Procurement Manager in Milton Keynes

Energy Jobline ZR; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy sector company is seeking an IT Procurement Manager in Milton Keynes. This pivotal role will manage the full sourcing and supplier lifecycle for IT contracts, ensuring strong governance and driving commercial value. The ideal candidate should have advanced procurement experience and strong stakeholder communication skills. This position offers a salary range of £60,000 - £70,000 plus benefits, with 2 days a week on-site.

Benefits

Benefits

Qualifications

• Experienced in ensuring contracted SLAs and KPIs are met.
• Familiar with information security, GDPR, and regulatory compliance as it applies to third party IT services.
• Proven experience identifying and managing key suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement activity, working closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Manage the full sourcing and supplier lifecycle for IT contracts.

Skills

Advanced IT and Digital Procurement S2P experience

Understanding of software licensing models

Experienced with commercial IT and Digital contract negotiation

Knowledge of the Microsoft tech stack

Strong communication abilities

Job description

Overview

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Job Details

Role: IT Procurement Manager

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 + Benefits

Location: Milton Keynes/Hybrid - 2 days a week on site

We are representing a UK based organisation who are looking for an IT Procurement Manager. Operating in the accounting industry, this company are market leaders in what they do with an excellent reputation as a place of work.

This pivotal role offers the opportunity to shape and support a newly centralised procurement function. You\u2019ll lead procurement activity, working closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure strong governance, drive commercial value, and deliver the procurement strategy, managing the full sourcing and supplier lifecycle for IT contracts, ensuring value, quality, and alignment with organisational values, and helping to embed best practices across the organisation, standardise procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement activity, working closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure strong governance, drive commercial value, and deliver the procurement strategy.
• Manage the full sourcing and supplier lifecycle for IT contracts, ensuring value, quality, and alignment with organisational values, and helping to embed best practices across the organisation; standardise procurement processes.

We are looking for

• Advanced IT and Digital Procurement S2P experience.
• Understanding of software licensing models, including SaaS, perpetual, subscription, and cloud-based agreements.
• Experienced with commercial IT and Digital contract negotiation.
• Familiar with information security, GDPR, and regulatory compliance as it applies to third party IT services.
• Proven experience identifying and managing key suppliers, mitigating risks, understanding market trends and monitoring supplier performance.
• Experienced in ensuring contracted SLAs and KPIs are met.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft tech stack, including Microsoft Office.
• Strong communication abilities to engage stakeholders and suppliers at all levels.

Application

This is a great chance to join a progressive, well-regarded business with an excellent reputation as a place to work. If it sounds of interest, please apply.

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