Vendor Manager – Telecom Expense Management

**Job Description:** * **Vendor Relationships & Critical Escalations**: Serve as the primary point of contact for vendor inquiries, invoice resubmissions, tax/banking updates, and corporate restructuring (e.g., name changes or acquisitions). Proactively manage supplier relationships from an invoicing and payment perspective. Immediately mitigate critical past-due notifications or disconnect notices by securing written commitments to prevent service disruptions. * **Billing & Dispute Resolution**: Direct complex billing issues to resolution and initiate cost-saving claims when billed amounts deviate from contractual terms. Identify and investigate billing discrepancies—including rate mismatches, unauthorized back-billing, charges for terminated services, and invalid future billings. Partner directly with suppliers to ensure uninterrupted service while disputes are actively addressed. * **PO Lifecycle & Financial Operations**: Oversee the funding lifecycle to guarantee timely invoice payments. Manage PO activity by monitoring low-fund conditions, evaluating foreign exchange (FX) impacts, consolidating purchase orders, and facilitating PO transfers or replacements. * **Data Integrity & System Management**: Maintain precise system records and ensure data integrity across Telecom Expense Management Systems, ERPs (SAP), buying tools, and internal database platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to uphold data quality throughout the end-to-end process. * **Cross-Functional Collaboration**: Partner closely with negotiators, project managers, contracts, and corporate finance teams to enforce compliance with contracted commercial terms.  **Basic Qualifications:** * **Education**: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field. * **Experience**: 8+ years of experience in telecom expense management, vendor management, accounts payable, procurement operations, or commercial supply chain functions. * **System Proficiencies**: * * Demonstrates a high level of technical proficiency across Google Workspace, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word), and modern collaboration tools, with a proven ability to quickly master new software and digital workflows. * Hands-on experience with Telecom Expense Management Systems (TEMS) (e.g., Rivermine). * Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools (e.g., SAP Fiori, Ariba, Buying Hub). * Experience using enterprise ticketing platforms (e.g., Remedy, ServiceNow, or similar systems). * **Financial & Analytical Skills**: Proven ability to interpret complex commercial contracts, analyze line-item invoices, calculate foreign exchange (FX) variances, and execute usage analyses. * **Communication & Collaboratio**n: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a track record of effectively managing supplier relationships, updating stakeholders, and navigating high-priority operational escalations. * **Professional Attributes**: Self-motivated individual with strong project ownership from concept through completion. Excellent organizational, prioritization, and multitasking abilities with high attention to detail, a sense of urgency, and a consistent track record of meeting deadlines. **Preferred Qualifications:** * Domain experience in telecommunications, colocation data center operations, subsea cable infrastructure, or network connectivity solutions. * Proven track record of managing high-value supplier disputes and driving measurable cost savings. * Understanding of global tax concepts, including VAT rules, withholding tax (WHT), and regional e-invoicing compliance mandates (e.g., Italy SDI, China e-Fapiao, LATAM requirements). * Demonstrated success in building strong cross-functional alignment across technical delivery, legal, sourcing, and corporate finance teams. **Salary Range** $69,120.00 - $115,200.00 USD (Salary) * _Please note that the salary information provided herein is base pay only (gross); it does not include other forms of compensation which may or may not apply to this specific position, namely, performance-based bonuses, benefits-related payments, or other general incentives - none of which are guaranteed, may be subject to specific eligibility requirements, and are wholly within the discretion of Astreya to remit._ * _Further, the salary information noted above is a range that consists of a minimum and maximum rate of pay for this specific position. Where an applicant or employee is placed on this range will depend and be contingent on objective, documented work-related considerations like education, experience, certifications, licenses, preferred qualifications, among other factors._ **Astreya** **offers comprehensive** **b****enefits to all Regular, Full-Time Employees,** **including:** * Medical provided through UHC (PPO, HSA, Surest options) / Medical provided through Kaiser (HMO option only) for California employees only * Dental provided through UHC * Nationwide Vision provided by UHC * Flexible Spending Account for Health & Dependent Care * Pre-Tax Account for Commuter Benefit/Parking & Transit (location-specific) * Continuing Education and Professional Development via various integrated platforms, e.g. Udemy and Coursera * Corporate Wellness Program provided by Goomi Group * Employee Assistance Program * Wellness Days 401k Plan * Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance * Short Term & Long Term Disability * Critical Illness, Critical Hospital, and Voluntary Accident Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement (available 6 months after start date, capped) * Paid Time Off (accrued and prorated, maximum of 120 hours annually) * Paid Holidays * Any other statutory leaves, paid time, or other ancillary benefits required under state and federal law