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You will partner across business teams, Sourcing, Legal, Risk, and suppliers to move engagements forward and support sound commercial decisions.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead lower-to-moderate complexity sourcing engagements based on business requirements, supplier capabilities, cost, risk, and commercial considerations.\nManage competitive sourcing and bidding activities, including requests for information, proposals, and quotes.\nEvaluate suppliers using commercial terms, pricing, capabilities, contracts, data, and relevant category knowledge.\nDevelop and analyze pricing models and supplier comparisons to support informed sourcing decisions.\nPartner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into effective sourcing approaches.\nCoordinate engagements across business partners, Procurement, Legal, Risk, and suppliers.\nManage sourcing activities through defined milestones, proactively resolving issues and escalating risks when appropriate.\nSupport contract review, approval, renewal, and timeline management.\nBuild productive supplier and internal stakeholder relationships through clear communication and expectation management.\nIdentify viable supplier alternatives and opportunities to improve commercial or operational outcomes.\nMaintain accurate procurement and supplier information consistent with data-quality expectations.\nRequired Qualifications\nThree years of related work experience.\nUndergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.\nExperience in procurement, sourcing, supplier management, vendor management, purchasing, contracting, or a closely related function.\nExperience coordinating sourcing transactions, supplier-selection processes, competitive bids, or comparable commercial engagements.\nAbility to evaluate supplier capabilities, commercial information, pricing, contracts, or related business data.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to compare alternatives and support business decisions.\nDemonstrated stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.\nPreferred Qualifications\nAccounting or Finance degree.\nExperience with RFx processes such as RFPs, RFIs, or RFQs.\nContract review, contract lifecycle management, or vendor-invoicing experience.\nExperience partnering with Legal and Risk functions during sourcing engagements.\nCategory sourcing or category-management experience.\nPricing analysis, cost modeling, or commercial analysis experience.\nExperience in financial services or another regulated environment.\nSpecial Factors\nSponsorship\nVanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.About Vanguard\nAt Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission.\nTo work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. 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