Senior interim manager learning operations - veldhoven

• Lead and coordinate the academy's vendor operations and act as the primary liaison between the academy, Procurement, Finance and the external suppliers.
• Ensure alignment between business priorities, vendor activities and financial governance, and monitor supplier performance and service quality.
• Identify and implement operational efficiencies and cost-saving opportunities, and drive process improvements that increase effectiveness and transparency.
• Manage the relationships with learning content and technology providers and act as contract owner for the strategic learning suppliers.
• Lead contract renewals, negotiations and commercial discussions together with Procurement, Legal, IT and business stakeholders, and ensure contractual compliance and value realisation.
• Support the evolution and optimisation of the learning technology landscape with IT, the LXP/LMS teams and content providers, and advise on technology-enabled learning.
• Drive adoption and effective use of the learning platforms and content solutions.
• Coordinate the Learning Studio initiatives until handover: intake, prioritisation, planning and delivery of learning production services, maximising reuse and standardisation.
• Coordinate and support the academy leadership team, drive the execution of portfolio initiatives and prepare governance materials, reporting and operational updates.
• Support impact and value reporting and contribute to strategic and cross-academy collaboration initiatives.

Must-haves

• A bachelor's or master's degree in Business Administration, Learning & Development, HR, Procurement, Information Management or a related field.
• Relevant experience in vendor management, supplier management, procurement or operational leadership.
• Experience managing contracts and external supplier relationships in a complex stakeholder environment.
• Experience with learning technologies, learning management systems, digital learning platforms or IT-enabled services.
• Knowledge of procurement processes and governance, content management, operational excellence and supplier performance management.
• Strong organisational, communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills, an analytical mindset and the drive to complete initiatives independently.
• Excellent English language skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience within a corporate academy or a large international learning organisation.
• Dutch language skills.

• A gross monthly salary between € 6,000 and € 7,000 (job grade 9.3), depending on your knowledge and experience, plus a 13th month and profit sharing.
• Always a permanent job; no temporary projects.
• After an agreed period, a transfer to the client is a possibility.
• An extensive package of secondary employment conditions.
• Plenty of opportunities for personal and professional development.
• A visible role in the academy of a leading international high-tech organisation, with a broad network across procurement, finance, IT and learning.