Supplier Security Assurance Specialist

Aggregate function:  Shared Services
Business Area:  Security Operations_VOIS
Posting Country:  Romania
Date Posted:  28 Apr 2025
Full Time / Part Time:  Full Time
Contract Type:  Permanent

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Your day to day:

The role holder will be responsible for:

  • Liaison with suppliers to gather relevant information, monitor ongoing compliance of suppliers depending on the risk profile of the supplier and establish the level of security risk.
  • Ensure that Vodafone’s suppliers are assessed, on-boarded, monitored and off-boarded with appropriate due diligence related to security issues.
  • To carry out security assurance activities for Vodafone’s critical and high-risk suppliers.
  • Operation and development of relevant processes, tools and reports.

With these activities you will have a great impact on our business:

  • Operate as a key subject matter expert on all supplier security assurance activities including due diligence testing, supplier assurance assessments and security schedule contract negotiation.
  • Support the ongoing identification and implementation of improvements to the Supplier Security Assurance framework to reflect the changing threat environment and best practice assurance approaches
  • Perform security assessments of suppliers based on their criticality, recording results accurately and initiating appropriate assurance response.
  • Produce high quality, informative and accurate reports in respect of supplier security assurance assessments.

With these skills you are a great candidate:

  • Knowledge and experience of third -party security risk management and general security background in a complex global organisation.
  • Knowledge of ISO standards in relation to security related disciplines.
  • Very good stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
  • Experience with supplier governance, understanding of security management processes, practices and technical countermeasures.
  • Ability to analyze complex information and identify key and relevant points, including communicating in a relevant and easy to understand manner.
  • Nice to have professional qualifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, ISO 22301 Lead Auditor by a recognized professional body.

Sounds like the perfect job? We’ve got even more to offer:

  • Hybrid way of working
  • Medical and dental services
  • Life and hospitalization insurance
  • Dedicated employee phone subscription
  • Take control of your benefits and choose any of the below options: MEAL TICKETS/ PRIVATE PENSION/ VACATION VOUCHERS/ CULTURAL VOUCHERS within the budget.
  • Special discounts for gyms and retailers
  • Annual Company Bonus
  • Loyalty Programme
  • Ongoing Education – we continuously invest in you to ensure you have everything needed to excel on the job and enhance your skills
  • You get to work with tried and trusted web-technology
  • Getting in on the ground floor of a technology changing company
  • We let you write your own story by planning vacations: go for a trip, experience new things, have fun and enjoy your 23 days off.
  • Special Paternal Program - 4 months of paid paternity leave

We recognize and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workplace so that we are as diverse as the customers and communities we serve. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social or marital status.

 

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? We are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job advert, we encourage you to apply as you may be just the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help see how your skills fit in.

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Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.