Senior IT Category Manager

3 weeks ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Smiths Group plc Full time
Job Overview

As an IT Category Manager at Smiths Group plc, you will play a critical role in managing IT spend between £45m to £50m across several IT key categories. Your key focus will be on Application Management Services, Software (including SaaS solutions), Professional IT Services, and Telecoms Services. You will be responsible for ensuring value delivery, ongoing performance, and risk management across the substantial supply base.

This is a UK-based role where you can work from either our Birmingham, Hemel Hempstead, or London offices.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead cross-functional teams of operational stakeholders, sourcing, and commercial managers through the sourcing process to deliver breakthrough results that drive commercial advantage for Smiths Group.
  • Collaborate with the Indirect Category Heads to develop and deliver a clear category strategy for the Group.
  • Ensure suppliers provide value for money and business benefit to the company, including innovative proposals and adherence to the Smiths Sustainable Sourcing Strategy.
  • Develop relationships with existing suppliers to leverage spend, reduce costs, and deliver innovation and benefit to our business.
  • Develop new strategic relationships with new suppliers and partners to meet customer needs and requirements.
  • Lead cost management exercises to identify waste and drive immediate savings in external costs.
  • Identify opportunities to exploit economies of scale (group leverage, standardization, normalization of suppliers, etc.).
  • Work with Business Partners and stakeholders to gain an in-depth understanding of the industry and related Divisional business models.
  • The role is critical in driving improved customer experiences and reducing risk through the supply base within the categories.
Key Accountabilities:
  • Collaborate with the Indirect Category Heads to deliver a long-term Category vision, with a clear strategy and operating plan, supporting the Category Team's objectives to the Group, business strategy, and improving the measurable contribution of the Team to business performance.
  • Direct accountability and responsibility for the development and delivery of the relevant Subcategory Strategies.
  • Implement Supplier Relationship Management as an effective and efficient process, ensuring compliance with all policies, minimum standards, and governance/risk mechanisms.
  • Ensure that all supplier agreements are effectively implemented by the Managers within the category team.
  • Work with staff within the Divisions to ensure all procurement activity aligns as effectively as possible to corporate goals and deliver continuous improvement and innovation.
  • Have insight and understanding of business requirements and relevant supply market developments on a 1–3-year horizon.
  • Results and Performance: To be accountable for the quality and effectiveness of delivery measured by an agreed balanced scorecard to achieve service and financial outcomes.
  • Fully understand the Divisional business model, how the various businesses deliver value to customers, and how that service is supported cost-effectively by 3rd party providers.
  • Review contracts and sourcing activities relative to the Divisional business strategy.
  • Build and continuously improve the Category Managers capability within the business to meet the agreed strategy, encompassing services, structure, people, skills, knowledge, processes, technology, and information.
Requirements:
  • Strong experience in leading Procurement projects from end to end, working to a structured process for RFIs and RFPs.
  • Building and implementing buying strategies, working with stakeholders and Business units to gain agreement and commitment to change.
  • Managing supplier negotiations.
  • Supplier relationship management processes, supported structured supplier performance reviews.
  • Managing and influencing stakeholders and suppliers.
  • Working and delivering within a complex firm or organization.
  • Experience of working with iValua.
  • IT (Hardware, Software, and Services, Application Management Services, Telecoms Services, Professional IT Service, Business Applications & SaaS solutions).

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