Vendor Assessment Analyst

Overview

The HR Vendor Assessment Analyst will evaluate the organization’s HR vendor ecosystem and make recommendations to improve operational effectiveness, employee experience, and cost efficiency. This is a fixed-term role for 6 months supporting vendor operations, performance management, and HR vendor optimization.

What you'll do

• Conduct a comprehensive review of all HR and People Services vendors across the employee lifecycle.
• Assess vendor performance, service quality, utilization, cost effectiveness, scalability, and strategic value.
• Evaluate vendor capabilities against current and future business requirements.
• Partner with HR, Procurement, Finance, Compliance, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and feedback.
• Benchmark vendor offerings, service models, and capabilities against industry practices.
• Identify opportunities for vendor consolidation, rationalization, renegotiation, or replacement.
• Develop business cases supporting recommendations to retain, expand, reduce, or eliminate vendor partnerships.
• Analyze vendor spend, contract terms, utilization rates, performance metrics, and return on investment.
• Create executive-ready presentations and recommendations for senior leadership decision-making.
• Support development of a future-state HR vendor strategy and roadmap.
• Complete a comprehensive assessment of the HR vendor portfolio within the first six months.
• Deliver executive recommendations for vendor retention, consolidation, optimization, or elimination.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings, operational efficiencies, and enhanced service quality.
• Establish a vendor scorecard framework to support ongoing governance and performance monitoring.
• Support development of a multi-year HR vendor strategy aligned with business objectives.

Nice to have

• Experience conducting vendor assessments, RFPs, vendor selections, or supplier rationalization initiatives.
• Background in HR Operations, Shared Services, Procurement, Consulting, or Business Transformation.
• Demonstrated ability to build business cases and executive-level recommendations.
• Experience performing cost-benefit analysis and vendor ROI assessments.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India.
• Work mode: Hybrid.
• Employment type: Fixed-term for 6 months.