Category Manager - IT Procurement

HW Interim Solutions; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

HW Interim Solutions is supporting a well-established organisation in Birmingham to appoint an experienced IT Category Manager on a 6-month fixed-term contract. You will own the IT category, drive cost optimisation, and deliver measurable savings.

Reporting to the Head of Indirect Procurement, you will lead category strategy, analyse spend and contracts, manage senior stakeholders and suppliers, and track benefits while supporting broader procurement improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in IT procurement/category management.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrable experience delivering cost savings.
• Confident managing senior stakeholders and suppliers.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, project led environment.
• Strong analytical and strategic procurement capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT category strategy, sourcing and supplier negotiations.
• Analyse spend, contracts and supplier arrangements to identify savings opportunities.
• Develop and deliver category plans and commercial improvement initiatives.
• Manage senior stakeholder and supplier relationships.
• Track and report savings and commercial benefits.
• Support wider procurement improvement projects.

Skills

IT procurement

Category management

Negotiation skills

Cost savings delivery

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Strategic procurement

Job description

Category Manager – IT Procurement

We are supporting a well-established organisation with the appointment of an experienced IT Category Manager on a 6 month fixed term contract.

Reporting to the Head of Indirect Procurement, you will take ownership of the IT category as part of a focused cost optimisation programme, identifying and delivering measurable commercial savings.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead IT category strategy, sourcing and supplier negotiations.
• Analyse spend, contracts and supplier arrangements to identify savings opportunities.
• Develop and deliver category plans and commercial improvement initiatives.
• Manage senior stakeholder and supplier relationships.
• Track and report savings and commercial benefits.
• Support wider procurement improvement projects.

Candidate profile:

• Proven experience in IT procurement/category management.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrable experience delivering cost savings.
• Confident managing senior stakeholders and suppliers.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, project led environment.
• Strong analytical and strategic procurement capability.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced IT procurement professional to make an immediate commercial impact within a high profile cost optimisation programme.