Technical VMS Implementation Consultant

The Technology Consultant is responsible for working with Team members, partners, and clients implementing Vendor Management Systems (VMS) technologies. This role is primarily responsible for managing end-to-end configuration of VMS technologies meeting client requirements. Additionally, assisting in scoping/design sessions with other staff for business process, technology design, integrations, testing, and data management.

A deep understanding of the VMS being implemented will be required. This role will soley be responsible for configuring the VMS system per requirements, and facilitating testing of the system. As an expert of the application, this role will be treated as a consultant on how to creatively use the application and provide a best-in-class client solution.

Responsibilities

• Understands the business operations, use cases and strategies VMS technologies
• Collaborates with other Professional Services team resources to better serve our Clients
• Able to identify gaps and\or errors within multiple lines of medium to large data sets
• Utilize industry standard practices to document and implement VMS technology solutions
• Collaborate with Project Managers to conduct business process definition meetings, and assist in translation into VMS configuration
• Building End to End VMS Configuration in at least one technology
• Facilitates and/or participates in Client meetings around VMS technology configuration, testing, and/or other client consulting as needed
• Responsible for data quality and implementing processes which drive efficiency and support data governance
• Build, Test, and Load various types of data loads into VMS technologies
• Ability to manage and understand enterprise level datasets from client technologies

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Design Thinking methodologies
• Knowledge of process modeling techniques and protocols
• Deep Experience with the standard technologies utilized by VMS engagements, SAP Fieldglass, VNDLY, and/or Beeline experience preferred
• Ability to perform complex configuration with VMS tools
• Ability to consult on the best configurations to meet business requirements of VMS tools
• Understanding and ability to perform basic configuration for integrations and finance, including endpoint config, and basic field manipulation
• Ability to design/create processes and procedures and assists others in implementing them
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Products such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook, Internet Explorer
• Strong conceptual, analytical and problem solving ability
• Self-starter with the ability to quickly learn new technologies and effectively apply them to business processes
• Ability to identify training needs for non-technical teams, and coach accordingly
• Ability to work with a diverse team of resources from our Technology Partners, our Clients, and reach consensus resolution on issues

Education and Qualifications

• Completed Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• VMS Project Implementation Experience required
• Experience in consulting, or with a consulting firm preferred
• Projects strong confident image to Clients and Technology Partners
• Ability to travel as needed