info. Could do either. Safer to keep as prose under About the role and not have separate Responsibilities. Requirements: Bachelor's Degree required; 5+ years experience; etc. Could be list. Qualifications: maybe preferred experience (clinical research/CRO etc) and experience developing KPIs etc. Could be list. Skills: abilities like negotiation, analysis, project management, leadership, communication, etc. Could be list. Benefits: list. Pay: salary range. Schedule: not present; we omit. Now ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Now produce HTML fragment. Structure:

  About the role

  ... (role description paragraph + company impact paragraph)

  Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree required.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience in vendor management, procurement, strategic sourcing, contracting, or supplier management; clinical research/CRO, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences experience strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience managing the vendor lifecycle from sourcing and proposal development through contracting, relationship management, and ongoing performance management.
  • Experience developing and managing vendor KPIs, scorecards, governance programs, and performance improvement plans preferred.
  • Strong experience with vendor negotiation, qualification, sourcing, procurement, and contracting.
  • Ability to analyze vendor capabilities, pricing, performance, operational risk, and market alternatives to support strategic decision-making.
  • Demonstrated project/program management skills, including risk assessment and contingency planning.
  • Strong matrix leadership, communication, negotiation, teamwork, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence without authority.
  • Ability to establish strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external business partners.
  • Innovative and adaptable; able to challenge the status quo, drive change, and support continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and relevant vendor/procurement systems; awareness of applicable local country requirements is required.
  But we might split into Qualifications and Skills. However the list includes many items that could be considered qualifications or skills. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But we have headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose to include only those with real content. We could have Requirements (education + experience), Qualifications (preferred experience, KPI etc), Skills (abilities). That's three sections plus About, Benefits, Pay. Let's try to categorize: Requirements (must-haves): - Bachelor's Degree required. - 5+ years of relevant experience in vendor management, procurement, strategic sourcing, contracting, or supplier management. - Demonstrated experience managing the vendor lifecycle from sourcing and proposal development through contracting, relationship management, and ongoing performance management. - Strong experience with vendor negotiation, qualification, sourcing, procurement, and contracting. - Ability to analyze vendor capabilities, pricing, performance, operational risk, and market alternatives to support strategic decision-making. - Demonstrated project/program management skills, including risk assessment and contingency planning. - Strong matrix leadership, communication, negotiation, teamwork, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence without authority. - Ability to establish strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external business partners. - Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and relevant vendor/procurement systems; awareness of applicable local country requirements is required. Qualifications (preferred/strongly preferred): - clinical research/CRO, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences experience strongly preferred. - Experience developing and managing vendor KPIs, scorecards, governance programs, and performance improvement plans preferred. - Innovative and adaptable; able to challenge the status quo, drive change, and support continuous improvement and knowledge sharing. Skills (maybe overlapping). But we could just have Requirements and Qualifications; Skills maybe not needed. But we have many skill-like items in Requirements already. To avoid thin sections, maybe we combine Requirements and Qualifications into one "Requirements" section with both must-have and preferred. That's okay. Thus sections: About the role, Requirements, Benefits, Pay. We could also include Responsibilities if we want separate but we already have role description in About. Could add Responsibilities as list derived from role description but that would duplicate. Better to keep About the role containing both role description and company impact. Thus final HTML:

  About the role

  The Vendor Manager is responsible for the end-to-end management of Veristat’s vendor lifecycle, from vendor identification and proposal support through selection, qualification, negotiation, and contract execution. The role will lead strategic sourcing and procurement activities globally, including those supporting clinical trials conducted on behalf of Veristat’s sponsors. The Vendor Manager will also develop and maintain strong relationships with contracted vendors, serving as a key point of contact for performance concerns and escalations. This position is responsible for establishing and maintaining vendor performance measures, including KPIs and scorecards, monitoring vendor performance and market trends, and evaluating new and emerging vendors to ensure Veristat maintains a strong, competitive, and high-performing vendor network.

  Make an Impact at Veristat! Join a global team with more than 30 years of expertise accelerating life-changing therapies to patients worldwide. 105+ approved therapies for marketing applications prepared by Veristat. 480+ oncology projects in the past 5 years. 350+ rare disease projects delivered in the past 5 years. Flexible, inclusive culture — 70% remote workforce, 66% women-led teams. Learn more about our core values here!

  Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree required.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience