Vendor Operations Manager

Google Google · Big Tech · Boulder, CO +2

This role manages vendor operations, focusing on transitioning to tech-forward operations and integrating Generative AI and LLM-powered tools into supply chain workflows. The manager will lead business reviews, monitor SLAs using AI-enhanced analytics, oversee financial operations, and ensure cost optimization through automation and efficiency.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be a primary bridge between internal teams and global partners, evolving traditional vendor relationships into alliances focused on long-term health and AI technical proficiency.
  2. Lead the transition from legacy manual processes to tech-forward operations, driving the end-to-end rollout of Generative AI, LLM-powered tools, and automated workflows across the supply chain.
  3. Lead structured business reviews (weekly business review (WBRs)/monthly business review (MBRs) quaterly business review (QBRs) and leverage AI-enhanced analytics to monitor service level agreement (SLAs), quality scores (service quality evaluation (SQE)), and on-time delivery (vOTD).
  4. Partner cross-functionally with Content Strategy and Program Management to modernize intake and scoping, ensuring the content ecosystem is built for high-volume global scalability.
  5. Oversee the full financial life cycle including budget forecasting, statement of work (SOW) management, and invoice reconciliation to ensure cost optimization through automation and efficiency gains.

Skills

Required

  • operations
  • business management
  • vendor management
  • planning
  • high-stakes decisions
  • communication
  • stakeholder management
  • structured problem-solving
  • project management tools
  • investigative skills
  • data analysis tools

Nice to have

  • content strategy
  • production
  • multimedia operations
  • business intelligence platform

What the JD emphasized

  • AI technical proficiency
  • Generative AI
  • LLM-powered tools
  • AI-enhanced analytics