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Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading financial services client to recruit for an IT Category Manager.
The role:
As IT Procurement Manager you will be a key part of the Procurement Team. This position is wide ranging and will involve partnering with key stakeholders of all levels of seniority across the company. As part of an ambitious and acquisitive organisation, you will be exposed to a range of responsibilities with genuine depth and variety.
Key accountabilities:
As a key member of the Group Procurement Team, you will work to support IT and the businesses procurement needs.
You will need to build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the UK and beyond, to understand the business' needs, ensuring issues are understood and accounted for in strategy development and during project delivery.
You will support in building the IT Procurement plan including proactive identification of savings/value opportunities, in support of wider organisation objectives and priorities.
Support IT Business Partner on larger, complex projects providing project management and analytics support.
Contract negotiations and drafting.
Support with contract renewal monitoring, strategy preparation and negotiation of group standards, tools and working practices to improve supplier performance management.
Supports the business to design and implements appropriate supplier management plan and supports reviews for critical/strategic suppliers.
Skills and experience required:
Previous IT and Procurement sourcing experience (ideally 3-5 years)
CIPS or part qualified with a desire to complete to MCIPS level would be ideal
Strong commercial and analytical experience
Ability to take control of a project and see through to completion
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