Procurement Category Lead - IT

Beaumont Select; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Beaumont Select is partnering with a major Financial Services group to appoint an IT/Technology procurement Category Lead. You will own a broad spend portfolio, shape strategies across software, hardware, cloud and IT services, and drive value through cost optimisation and supplier management.

This hybrid role, based from Manchester or Peterborough, offers exposure to complex, regulated environments, senior stakeholder engagement and a path to influence technology investment across the group.

Qualifications

• Strong IT/Technology procurement experience.
• Experience across software, cloud, hardware and IT services markets.
• Proven track record of delivering cost savings and value creation.
• Experience using procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba, Coupa or Oracle.
• Strong negotiation, commercial and contract management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management with ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.
• Data-driven approach with focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
• Experience in a regulated environment would be advantageous.
• Procurement qualification such as CIPS, CPSM or equivalent preferred.
• Degree in Business/IT/Supply Chain or related field advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Leading end-to-end procurement lifecycle across IT and Technology categories.
• Developing and implementing IT category and sourcing strategies.
• Managing procurement across SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and enterprise applications with licence optimisation.
• Leading sourcing for IT hardware, devices, networks and infrastructure.
• Managing procurement of managed services, consultancy and IT support services.
• Negotiating complex contracts and SLAs with key technology suppliers.
• Identifying cost-optimisation opportunities and supplier consolidation.
• Supporting procurement technology adoption to improve efficiency and governance.
• Ensuring alignment with data security, regulatory and cyber-risk requirements.
• Building relationships with stakeholders across Technology, Finance, Legal, Risk and the business.
• Driving continuous improvement and bringing innovation into IT procurement.

Skills

IT procurement

Technology categories

Cost savings

Negotiation skills

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Data-driven

Continuous improvement

Regulated environment experience

Education

CIPS CPSM or equivalent

Degree in Business/IT/Supply Chain

Tools

SAP Ariba

Coupa

Oracle

Job description

Exciting Category Lead – IT/Technology opportunity ~ Take ownership of a broad and strategically important range of Indirect spend portfolio for a major Financial Services Group.

We're working wiith a Financial Services group who are currently unergoing a procurement transformation, to build a more strategic function across the group.

This is a great opportunity for a commercially minded IT procurement professional who enjoys operating at both strategic and operational levels, developing category strategies, leading complex sourcing activity and delivering measurable value across a technology estate.

You’ll be responsible for developing and delivering sourcing strategies across software, hardware, cloud and IT services, ensuring technology investment is cost-effective, scalable, secure and aligned with wider business and digital transformation objectives.

You’ll lead the end-to-end procurement lifecycle across IT and Technology categories, managing significant spend and working closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the end-to-end procurement lifecycle across IT and Technology categories.
• Developing and implementing effective IT category and sourcing strategies.
• Managing procurement across SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and enterprise applications, with a focus on licence optimisation and value.
• Leading sourcing activity for IT hardware, devices, networks and infrastructure.
• Managing procurement of managed services, consultancy and IT support services.
• Negotiating complex commercial agreements, contracts and SLAs with key technology suppliers.
• Identifying opportunities for cost optimisation, supplier consolidation and improved commercial value.
• Supporting the adoption of procurement technology and automation to improve efficiency, visibility and governance.
• Ensuring procurement activity aligns with data security, regulatory and cyber-risk requirements.
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders across Technology, Finance, Legal, Risk and the wider business.
• Driving continuous improvement and bringing innovation into the IT procurement function.

We’re looking for an experienced IT/Technology procurement professional with a strong commercial mindset and a proven track record of delivering value.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Strong procurement experience across IT or Technology categories.
• A good understanding of software, cloud, hardware and IT services markets.
• Proven experience delivering cost savings, cost optimisation and wider value creation.
• Experience using procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba, Coupa or Oracle.
• Strong negotiation, commercial and contract management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A data-driven approach with a genuine focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
• Experience working within a complex or regulated environment would be advantageous.
• A professional procurement qualification such as CIPS, CPSM or equivalent is preferred.
• A degree in Business, IT, Supply Chain or a related discipline would be advantageous.

*** Our client has offices in Manchester or Peterborough and can be located in either location - 3 days a week on site, 2 from home ***