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Vendor Solutions Consultant, Google Cloud (English, Spanish)

Vendor Solutions Consultant, Google Cloud (English, Spanish)

1 Week ago • 8 Years + • Business Development

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Job Description

As a Vendor Solutions Consultant, you will enable the execution of the Google Cloud Vendor Management Office (VMO) strategy. You will own delivery of Sourcing Solutions to Google Cloud stakeholders and assist VMO in sourcing, establishing vendors, and deploying contracting structures/governance models. You will work as an advisor and expert in the vendor extended workforce space for our business stakeholders and partners to deliver successful solutions and execution, owning timelines and outcomes to comply with the team's KPIs. Responsibilities include developing and executing sourcing strategies, analyzing vendor agreements, proposing new solutions considering location strategy and commercial clauses, researching cost benchmarks, and identifying opportunities to reduce overhead and enhance KPIs. You will collaborate with various Google Cloud teams, including support, sales, and engineering.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
8+ years in technical project management or customer-facing role
Experience analyzing and advising commercial business agreements
Fluency in English and Spanish
Develop and execute vendor sourcing strategies
Analyze existing vendor agreements and identify gaps

Good to have:

Experience preparing sourcing requests and presenting to executives
Experience in a contract role with a professional services organization
Global collaboration experience
Ability to deliver business transformation programs
Thought leadership and result-oriented approach

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in a technical project management or customer-facing role in consulting or vendor extended workforce/IT services (e.g., Customer Support, Tele-Sales, Engineering, etc.).
Experience analyzing and advising commercial business agreements, and governing SOW constructs for service-based agreements and commercial models.
Ability to communicate in English and Spanish fluently to engage with local stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience preparing Strategy in Sourcing requests from business, consulting, and presenting to executive stakeholders.
Experience in a contract role with a professional services and consulting organization.
Ability to collaborate globally across vendors, business, operations, marketing, and product teams.
Ability to deliver business transformation programs in a fluid environment.
Ability to operate in complex environments, demonstrate thought leadership, and be result-oriented.
Ability to communicate and influence cross-functionally and at the executive level.

About the job

You will work on areas such as contracting, vendor selection, administration of requests, location strategy, rate card assessments, and others. You will support the development of standardized terms for vendor Statements of Work (SOW) for Google Cloud services. You will collaborate with business teams across Google Cloud support, sales, engineering, and more. The Google Cloud VMO has responsibility for all extended workforce needs across Google Cloud. We’re building a team that is focused on partnering with the businesses we support to achieve proactive issue resolution and value creation.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute strategies for sourcing, selecting, negotiating with, and contracting vendors for Google Cloud Business functions (e.g., Engineering, Sales, Support, etc.).
Analyze existing vendor agreements, compare them against standards, and identify gaps to minimize operational risks.
Propose new solutions considering location strategy, rate cards, and commercial clauses, aligning them with standards and industry best practices.
Research cost benchmarks across global locations and service types to provide recommendations that meet Google Cloud business goals.
Identify opportunities to reduce overhead, contract count, execution time, and enhance other relevant KPIs.

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