IT Supplier Management Specialist

6 days ago

Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Connells Group Full time

About the Role

The IT Supplier Manager will be responsible for managing assigned suppliers in accordance with agreed governance processes, ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory, and statutory obligations is maintained at all times.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Engage and onboard new suppliers of required services in accordance with supplier management policies and standards.
  • Negotiate the best price for agreed services, considering the end-to-end lifetime value of the engagement.
  • Utilize the control framework for assigned suppliers that is appropriate to the value of the relationship and the criticality of goods/services to successful operation of Connells business.
  • Maintain successful relationships with peers within IT and suppliers.
  • Personally adhere to Connells Group standards and policies, including those regulatory and legal obligations that are our passport to do business.

Requirements:

  • Experience in an IT Supplier Management function, with a good understanding of IT supplier categories such as Software, Hardware, Software as a Service (SaaS), Network Management Systems, and Telecoms.
  • Evidence of ability to establish credibility as a subject matter expert at senior and operational levels.
  • Experience in developing and negotiating robust contracts for IT goods and services, with evidence of achieving outcomes that balance the interests of all parties.
  • Ability to leverage value across the lifetime of a 3rd party engagement.
  • A proven record of dealing with complex projects and meeting conflicting demands.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to translate technical language into clear, accurate terminology that non-technical people understand.

About Connells Group

Connells Group is one of the largest and most successful estate agency and property services providers in the UK, with a network of over 1,250 branches nationwide. The Group combines residential sales and lettings expertise with a range of consumer and corporate services, including new homes, mortgage services, conveyancing, EPC provision, surveying, corporate lettings, asset management, land & planning, LPA receivers, and auctions.

Connells Group UK is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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