Technology Sourcing Strategy Manager

Client: KPMG

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

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Posted:

13.04.2025

Expiry Date:

28.05.2025

Job Description:

Job Title/Req Number: Technology Sourcing Strategy Manager - 105959
Base Location: London, Birmingham or Manchester plus network of 20 offices nationally.
The KPMG Technology Transformation practice is a cornerstone of our business. Operating from across our UK offices, we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise. KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies. We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.
By encompassing a breadth of areas, we deliver collaborative team engagements, working together across these capabilities to help our clients get the best from their IT services. We become immersed in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes and get it right first time.

Why Join KPMG as a Technology Sourcing Strategy Manager:
We are growing our team to meet an increasing demand for our market leading services and are seeking your relevant expertise and experience to join us. As a Manager within our Technology Sourcing capability, you will help our clients exploit their supply chains to effect high value technology transformation in support of their broader business transformation agendas.

What will you be doing?

Working with KPMG colleagues, client teams, and C Level client resources to:

1. Assist clients to understand how technology providers, systems integrators, and service partners can deliver the capabilities required to effect and assure transformation.
2. Assist clients to build and implement sourcing strategies and underpinning supplier strategies to effect broader technology and business strategy.
3. Bring expert knowledge of suppliers and commercial constructs to assist clients and their legal advisors in the negotiation of robust operationally deliverable contracts.
4. Assist clients with the transition of services to an inbound supplier and provide the expertise to help the client assure post contract value realisation.
5. Understand a broad set of Technology Transformation services (e.g. IT operating model, cost optimisation) delivered to our clients and the dependencies that arise when operating a large multi-disciplinary programme.
6. Work as part of an engagement team in a leading capacity to deliver high quality products and outcomes to our clients and identify further opportunities to support them for the wider KPMG firm.

What will you need to do it?

1. You will have experience in supporting the delivery of sourcing strategies and transactions within one or more technology domain, such as Private / Public Hosting Services and Connectivity, System Integration, Digital Workplace, ERP Transformation Programmes.
2. Experience of influencing and advising senior IT delivery and sourcing stakeholders.
3. Defining and managing projects or material workstreams relating to sourcing process encompassing market tender and single source techniques.
4. Defining commercial and operational / technical requirements in your domain of experience – leveraging the detailed technical expertise of a broader organisation.
5. Demonstrable knowledge of pricing, evaluation, and selection methods.

Skills we'd love to see/Amazing Extras:

1. You may have a background in delivery, the scoping and selling of complex IT solutions in a sell side organisation or in a strategic sourcing function working closely with technology delivery functions.
2. Experience gained in a client facing consulting role.
3. Experience in defining and implementing Technology Sourcing strategies for ERP transformation programmes (e.g. SAP S4 HANA, Workday).

To discuss this or wider Consulting roles with our recruitment team, all you need to do is apply, create a profile, upload your CV and begin to make your mark with KPMG.

Our Locations:

We are open to talk to Technology Sourcing Strategy talent across the country but our core hubs for this role are:

• London Canary Wharf
• Manchester
• Birmingham

With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.

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