Long term contract 12 month contract. Hybrid--Local candidates near Hartford, CT to attend onsite meetings as needed is preferred. Seeking a consultant who will be handling external vendor relationships and partnerships. There is some general IT/infrastructure knowledge, customer service and 3 rd party vendor experience is required. Must haves:

• 7+ years' experience within IT environment

• Background in infrastructure technologies (network, server, system, security, VoIP, etc)

• Proven track record of working with 3 rd party vendors (Dell, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, etc)

• • acquisitions, renewals, and liaison experience

• Financial planning/budgeting/cost comparison experience

• Agile methodology understanding

• Excellent customer service skills

• Update and maintain Dashboard to track and report on assigned work activity.

• Meet regularly with assigned Vendors, Product Owners and SME's to;

• • Review renewal timelines, amendments, and contract language.
  • Review and discuss any necessary licensing model changes for accuracy and efficiency.
  • Update acquisition expectations and quarterly planning.

• Provide costing and estimation support for assigned Tier 1/Tier 2 products.

• As required, Partner with project teams and engineers on design, vetting requirements, risk mitigation and cost comparisons.

• Partner with renewals teams for PR preparation (Providing and researching business justification)

• • Role is like a portfolio manager --true liaison to both procurement and the business
  • All products are tracked, working with the business on usage, renewals, contracts, etc; keeping everything up to date and track appropriately as it relates to licenses, hardware, software
  • Will then hand off to procurement to handle the legalities/contract piece once everything is squared away

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