IT Category Lead

2 weeks ago


Swansea, City and County of Swansea, United Kingdom Yolk Recruitment Ltd Full time

IT Category Lead - Swansea - Hybrid - 3 days onsite - up to £ up to 18% Bonus - Life assurance - Income protection - Private Medical Insurance - 8% employer pension contribution
Yolk Recruitment are working with a specialist insurer to help find there next IT Category Lead to join a fantastic team based in South Wales


As the IT Category Lead you should be a highly skilled procurement professional who is dedicated in ensuring the procurement and performance management of IT products and services.


Your activities would include the sourcing, procuring and Contract awarding of all IT goods and Services and close review of the IT spend budget.


Key responsibilities

  • Provide expertise and leadership for the IT sourcing category, including market knowledge and sourcing best practice.
  • Track and gather spend data for the IT quarterly budget reviews and provide analysis to the Head of IT as and when required.
  • Ensure consistent procurement processes are undertaken to select the Supplier that will provide optimum value and delivery. This will include assessment of supplier risk, objective evaluation, negotiation and contract execution.
  • Define and deliver the IT Category sourcing plan in accordance with contract renewals and services identified in the change project pipeline.
  • Liaise between IQUW and IT suppliers, ensuring stakeholder requirements are fully understood and fed back to the supplier at appropriate stages to ensure delivery dates and deadlines are met.
  • Develop, draft, lead and manage the formal tender process for IT goods and services together with setting up new suppliers, raising purchase orders and resolving invoice discrepancies.
  • Draft and negotiate Contracts and contract schedules, ensuring commercially attractive terms are agreed, contract spend remains in budget and liability risks are mitigated.
  • Be responsible for Contract Governance and facilitate the contract approval process with the relevant Executive members.
  • Work closely with the IT team, project managers and third parties for new business needs through the change project plan.
  • Implement appropriate contractual safeguards, SLA's and other operational measures to ensure suppliers deliver a robust service. This may include incentivisation, service level credits, volume rebates etc.
  • Regularly meet with IT accountable managers and key suppliers to review performance and ensure compliance to contractual obligations and performance metrices.
  • Attend regular service review meetings with the relevant IT operation managers to cover performance, service, quality and process improvements.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience to be successful in this role

  • Technology
  • SharePoint
  • Contract Management Database, procurement system, Microsoft Office, procurement system (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)


Statutory & Legal
  • DPA (GDPR), FCA, Lloyds


Management
  • Customer relationship, stakeholder engagement, employee performance.


Procurement
  • Sourcing Methodologies and processes.

Desirable behavioural attributes

  • Effective Communication Skills
  • Good influencing and negotiating skills. Able to communicate with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels within the organisation.
  • Building Relationships
- stakeholder and Executive

  • Problem Solving
  • Implementing Best practices, process improvements, quality standards

Employee benefits
25 Days Holiday

Private Medical Insurance

Health Insurance

Income insurance

Pension up to 8% employer Contributions

Up 18% annual bonus
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