IT Procurement Manager (Global Professional Services Business)

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IT Procurement Manager | £65,000 to £75,000 | 10% Bonus | Private Healthcare | full corporate benefits package | Leeds – 3 days a week | A global Legal and Professional Services Business

This is a great opportunity to join a group global procurement function who have grown considerably over the past 5 years, where an experienced IT Category expert position has become available to support on the firm's full IT spend portfolio.

You will be managing the full end to end procurement process, from initial requisition or project creation, developing the contract to signature of the approved contract. If you have any contract drafting, SLA's or formulating key T&Cs for the supplier contract, this will be hugely beneficial.

Role and responsibilities:

• Create IT strategy through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
• Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
• Support the development of global category strategies to a clear and prioritised pipeline of sourcing projects
• Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
• Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
• Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
• On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency

Experience and requirements:

• Deep technical category experience within Technology, covering a wide range of sub-categories
• Worked or working in a private sector business, professional services is a preference but not essetial
• Previous experience working on complex projects, dealing with Tier 1 suppliers of significant values
• Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions
• A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs
• Will have a track record of IT category management, effecting change and continuous improvement through implementation of innovative category strategies
• Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries
• Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
• MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing

• Industries

  Law Practice and Professional Services

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