Public Sector IT & Digital Procurement Lead

Morgan Law; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Law is supporting a major public-sector organisation in London to appoint a Strategic Category Lead (IT & Digital). This is a senior procurement role combining commercial leadership with people management and influence at senior stakeholder level.

You will lead the IT and Digital procurement category, develop strategies, manage a team of procurement professionals and engage with senior stakeholders, suppliers and government bodies on complex contracts and major digital transformation

Qualifications

• Strong experience in IT procurement, digital procurement and/or technology category management.
• Proven experience leading complex negotiations and high-value contracts.
• Experience developing and implementing strategic sourcing and category strategies.
• Strong knowledge of public-sector procurement and procurement regulations.
• Experience managing and developing procurement teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability.
• A track record of delivering financial and performance targets.
• The confidence to engage with senior executives and lead change in complex organisations.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT & Digital category strategy, strategic sourcing and procurement.
• Manage and develop a team of procurement professionals.
• Lead complex, high-value IT and digital procurement projects from strategy through to contract award.
• Develop sourcing strategies, tender processes and robust commercial agreements.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations and contract management.
• Build strategic supplier relationships and drive supplier performance.
• Deliver measurable cost savings, cost avoidance and added-value benefits.
• Analyse markets, spend and supplier capability to identify commercial opportunities.
• Act as a trusted commercial business partner to senior stakeholders, influencing strategy and challenging existing approaches.
• Lead cross-functional projects and support major digital and technology transformation programmes.
• Ensure procurement activity complies with public-sector procurement regulations, governance and commercial best practice.

Skills

IT procurement

Digital procurement

Category management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Team leadership

Public sector procurement

Strategic sourcing

Contract management

Job description

Morgan Law is supporting a major public-sector organisation in London to appoint a Strategic Category Lead (IT & Digital). This is a senior procurement role combining commercial leadership with people management and influence at senior stakeholder level.

You will lead the IT and Digital procurement category, develop strategies, manage a team of procurement professionals and engage with senior stakeholders, suppliers and government bodies on complex contracts and major digital transformation