IT Procurement Manager

IT Category Manager @ Global Blue-Chip Fortune 500 | Package £60,000 - £75,000 + 10 - 18% Bonus + 22% Pension | Flexible Location | London or Cambridge Based - Hybrid

If you are interested in seizing this unique opportunity, please contact Oskar at jobsOE@bramwithconsulting.co.uk

My client is a Global market leading Fortune 500 organisation who act as a catalyst for sustainable technologies across a broad variety of industries. This £Multi-Billion firm harnesses the power of their worldclass procurement function and centuries of technical know-how to drive forward the sustainability agenda and are at the forefront of leading multi-national firms transitions towards net zero. They seek a number of hires across their greenfield indirect procurement function and transformed global matrix structure. As such a unique opportunity presents itself for a Procurement, Sourcing or Category Manager to manage a broad remit of IT related spend.

This is an ample opportunity for a motivated procurement professional with experience in IT to further develop their career at a distinguished global innovator in sustainable technology solitons. The successful candidate will possess procurement experience within a FTSE Listed business and will ideally have been exposed to global procurement solutions or will have the gravitas to extract value from global procurement models.

The organisation based in both Central London & Cambridgeshire are offering flexible hybrid working of c.2x office days. A lucrative package is on offer of c.£60 - 75k, 10 - 25% bonus and a pension of 22% + 3% ISA Match + 2x match Share Scheme + Private Medical etc.

Key Responsibilities:

• The primary focus of this role is to deliver outstanding results and provide the firm a commercially competitive edge. This involves carefully balancing factors such as total cost of ownership and strategic delivery.
• Contribute to the development of the global category strategies. Support, own, and facilitate the execution of the global category strategy within the region, with a commitment to introducing innovative ideas and adopting best-in-class approaches.
• Identify opportunities for optimizing and standardizing sourcing activities, as well as competitively bidding spend across various categories. The ultimate goal is to deliver cost savings and improve operational efficiencies.
• Develop, negotiate & performance manage contracts (including Framework Agreements) with strategic suppliers.

Desired Skills:

• Strong functional procurement experience managing categories across multiple geographies, including negotiation of contracts across technical, commercial and legal.
• Experience working with IT teams to drive cost savings, optimise services and reduce risk.
• Good commercial acumen, understanding of the business context to make sound judgements/ recommendations.
• Strong interpersonal skills - able to manage stakeholders in a global matrix structure and develop relationships as a trusted business partner
• Excellent analytical and qualitative skills. Strong project and change management capabilities.
• Degree qualified and/ or proven experience in procurement. MCIPS Qualified or working towards.

If you are interested in seizing this unique opportunity, please contact Oskar at jobsOE@bramwithconsulting.co.uk

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