IT Procurement Manager

Onyx-Conseil; City Of London; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking an IT Procurement Manager for a six-month contract. The role involves sourcing in IT procurement, vendor management, and contract negotiation, mostly remote with occasional site visits. The ideal candidate must possess strong stakeholder management skills and have knowledge of the IT market. This position is inside IR35.

Qualifications

• Experience across multiple sectors demonstrating capability.
• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills.
• Ability to run an RFx process.

Responsibilities

• Source experience and run IT procurement processes.
• Manage vendor relationships and performance.
• Prepare and drive category plans to align with client's strategies.

Skills

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Contract negotiation

Knowledge of IT markets

Preparation of category plans

Job description

Overview

Our client is looking for a IT Procurement Manager to join their team on a six month initial contract, working mostly remote with occasional travel to site. This role is Inside IR35.

Responsibilities

• Source experience - capable of running an RFx process, with good IT knowledge including hardware, software and services, and understand current market trends.
• Preparation of, or assisting in the preparation, of category plans and driving savings, whilst aligning with client's strategies.
• Vendor management, including relationship management, performance management, benchmarking.
• Contract management including negotiating and implementing new contracts, licence agreements, sub-contracts with back-to-back client terms, amendments, addendums and novations.
• Support bid opportunities relating to Procurement scope.

Qualifications / Attributes

• Experience across multiple sectors and ability to demonstrate capability in various attributes; not all are necessarily required for this role.
• Be a team player.
• Have good stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills both verbal and written when dealing with internal and external clients.
• Knowledge of current IT hardware, software and services markets.
• Ability to prepare category plans and drive savings in line with client strategies.

About LA International

LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.