Head Group Third-party Management: Relationship And Contract Management

Absa Bank Limited

Strategic vendor oversight
Risk and regulatory governance
Commercial and contract management
The Head Group Third Party Management is accountable for the strategic oversight, governance, and performance management of strategic, major and critical third-party vendors and outsourcing partners

Job Summary

  • The Head Group Third Party Management is accountable for the strategic oversight, governance, and performance management of strategic, major and critical third-party vendors and outsourcing partners.
  • This role leads and develops a team of Third-Party Relationship Managers, setting standards, driving consistency, and embedding best practice vendor governance across the organisation.
  • Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups.

Matching Summary

The Head Group Third Party Management is accountable for the strategic oversight, governance, and performance management of strategic, major and critical third-party vendors and outsourcing partners.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • strategic vendor oversight
  • risk and regulatory governance
  • commercial and contract management
  • stakeholder and executive engagement
  • operational resilience and incident management
  • leading talent development

Nice-to-have

  • driving sustainable value extraction
  • embedding best practice vendor governance
  • promoting collaborative engagement
  • building and extracting value added services

Key Requirements

  • 12+ years in vendor management
  • Proven experience managing critical third-party arrangements
  • Experience in regulated industries preferred
  • Post Graduate Degree: Honours Degree, Post Graduate Diploma and Professional Qualifications [NQF8]
  • Legal qualification proffered

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