IT Procurement Category Manager
3 weeks ago
Job Title: IT Procurement Category Manager
Location: Ipswich
Salary: Competitive
Hours per week: Monday to Friday - 40 hours per week
Role Overview
We are currently recruiting for a Category Manager - IT (Procurement) to join our passionate and driven team.
Reporting to the Head of Indirect Procurement, the Category Manager – IT role is a strategic role with primary responsibility for managing the IT Procurement category for OCS UK & Ireland. Working closely with key internal stakeholders, both Group and UK&I, the Category Manager will be expected to create and execute a category plan to maximise value.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create and execute a category management plan to reduce total cost, improve quality of supply and mitigate risk within the supply chain.
- Responsibility for all IT Procurement related spend.
- Deliver the annual savings plan, and ensure any procurement revenue is invoiced and collected on time – ensuring zero aged debt.
- Responsible for negotiating and delivering procurement synergy targets on M&A activity for services within IT.
- Leading IT Procurement contract renewal tracking, and processing.
- Regular supplier engagement and management; building strategic, value adding relationships and driving performance through data driven management and relationship building.
- Managing and running end-to-end sourcing activities, with support from the Head of Indirect Procurement for high risk/value opportunities.
- Identifying, evaluating, negotiating, and contracting with new suppliers.
About You:
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK
- IT Procurement experience is essential, as is senior stakeholder management.
- Results driven with exceptional negotiation skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Commercially focused with a proven track record of cost reduction.
- Demonstrable knowledge of owning supplier management and performance measurement.
- Strong project management skills including cross-functional team management.
- A strong negotiator who understands TCO and utilising SRM to achieve best value.
- Ability to build sustainable and productive relationships with suppliers.
Desirable
- CIPS qualification.
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