Senior Procurement/Category Manager

3 weeks ago

City of London Greater London, United Kingdom McGregor Boyall Full time

Job Description The Procurement recruitment team here at McGregor Boyall are actively looking to make a strategic hire for one of our industry leading clients. We would like to speak with Procurement Category Managers within Cloud Tech.

To be clear, this is a 2 day per week office-based role with 3 days working from home.

For the lucky post holder, you'll be treated to an office environment like no other so you might even feel like extending your hybrid working options there's a Gym, Beer & Wine Distillery, subsidised Restaurant, theatre, games facilities, river Al Fresco dining, the list goes on

The office location is Mansion House EC4 or West London with easy access via numerous tube links and Paddington overground.

We need a Procurement Manager looking to take their A-Game to the next level, someone who can seamlessly thread the intricacies and complexities of stakeholder management, influencing, strategic planning & spend management.
The role:
The role will be based in central London 2 days per week in the office and we are looking for a Senior Procurement Category Manager to join a team of 3.
This is an extremely strategic role and could lead to significant career progression for the right person.
We feel the level of seniority comes in at around Snr/Lead level with a view to wanting to progress to Director level within 3 years.

Key Responsibilities:
The Procurement Category Manager role is a strategic opportunity who will be responsible for Tech & Digital category planning and strategy across the clients £70m budget spend.
From day one you will be facing off to the CTO and the wider SLT to help optimise their spend. You will need to bring your A-Game from an influencing and business partnering perspective as you'll need to help set & deliver a long-term vision for this IT Category and help shape the wider environment across other divisions.
Ownership of the full procurement lifecycle, including supplier relationship management.
Help to drive cost reduction efforts through process improvements, contractual efficiencies and elimination of inefficient spending.
Work with the CTO to build strong working relationships with key internal stakeholders to include Technology.
Organise & create the strategy for IT category management and supplier development.
To qualify for an initial 1st stage interview, the successful candidate will possess some of these skills:
Strong leadership ability and adept in dealing with a mixture of team members at different skill levels.
The ability to make well thought out decisions in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Broad understanding of Cloud Tech (AWS, GCP, Azure etc), IT Hardware, Software & Professional Services.
Understanding & delivering a range of procurement practices to include category management, end-to-end contract management, benchmarking etc.
Experience with capex and opex models.
Excellent Influencing & negotiating expertise.
Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects.
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Highly motivated with the ability to work well in a team or under your own supervision.
Good knowledge of SLAs, KPIs, particularly regarding enforcing those SLAs and KPIs
Experience of working with Cloud based technology teams.
What you will receive from our client by way of compensation:
Quite simply, one of the best comp & Bens packages we've seen on the market, to include:
Fantastic yearly bonus
Maternity pay & family bonuses.
Income Protection
Pension Scheme
Life Insurance
Family Cover for health and Dental
Highly competitive Salary to match your current skills.
Craft Beer and wine on tap
This is just a snippet of information in what could be a career defining move for one lucky candidate.
If you would like to know more about this role then McGregor Boyall would be delighted to speak with you for a confidential conversation.

We hope to hear from you soon and can't wat to receive your CV.


McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

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