IT Category Manager

2 weeks ago


Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom Sovereign Housing Association Full time
As a leading Housing Association, Sovereign is committed to providing quality, affordable homes and services within sustainable, successful communities.

We're led by our values and driven by a strong social purpose, placing our residents at the heart ofeverything we do.

We're looking for an experienced
IT Category Manager to join our busy Procurement team on a permanent basis.

You'll be based from our head office in Basingstoke with flexibility for some remote working too as we continue to embrace our newways of working.


The Role


As a Category Manager you will support the delivery of a number of key change sourcing projects, working collaboratively with the project teams.

Ideally, we're looking for someone with experience in IT to focus on current and future projects in CIO, particularlycloud-based technologies.


  • Delivering a portfolio of sourcing projects from endtoend, ensuring the business receives value for money, meets project timeline and delivers high quality
  • Leading supplier engagement and sourcing activity from definition of requirements and sourcing, through to tender and life cycle management
  • Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders to understand business plans and objectives as well as any challenges, opportunities and identifying any risks
  • Undertaking market research, including on Suppliers, Markets and framework opportunities to support active procurement projects
  • Ensuring all expenditure is identified with routes to market being clearly defined
  • Identifying areas where Procurement can add measurable value both in terms of sourcing exercises and onward effective supplier management

What we're looking for
To be successful in this position you'll need to have demonstrable experience within a similar role, ideally running sourcing projects within IT or technology sectors

You'll also need:

  • Strong experience in supplier relationship management, ensuring you seek value for money deals with suppliers who are committed to delivering a high service to Sovereign
  • To be well organised with a high attention to detail
  • Have an agile approach with the ability to work successfully on multiple projects at different stages, effectively prioritising tasks
  • To be selfmotivated and an active collaborator, sharing ideas and working cohesively with the wider team
  • An understanding of, or exposure to, PCR projects is beneficial to this role but is not essential


We work closely with one another and we're looking for someone who really invests time to form strong relationships with team colleagues.

With a focus on customer experience, you'll demonstrate our values in everything you do.

Your benefits
We have some great benefits on offer at Sovereign, including:

  • £450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
  • 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
  • Company pension scheme matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary
  • Flexible working we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
  • Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover


We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at Sovereign.

Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.


If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you.


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