Vendor Specialist

Vendor Specialist

This is Adyen

Adyen is the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies. By providing end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights, and financial products in a single global solution, Adyen helps businesses achieve their ambitions faster. With offices around the world, Adyen works with the likes of Facebook, Uber, H&M, eBay, and Microsoft. To maintain our momentum, we need people to join us in finding new ways of solving our unique challenges - people like you.

Vendor Specialist

We are looking for a fast learner and hands-on Vendor Specialist to join Adyen's Procurement & Vendor Management team, a dynamic global team within our Finance function. The goal of the team is to contribute to Adyen’s 10x ambition through risk mitigation and contract and vendor management, ultimately empowering stakeholders to deliver their strategies.

As a Vendor Specialist you will have a broad and diverse range of tasks, including contract management and risk management. You base your decisions mainly on data and you communicate advice in a clear and distinct manner to various internal departments. It is important that you have good analytical skills and can be detail-oriented. The scope of this role is as broad as our vendor base, meaning that you will manage vendor onboardings, vendor monitorings and offboardings from a global perspective and within all domains of the company.

What you'll do

• You will manage new vendor requests and assess them on data completeness and accuracy before approving
• You are the lead in the vendor onboarding process, including follow up to vendors and internal teams
• You will be the risk management specialist with a broad knowledge on Adyen’s third party risk framework and assess third party information
• You will do vendor monitoring on contractual agreements, making sure internal teams are managing their vendor contracts on time and within the risk appetite of Adyen

Who you are

• You have 1-2 years of experience in an operational (risk management) role.
• You're well-organized and like to solve problems with a pragmatic approach.
• You're data driven with an analytical mindset.
• You're a natural networker, great in stakeholder management.
• You're proficient in English; fluency in another language is an added advantage.
• You have a global mindset, and are able to work across time zones and cultures.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen.

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application.