Vendor Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developing and sustaining long-standing relationships with company-approved vendors.
• Meeting with suitable vendors to assess their products, inquire about their services, negotiate pricing, and communicate any product or service-related concerns.
• Conducting research on available vendors to determine which vendors offer the best pricing and product quality.
• Continually monitoring sales trends to determine which products are more popular than others.
• Implementing vendor selection programs to ensure that the best vendors are secured.
• Conducting interviews with new vendors and informing approved vendors of their responsibilities and obligations.
• Establishing standards by which to assess the performance of approved vendors.
• Evaluating current vendor management programs and identifying ways to improve them.