East West Railway Company

IT Vendor Analyst

East West Railway Company
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeMilton Keynes • United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in supplier management, contract lifecycle support, and performance monitoring against SLAs and KPIs. Proficient in procurement processes, compliance assurance, and process improvement initiatives within IT vendor environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Supplier ManagementContract Lifecycle SupportPerformance ManagementProcurement ProcessesCyber Security Awareness

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Support procurement and management of technology service providers throughout the contract lifecycle
  • Build and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders
  • Coordinate supplier review meetings and manage resulting actions, decisions and follow-up activities
  • Maintain supplier records, contract register, renewal schedules and licence inventories
  • Track contract milestones, notice periods, renewals, reconciliations and contractual variations
  • Support procurement exercises, requests for quotations, tender activities and supplier evaluations
  • Assist with supplier mobilisation, implementation, transition and off-boarding activities
  • Monitor supplier performance against SLAs and KPIs
  • Track supplier risk and remediation activities, escalating where appropriate
  • Support budget planning, expenditure forecasting, software licence management and annual supplier reconciliations
  • Support supplier assurance activities including compliance, audit, cyber security, data protection and business continuity
  • Identify opportunities to improve supplier management processes, governance and reporting, and facilitate value-for-money outcomes
  • Support wider business process improvement initiatives and IT special projects
  • Support supplier compliance with EWR's Health, Safety, Security policy

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Background working with IT vendors in a small to medium sized business; public sector exposure highly desirable
  • Passionate organiser with attention to detail and self-motivated
  • Able to gather requirements, derive costs, time frames and scope
  • Experience with performance management, SLAs, KPIs and compliance
  • Able to manage multiple concurrent work tasks
  • Interest in developing Project Management skills (Agile/Hybrid)
  • Awareness of cyber security standards and information governance

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive salary that reflects your skills and experience
  • Up to 12% employer pension contribution
  • 36 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus the option to buy up to 2 extra days
  • 2 volunteering days
  • Enhanced family-friendly policies
  • Life assurance (4x your annual salary)
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Access to Perkbox discounts and wellbeing benefits
  • Recognition programme, including on-the-spot and annual awards
  • Advanced learning and development opportunities

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Hard Skills
Contract ManagementSupplier EvaluationBudget PlanningExpenditure ForecastingSLA MonitoringKPI TrackingRisk ManagementCompliance AssuranceProject ManagementData Protection
Soft Skills
Attention To DetailSelf-MotivatedOrganizational SkillsRelationship BuildingProblem Solving
Industry Keywords
IT VendorsPublic SectorSupplier AssuranceBusiness ContinuityHealth And Safety Policy