IT Vendor & Sourcing Manager to Nordax Bank

Are you up for a challenge at a dynamic and strong digital bank that disrupts the future of banks with your excellent vendor management skills? We are looking for an energetic and goal-oriented Vendor & Sourcing Manager for Nordax’s IT to our growing team who will lead efficient vendor strategies and sourcing processes. As we are on our exciting growth journey, it is a great timing to join for creating your success story with us!

About the role

Our IT Operations team is currently growing, and we are looking for a IT Vendor & sourcing Manager! You will be a part of IT and you will work close to the IT management team and business stakeholders.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Overall responsible for the Outsourcing process at Nordax for all company functions
- Set strategic plans for five most important IT vendors together with the IT management team and business stakeholders
- Initiate and lead vendor negotiations for IT, both with new and current vendors
- Participate in the development of vendor management tools, processes, and way of managing vendor relationships in a continuously changing environment
- IT vendor follow-up including deliveries and performances, and regulatory third-party management controls
- Monitor and ensure that contracts are kept current and renegotiated as needed


Your Profile

You are confident in acting as an expert in Nordax’s sourcing challenges. You understand sourcing process of IT industry and have good ideas for cost-efficient sourcing strategies. Ideally, you already have several years of experience in IT and vendor management and negotiations within the financial sector. Furthermore, you are interested in both banking and fintech and have a strong drive to grow together with Nordax. If you are looking for a challenging role in an exciting yet financially stable environment, this might be the right opportunity for you.

We believe you have:

- Multiple years of experience with leading end-to-end IT Vendor management and Spend management
- Experience from working in financial industries with formal outsourcing, vendor engagements reported to supervisory authorities
- Good knowledge of IT industry trends and methodologies to improve our IT performance and operations
- Proven track record of developing sourcing processes and excellent negotiation
- Demonstrated success in license, procurement and IT contract management
- Strong presentation and interpersonal/communication skills
- Ability to work both strategically and operationally
- Professional proficiency in both Swedish and English


Big pluses if you have experience in:

- Innovative and customer-centric mind with a focus on results
- Experience from working with service providers
- Knowledge in outsourcing regulations for banks


Our offer

- Freedom with responsibility
- Career Development
- Feedback Culture
- Coaching Leadership
- A strong caring company culture - we really care about each other!


If you want to know more

Please feel free to contact hiring manager Claes Johansson at claes.johansson@nordax.se if you have any specific questions about the role. If you have any questions about the application or recruitment process, please contact recruiter Maria Moberg at maria.moberg@nordax.se. Due to GDPR, we are unable to handle applications sent to us by e-mail.

Next step

We will review applications continuously and the position may be filled before the application deadline, so make sure not to wait until the last day! The applications should include your CV, written in English or Swedish.

We believe in evidence-based tests in order to eliminate unconscious bias and increase hiring precision - the right person for the right position. For this reason, we use Alva Labs assessment methods for our recruitment processes to help us identify candidates with the greatest probability to succeed in this role.

We also want to inform you that we take UC (check payment remarks) and ask for an excerpt from the police criminal record for all positions at Nordax.

We look forward to your application!

About Nordax

Nordax is one of the leading niche digital banks in Northern Europe that helps people make informed financial decisions for their well-being by acting as a strong alternative to traditional banks. We are proud of our sound and data-driven competence that allows us to lend responsibly and earn our customers’ trust based on transparent and clear pricing models. We are experts in mortgages, savings accounts, private loans and equity release products.