IT Category Manager - Remote

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IT Category Manager - Remote, Ashton-under-Lyne

Client:

The Portfolio Group

Location:

Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

5

Posted:

24.04.2025

Expiry Date:

08.06.2025

Job Description:

Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading financial services client to recruit for an IT Category Manager.

The role:

As an 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:

• Support IT and business procurement needs as a key member of the Group Procurement Team.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the UK and beyond to understand business needs and incorporate them into strategy development and project delivery.
• Assist in building the IT Procurement plan, including proactively identifying savings/value opportunities aligned with organisational objectives.
• Support IT Business Partners on larger, complex projects with project management and analytics support.
• Negotiate and draft contracts.
• Monitor contract renewals, prepare strategies, and negotiate group standards, tools, and working practices to enhance supplier performance management.
• Assist in designing and implementing supplier management plans and conduct reviews for critical/strategic suppliers.

Skills and experience required:

• 3-5 years of IT and Procurement sourcing experience.
• Possession of CIPS qualification or part-qualified with a desire to attain MCIPS.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage projects independently from initiation to completion.