Job description:

This is an initial 12 month contract with start date by July 2026 (with possibility to extend up to max 5 years).

The IT Vendor and Contract Administrator will work on the vendor and contract administration side to support with the customer support activities dealing with vendors, contracts, SLAs, meetings arrangements, requisitions, and specific orders.

As a valued member of the Infrastructure Team, your role would be to ensure that the services provided by key vendors effectively meet the business needs. In addition, you would be responsible for providing logistical support for procurement tasks related to day-to-day operational requirements, as well as financial support.

The scope of the role would be to ensure that the services provided by key vendors meet business needs, also to provide support to procurement tasks associated with day-to-day operations requirements and financial support.

The purpose of this role is to:

• Perform proactive vendor and contract management, including deliverables, contract, and SLA management.
• Ensures legal review of any changes in contract/agreements in collaboration with Product Owner.
• Liaises with Procurement to evaluate the contracts and services.
• Oversee the receipting and verification of goods and services.
• Manages and/or participates in project activities as assigned with vendors.
• Single Point of Contact for all vendor related activities.
• Organises regular Service Review Meeting.
• Ensure continuous improvement of services and processes.
• Works closely with the IT engineers' team to monitor and manage vendors and delivery of services.

About the customer:

As the premier supplier to our international banking client in Basel, Swisslinx are looking for a IT Vendor and Contract Administrator with in depth technical expertise and excellent communication and stakeholder management skills for a small and diverse IT Contract Management Team.

Requirements:

You will possess as many of the following skills as possible:

• Vendor and contracting administration experience (3-8 years experience)
• Experienced to work with vendors, raising orders / Pos, managing timecards (acting like a single point of contact for vendors related activities)
• Experienced to run administrative tasks to support the team needs.
• Experienced to support technical teams or previous experience in an IT environment.
• Excellent communications skills to enable delivery of clear communication to different audiences, to manage customer expectations and service partner deliverables.
• Fluency in English is required 

Compensation benefits:

Please note interviews would be conducted via video call, however the role is based 100% in Switzerland. Our client offers:

• The opportunity to work in a diverse and international environment on a long-term basis
• 50% working from home
• 20 days working remotely from abroad per year
• Modern office in central Basel (50 minutes direct train from Zurich) with subsidised canteen/free onsite parking

Are you interested to work in an international environment in one of the most important financial companies worldwide? Then apply now! We look forward to receiving your full application before the deadline on Wednesday 15 April.