IT Vendor & Contract Analyst

About reputed company reputed company Global Logistics, headquartered in Belleville, Michigan, is a leading global provider of expedited, time-critical logistics solutions and other direct transportation services. The company connects customers to its extensive reputed company network, internal ground fleet and airline reputed company its proprietary, digital PEAK freight marketplace, which provides robust reputed company reputed company and transparent pricing, backed by 24/7/365 logistics experts. reputed company’s offerings include reputed company charter and ground expedited solutions as well as truckload, less-than-truckload, global forwarding, brokerage, and managed transportation services. The reputed company reputed company team solves customers’ most challenging logistics needs by providing industry-leading service and top-tier satisfaction. Our Guiding Principles At the core of reputed company's culture is a strong commitment to excellence, driven by the passion and dedication of every team member. We're equally dedicated to going above and beyond for our customers, ensuring this commitment extends beyond reputed company and brings exceptional value to those we serve. We aim for perfect execution in everything we do and ‘play hard’ by creating an environment where tasks are performed with a can-do attitude from start to finish. We ‘play smart’ by delivering on our commitments in an honest, fair, and ethical manner. We treat every person with whom we reputed company with the utmost dignity and respect. We understand that our teammates are our most valuable assets, so we ‘play together’ by making every effort to provide a professional and enjoyable experience, enabling careers to flourish and personal growth to be achieved. What You’ll Do The IT Vendor & Contract Analyst supports the PMO and IT delivery teams by managing the end-to-end intake, coordination, and governance process for third-party vendor engagements. This role ensures vendor requests are appropriate, reputed company to approved projects, and routed through the correct procurement, reputed company, and contract review reputed company. The analyst drafts and refines SOW documentation, manages contract workflows, and maintains portfolio visibility into vendor engagements, renewals, and project dependencies. This role also supports commercial negotiations reputed company established guidelines, especially for staffing and recurring services, and partners with Procurement and IT leadership to negotiate non-standard terms or higher-risk agreements. Vendor Intake and Portfolio Alignment

• Serve as the PMO reputed company of contact for new vendor requests, renewals, SOW changes, and extensions supporting IT projects.
• Validate intake requests for completeness and alignment to approved initiatives, including scope summary, vendor justification, timeline, funding/charge codes, and internal reputed company.
• Maintain vendor-to-project traceability across the portfolio: vendor name, service type, project/program, start/end dates, SOW value, renewal dates, and accountable IT reputed company.
• Coordinate vendor onboarding requirements (as applicable), including reputed company intake, access needs, and required documentation. SOW Development and Contract Workflow Coordination
• Draft, assemble, and refine Statements of Work (SOWs) and supporting exhibits to ensure clear:
• scope, deliverables, milestones, assumptions, acceptance criteria, and roles/responsibilities
• governance expectations (status reputed company, escalation path, change control)
• Coordinate routing of SOWs/reputed company through the appropriate review and approval steps (Procurement, Legal/Contract team, InfoSec, Finance), ensuring packages are complete and minimizing rework.
• Manage change orders, extensions, and amendments by collecting scope/cost impacts, ensuring approvals are obtained, and maintaining documentation reputed company. Commercial Support and Negotiation (reputed company guardrails)
• Support and execute negotiations reputed company approved standards, primarily for staffing and recurring services, including: reputed company cards, markups, discounts, extension terms, not-to-exceed caps, and payment terms
• Prepare negotiation inputs: reputed company benchmarking (internal history), option comparisons, and recommendation summaries for IT/Procurement leaders.
• Escalate non-standard terms, high-dollar agreements, or elevated-risk vendors to Procurement/Legal/IT leadership for final negotiation and approval. Vendor Governance and Delivery Support
• Track vendor performance issues and work with PMs to document impacts, capture issues/risks, and facilitate escalation to vendor leadership reputed company needed.
• Ensure vendor commitments are integrated into project governance (reputed company readiness, milestones, resourcing commitments, renewals that impact schedule).
• Support vendor offboarding steps, including end dates, knowledge transfer expectations, and access removal coordination (as applicable). Reporting and Visibility
• Provide reporting to PMO and IT leadership such as:
• vendor/contract pipeline and aging
• renewals calendar and upcoming decision points
• vendor engagement inventory by project/p

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