Our vision as RTP International is to provide market-leading, resilient, scalable and highly secure account-to-account payments technology and services, enabling an efficient and data-rich digital payments eco-system.

The RTP International Business Support Team is looking for a Vendor Manager to drive our supplier strategy forward by consistently innovating and problem-solving. The ideal candidate is passionate about managing supplier relationships, highly motivated, intellectually curious and analytical.

Role
• Develop and maintain relationships with key RTP International suppliers whilst working closely with internal stakeholders to identify key priorities and ensure consistent and efficient processes are applied.
• Manage the RTP International Supplier Governance Framework ensuring that contractual, regulatory and delivery issues are discussed and addressed.
• Support Business Owners with developing KPI's and SLA's that can drive improved performance and value for money.
• Support the business with developing supplier strategies which align to wider organisational objectives.
• Support the business to develop consistent, clear and effective SOWs which are easy to understand and drive the right behaviours from suppliers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and successful execution of strategic supplier initiatives.

All About you
• Experience managing and maintaining supplier relationships.
• Experience drafting SOWs or monitoring supplier agreements.
• Experience setting up and chairing governance meetings.
• Experience working with a range of internal stakeholders e.g. Risk, Finance, Engineering etc.
• Strong communicator with the ability to break down complex information and articulate clearly for broad sets of stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate ideas, problems and actions.

Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.