Vendor Analyst — Subcontractor & Staffing Partners
Reports to: Vendor Manager, Subcontractor & Staffing Partners
Department: [Vendor Management / Procurement]
Job type: Full-time, permanent
Travel: Minimal — occasional travel for partner reviews
Role purpose
The Vendor Analyst is the data and operations engine behind Astreya's subcontractor and staffing-partner programme. You maintain the vendor master data, compliance records and spend reporting that the Vendor Manager relies on to negotiate, govern and — where necessary — exit partner relationships. You will turn a fragmented picture of third-party labour spend, fill rates and compliance status into a clear, trusted monthly cadence, and flag the risks in it before they reach a client.
This is a hands-on analytical role with high visibility. You will not own commercial negotiations, but you will build the evidence base those negotiations are won with.
Key responsibilities
Reporting & analysis (approx. 40%)
- Build and maintain vendor scorecards covering fill rate, time-to-fill, attrition, SLA attainment, no-show rates and CSAT on partner-delivered work
- Produce the monthly and quarterly vendor reporting pack: spend by vendor, region, client and role type; subcontracted headcount; trend and variance commentary
- Benchmark partner rate cards by role and geography — against market data and against each other — and surface where Astreya is paying above pattern
- Track savings and consolidation targets against actuals; flag run-rate drift and out-of-pattern spend early
- Prepare QBR packs, executive summaries and escalation briefs for the Vendor Manager
Vendor operations & data (approx. 30%)
- Own the vendor master data: legal entities, contacts, contract dates, notice periods, renewal and expiry alerts
- Run vendor onboarding administration — intake forms, due diligence packs, banking and tax documentation, system and portal setup
- Maintain the contract repository and supporting document trail in an audit-ready state
- Administer timesheets and purchase orders for subcontracted resource; support month-end accruals with Finance
- Manage the vendor request and exception queue, and chase open actions arising from vendor reviews
Compliance & controls (approx. 20%)
- Track and evidence compliance across the partner base: insurance certificates, background and right-to-work checks, security and privacy training, local licensing and labour requirements
- Operate an expiry-tracking process so no resource works on a client site with lapsed documentation
- Reconcile vendor invoices against SOWs, timesheets, rate cards and approved POs; investigate and clear disputes with Accounts Payable
- Recommend invoices for approval; approval authority sits with the Vendor Manager
Sourcing support (approx. 10%)
- Run the mechanics of RFPs and RFQs — distributing documents, collating responses, building comparison and scoring matrices
- Support bid teams with sourcing data, historical rates and coverage information for new and expanding accounts