Contracts and Supplier Management Manager - The Boston Consulting Group

Our Global Meetings & Events (M&E) team focuses on creating safe and inspiring environments that bring people together to enable deep connections, accelerate capability building, and create global impact. The group partners closely with senior leaders, functional and regional event teams, and individual meeting planners across the company to enhance overall event experience while creating efficiencies and scale and lowering risk for all meeting formats (in-person, virtual, & hybrid). 

The Meeting & Events Supplier Management team is responsible for building & managing a global network of preferred suppliers to support BCG meetings & events and works collaboratively with our Procurement, Legal and Insurance teams to protect BCG in the planning and execution of meetings and events.  This role will be responsible for researching legal regulations, negotiating terms for contracts, managing risk and ensuring BCG global policies are adhered to in our supplier relations.  The successful candidate will act as a thought partner and subject matter expert, defining and implementing continuous improvement across meeting-related services including implementing MSA’s, evaluating bids and assisting customers with existing contracts when necessary, on favourable terms. 

Key activities and responsibilities include (but are not limited to): 

• Build and manage appropriate strategies for assigned supplier categories  
• Manage risk across all meeting contracting 
• Ensure compliance with BCG policies 
• Negotiate and administer contracts and terminations to optimize value for BCG 
• Monitor and report on supplier performance 
• Collaborate across other internal functions to align M&E activities with corporate standards  
• Play role of contract advocate for internal customers ensuring they understand the risks involved in contracting 
• Provide training and advice to internal teams and customers on supplier best practices 
• Define supplier performance indicators, manage supplier performance for key suppliers via stakeholder feedback and performance-based metrics 
• Collaborate with other category leads and across the department to continuously innovate and enhance supplier management strategies and processes. 
• Lead category management projects  

The Meeting & Events Supplier Management Manager should be comfortable working across multiple functions within BCG to ensure appropriate financial, risk, and legal requirements are being met and be a strong strategic thought partner and subject matter expert, defining and implementing continuous improvement for both long and short-term initiatives