# Vendor Management

Skill · Business and Management

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/vendor-management

Vendor management is the discipline of overseeing relationships with third-party suppliers, covering vendor selection, onboarding, performance monitoring, risk assessment, and contract compliance. It is a core function in procurement and operations roles aimed at ensuring vendors deliver quality goods or services on time and at agreed cost.

## Vendor Management in the job market

- Open roles: 53
- Employers hiring: 39
- Median stated pay: $174,000 (middle half $132,000 – $209,000), from 35 of 53 open roles — the 66% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
- Last checked: September 12, 2026

## Asked for alongside Vendor Management

Measured from the 53 open roles that name Vendor Management, not from a curated list.

- [Budget Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/budget-management) — 11 roles (20.8%)
- [Project Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/project-management) — 11 roles (20.8%)
- [Contract Negotiation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/contract-negotiation) — 9 roles (17.0%)
- [Data Analysis](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/data-analysis) — 5 roles (9.4%)
- [Risk Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/risk-management) — 5 roles (9.4%)
- [Financial Analysis](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/financial-analysis) — 4 roles (7.5%)
- [Risk Assessment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/risk-assessment) — 4 roles (7.5%)
- [Stakeholder Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/stakeholder-management) — 3 roles (5.7%)

## Seniority of these roles

- Mid: 12 (24%)
- Senior: 27 (53%)
- Management: 12 (24%)

From 51 roles whose posting states a level.

## Where Vendor Management roles are

- [New York, NY](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/new-york-ny) — 11
- [Philadelphia, PA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/philadelphia-pa) — 3
- [Miami, FL](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/miami-fl) — 2
- [Atlanta, GA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/atlanta-ga) — 1
- [Beaverton, OR](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/beaverton-or) — 1
- [Cambridge, MA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/cambridge-ma) — 1

Among the 28 of 53 open roles we could place on a map.

## Roles that use Vendor Management

- [Procurement Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/procurement-manager) — 4
- [Program Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/program-manager) — 3
- [Benefits Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/benefits-manager) — 2
- [Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager) — 2
- [Lawyer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/lawyer) — 2
- [Operations Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/operations-manager) — 2

## Employers hiring for Vendor Management

- [Bristol Myers Squibb](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bristol-myers-squibb) — 3 open roles
- [Comcast](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/comcast) — 3 open roles
- [Andersen Corporation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/andersen-corporation) — 2 open roles
- [Apollo Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/apollo-management) — 2 open roles
- [Arrow Electronics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/arrow-electronics) — 2 open roles
- [Cambia Health Solutions](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cambia-health-solutions) — 2 open roles

Related skills: [Procurement](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/procurement), [Contract Negotiation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/contract-negotiation), [Supply Chain Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/supply-chain-management), [Supplier Relationship Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/supplier-relationship-management), [Strategic Sourcing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/strategic-sourcing), [Supplier Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/supplier-management), [Purchasing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/purchasing), [Supply Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/supply-management), [Contract Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/contract-management), [Vendor Negotiation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/vendor-negotiation), [Contract Renewal](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/contract-renewal), [Coupa](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/coupa)

## Open roles requiring Vendor Management (53)

- [On Site CT - Contracts Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/2e00de58-6af2-41e6-9e4b-45a71d6e3fe2/on-site-ct-contracts-manager-at-citymd) at [CityMD](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/citymd) — Full-time, Wethersfield, CT, $70,000 – $90,000
- [Strategic Sourcing Managing Director](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/6c49e82d-6e70-44ec-ad70-5c07e04941c3/strategic-sourcing-managing-director-at-cna-financial) at [CNA Financial](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cna-financial) — $97,000 – $189,000
- [Facilities and EHS Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/4fa88209-deb9-47ff-84ed-c87d67762c87/facilities-and-ehs-manager-at-beckman-coulter) at [Beckman Coulter](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/beckman-coulter) — Full-time, Deer Park, Illinois, United States, $120,000 – $135,000
- [Senior Physical Security Specialist](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/ae74ab9c-7649-437d-8120-1c859f679d4c/senior-physical-security-specialist-at-cambia-health-solutions) at [Cambia Health Solutions](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cambia-health-solutions) — Full-time, $76,500 – $103,500
- [IBM Business Development Manager (m/w/d)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/fe4e8b8e-cf27-4579-862f-eb2fb5af3fb4/ibm-business-development-manager-m-w-d-at-arrow-electronics) at [Arrow Electronics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/arrow-electronics) — Full-time
- [Associate Director, Integrated Insights, Analytics and Market Research](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/409dad5b-b54f-4552-a96c-92078c2edefe/associate-director-integrated-insights-analytics-and-market-research-at-biogen) at [Biogen](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/biogen) — Full-time, Cambridge, MA, $162,000 – $223,000
- [Director, Events](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/7f57f02d-11c8-48d5-98e9-26cc3c1575d2/director-events-at-brooklyn-commons) at [Brooklyn Commons](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/brooklyn-commons) — Full-time, New York, NY, $140,000 – $155,000
- [Technical Buyer, Robotics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/faf96edc-b748-488a-9906-3297d4d02874/technical-buyer-robotics-at-blue-apron) at [Blue Apron](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/blue-apron) — Full-time, Spyce, $128,000 – $143,000
- [IT Middleware Production Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/5a64be6b-8148-4ea9-9e00-ca31ec5c354b/it-middleware-production-manager-at-american-international-group) at [American International Group](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/american-international-group) — Sumida-ku
- [Market Research Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a770fd5b-a158-47cb-a589-f39e7b05bb29/market-research-manager-at-andersen-corporation) at [Andersen Corporation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/andersen-corporation) — Cottage Grove, MN, $111,137 – $172,263

All 53 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=48b16e14-3ebe-49e4-8bcd-096eaa03ddfa