IT Vendor Management Specialist

About FWD Group

FWD Group (1828.HK) is a pan-Asian life and health insurance business that serves more than 38 million customers across 10 markets, including BRI Life in Indonesia. FWD’s customer-led and tech-enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience. Established in 2013, the company operates in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world with a vision of changing the way people feel about insurance. FWD Group is listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 1828.

For more information, please visit www.fwd.com

Job Purpose

Maintain a cordial relationship for both new and existing vendors to fulfil obligations of IT procurement and commercial IT management of the organization

Key Responsibilities

• Research and evaluate vendors on parameters such as pricing, quality, standards, summarize findings, and negotiate with them.
• Work with legal, finance and procurement team to complete procurement processes

• Lead and prepare necessary documents for procurement. This includes but not limited to RFI, RFP, RFQ, Scope of Work, and contract
• Negotiate contracts and terms of service
• Manage maintenance contracts and renewals
• Establishing standards by which to assess the performance of approved vendors
• Maintain positive relationships with company approved vendors to ensure long term support and strategic alignment