Interim IT Category Lead

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Fastmarkets Full time

Fastmarkets is an independent commodity pricing and information organisation with over 600 staff. We are fuelled by values that bring us all together and are united by a collective passion to make a difference. We are supported by a working model that is based ona hybrid approach that allows each of us to balance home and office working while encouragingeffective collaboration and accountability.

Do you have the right skills and experience for this role Read on to find out, and make your application.

Fastmarkets is the most trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the metals, mining, agriculture, forest products, and energy transition markets. Our price data, forecasts, and market analyses give our customers strategic advantage in complex, volatile, often opaque markets. Our events provide forums for market participants to come together, trade, and talk through the critical issues of our times.

We are making a difference. Fastmarkets works to create transparent commodity markets through our reliable and trusted price data and market intelligence. The markets we serve are central to how economies work and are essential for our lives. By doing this, Fastmarkets helps our customers build a more sustainable world. We are built on a 130-year foundation while bringing a digital platform to market, combining the currency of trust with the power of digital.

Most importantly, we are fuelled by our teams that, across the globe, make the amazing possible. With a deep sense of purpose and belonging, we are building an extraordinary future – together. If you would like to help build the future, we hope you will join us on our journey.

Fastmarkets is owned by global private equity firm Astorg, a specialist investor in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies.

Job Description

Procurement is a newly created function for Fastmarkets, following separation from a FTSE 250 PLC. This role will be crucial in developing the IT procurement category including developing a set of procurement opportunities agreed with the stakeholders, delivering the associated activities and delivering sustainable benefits for the company.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Design and build with the Technology function key stakeholders a category strategy including developing a robust set of Procurement priorities that will deliver sustainable benefits to Fastmarkets.

Specifically, collaborate with key stakeholders to understand IT requirements and forecast future needs to help contribute to their budgeting process, focusing on cost-saving opportunities and efficiency improvements.

Lead the engagement with suppliers for the acquisition of technology to deliver the best value for Fastmarkets.

Lead all procurement activity from the Technology function in accordance with the Procurement Policy and playbooks including new requirements, renewals and projects.

Provide support to the Technology Function in the procurement policy and process, where they can self-serve.

Ensure that robust contracts are agreed with all key suppliers and all suppliers.

KEY INTERFACES

This role will work closely with the rest of the Procurement function and all colleagues within the Technology function but will also work across all other business functions as required, particularly Finance, Legal, Risk & Compliance and Information Security.

Qualifications

We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world's leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We're proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.

If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on...

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

Experience

A great track record with category management experience within the assigned IT portfolio, particular in SaaS, managed service providers, cloud, Telecomms, data and voice, licensing and hardware.Experience in relationship management and networking skills, required for both key stakeholder and supplier engagement.Skills and KnowledgeA strong knowledge of commercial models and approaches/techniques necessary to achieve great commercial outcomes for Fastmarkets.An indepth knowledge of the IT category.A good knowledge of contract drafting with the ability to work with Legal colleagues to achieve a robust agreement.Good negotiation, influencing skillsGood communication skills to be able to extract detail and evidence as required from colleagues and/or suppliers.Strong analytical skills and being comfortable in analysing and interrogating data to support any category plans.Advanced level of PC literacy particularly in the Microsoft Office suite.Behaviours and CharacteristicsEnthusiastic, proactive and keen to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.Results, deadline and quality driven.Uses own initiative to identify problems and deliver solutions.Confidence and desire to take responsibility for deliverables.Good attention to detail.Strong time management skills and the ability to meet and/or exceed deadlines. If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Additional Information

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It's this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers' experience and our business performance

ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done

GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency

INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.

CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do

COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.

You've read a little about us – now it's over to you

If you like what you've read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it's time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it's used to determine whether or not you'll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we'll ask you on the day.

It's vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you're great.

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