Category Manager - IT Procurement

Grafton Recruitment International; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A large international corporate based in Leeds seeks a skilled Category Manager for IT Procurement. This role involves managing group IT spend, leading supplier relationships, and negotiating contracts. Candidates should have significant experience in procurement, specifically for IT, and possess excellent interpersonal and influencing skills. The position offers a competitive salary of c.£60,000 - £65,000 plus a strong benefits package. Collaboration with stakeholders and project management are key components of this role.

Benefits

Strong benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience of leading and managing end-to-end procurement process, tendering and contract award.
• Procurement experience for indirect categories, including IT specifically.
• Excellent influencing skills, managing cross-function projects and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Supplier sourcing - identification and evaluation of suppliers.
• Tendering, negotiating, and implementing contracts and agreements.
• Managing complex contracts, and identifying supplier risk.
• Managing, advising, and influencing stakeholders through the procurement process.
• Managing supplier relationships, setting supplier strategy and evaluating supplier performance.
• Project procurement and category management approach.
• Category centralization and strategy development.

Skills

Supplier management

Negotiation skills

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Category Manager (IT Procurement)

Location: Based in Leeds (working 2 days in office)

Salary: c.£60,000 - £65,000 plus strong benefits package

Grafton Recruitment are working with a large international corporate to appoint a Category Manager who will manage group IT and technology spend.

You will be an experienced procurement professional with knowledge of managing key suppliers, leading those supplier relationships, and negotiating and implementing contracts for goods and services.

This role will take responsibility for working alongside the stakeholders in the business to lead tenders and contract award for IT products and services, and professional services spend. You will need to have excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, as well as strong project management skills.

This role offers a great opportunity to lead category strategy for defined areas and negotiate high value contracts. You will be part of a large and sophisticated procurement team.

Responsibilities

• Supplier Sourcing - identification and evaluation of suppliers
• Tendering, negotiating, and implementing contracts and agreements
• Managing complex contracts, and identifying supplier risk
• Managing, advising, and influencing stakeholders through the procurement process
• Managing supplier relationships, setting supplier strategy and evaluating supplier performance
• Project procurement and category management approach
• Category centralization and strategy development

Requirements

• Experience of leading and managing end-to-end procurement process, tendering and contract award.
• Procurement experience for indirect categories, including IT specifically.
• Excellent influencing skills, managing cross-function projects and senior stakeholders.

To apply or for further details please contact Adrian Harrison (Principal Consultant - Procurement Recruitment)