IT Supplier Manager

TN United Kingdom; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Supplier Management professional to enhance supplier relationships and ensure compliance with regulatory obligations. You will leverage your expertise to negotiate optimal contracts and drive value across the sourcing lifecycle. This role demands excellent communication skills and the ability to manage complex projects while maintaining productive relationships with IT peers and suppliers. Join a dynamic team dedicated to delivering exceptional service and fostering a collaborative environment where your contributions will make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT Supplier Management and contract negotiation.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier relationships and ensure compliance with contracts.
• Negotiate pricing and maintain service quality across engagements.

Skills

IT Supplier Management

Contract Negotiation

Communication Skills

Commercial Awareness

Relationship Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or IT

Professional Certification in Supply Chain Management

Job description

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The Sourcing & Supplier Management team are responsible for identifying, selecting, engaging, on-boarding and managing 3rd parties who provide goods and services across the IT enterprise. With support from legal experts, we negotiate binding contracts with service providers that deliver value across the sourcing lifecycle and ensure Connells Group is paying the optimal price.

About the Role

You will manage your assigned suppliers in accordance with agreed governance processes ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory and statutory obligations is maintained at all times. You will use your commercial knowledge and experience to negotiate and ensure Connells Group is gaining ongoing value from suppliers, assisting your peers in operational teams to maintain productive and healthy relationships where both parties share an investment in a positive outcome.

Responsibilities:

• Engaging and onboarding new suppliers of required services in accordance with supplier management policies and standards
• Ensuring contracts, governance approach and service quality measures are appropriate to the value of the engagement and that compliance with regulatory and statutory obligations is embedded throughout the engagement
• Negotiating the best price for agreed services, considering the end to end lifetime value of the engagement
• Utilising the control framework for assigned suppliers that is appropriate to the value of the relationship and the criticality of goods/services to successful operation of Connells business
• Maintaining successful relationships with peers within IT and suppliers
• Personally, adhering to Connells Group standards and policies including those regulatory and legal obligations that are our passport to do business. Identifying and appropriately escalating if you identify any breaches

Requirements:

• Experience in an IT Supplier Management function; good understanding IT supplier categories such as Software, Hardware, Software as a Service (SaaS), Network Management Systems and Telecoms.
• Evidence of ability to establish credibility as a subject matter expert at senior and operational levels.
• Experience in developing and negotiating robust contracts for IT goods and services with evidence of achieving outcomes that balance the interests of all parties
• Ability to leverage value across the lifetime of a 3rd party engagement
• A proven record of dealing with complex projects and meeting conflicting demands
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to translate technical language into clear, accurate terminology that non-technical people understand

Connells Group is one of the largest and most successful estate agency and property services providers in the UK and as of March 2021 also encompasses Countrywide. Founded in 1936 and with a network of over 1,250 branches nationwide, the Group combines residential sales and lettings expertise with a range of consumer and corporate services including new homes, mortgage services, conveyancing, EPC provision, surveying, corporate lettings, asset management, land & planning, LPA receivers and auctions.

Connells Group UK is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.