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In this role, you will own the end-to-end vendor lifecycle-converting ground-sourced leads into active platform partners, managing day-to-day capacity and payout reconciliations, and tracking delivery performance. You will serve as a key bridge between operational demand and vendor partners to scale platform supply and hit business goals.\nKey Responsibilities\nVendor Sourcing, Conversion & Onboarding\nLead Conversion: Connect with potential vendor leads identified by ground field teams, convert them into platform partners, and manage their end-to-end onboarding.\nPipeline Sourcing: Proactively search for and engage new local 3PL vendors, courier groups, and service providers to build supply capacity.\n Contracting: Negotiate commercial terms, payment structures, and baseline service level agreements (SLAs) with Legal and Finance alignment.\nOperational Management & Supply Balance\nDemand-Supply Alignment: Actively manage existing vendors to align day-to-day courier/driver supply with platform demand, preventing supply shortages.\nPayout Operations: Oversee vendor billing, handle payout queries, reconcile disputes, and ensure timely invoicing with internal Finance teams.\nCapacity Planning: Work closely with City Operations to map out coverage needs across key target zones.\nPerformance & Escalation Management\n KPI Tracking: Monitor key metrics including Turnaround Time (TAT), fulfillment rates, quality compliance, and error rates.\nEscalation Point: Serve as the main point of contact to resolve field issues, payout errors, or delivery failures promptly.\nGovernance Reviews: Conduct regular feedback sessions with vendors to track performance and implement corrective action plans for operational gaps.\nCross-Functional Execution\nWork alongside Operations, Finance, and Tech/Product teams to streamline logistics workflows.\nMaintain clear tracking sheets, partner status reports, and operational dashboards.\nStay agile to handle evolving operational challenges and stretch tasks needed to achieve overall growth targets.\nQualifications & Requirements\nExperience: 1+ years of experience in vendor management, 3PL logistics, on-demand platforms, quick-commerce, or channel management in India.\nExecution & Conversion: Strong communication and negotiation skills to convert leads and manage vendor expectations.\n Data Skills: Proficient in Excel/Google Sheets for tracking performance data and financial payouts (experience using AI tools for analytics is a plus).\n Adaptability: High ownership mindset, proactive problem-solver, and comfortable taking on diverse operational tasks to drive business results.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2768,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Commerce","Transportation & Logistics","Delivery"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-27T10:07:22Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":7,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:26","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-09-29T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/blitz-program-manager-vendor-management","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/blitz-program-manager-vendor-management.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-30T00:35:49Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":435,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4565,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}}