Senior Category Manager - IT & Telecommunications

Quickline Communications Limited; Anlaby; Híbrido; GBP 70 000 - 95 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Pension 5% employer / 5% employee

Health Cashback Scheme

25 days annual leave + special days

Enhanced parental leave

Free on-site parking

Resumo da oferta

Quickline Communications Limited seeks a Senior Category Manager for IT & Telecommunications to lead procurement strategy, manage strategic supplier partnerships, and drive commercial value across a complex technology portfolio. You will own the category roadmap, lead tender processes, and collaborate with Technology, Cyber Security, and Infrastructure leaders to optimise costs and supplier performance.

This role requires senior stakeholder influence and a track record of delivering tangible

Qualificações

• Experience in procurement and category management for IT/telecom environments.
• Proven track record of leading high-value negotiations and contracts.
• Ability to build influential supplier partnerships and drive value.

Responsabilidades

• Own IT and Telecommunications category strategy aligned with technology roadmap.
• Lead sourcing activities from market analysis to contract award.
• Negotiate terms, drive supplier performance, and manage risk.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across Technology and Security.
• Support growth through cost optimisation and smarter technology investments.

Conhecimentos

Procurement

Category management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

IT & Telecom knowledge

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Senior Category Manager - IT & Telecommunications

We're Quickline, and we believe everyone deserves great internet. Whoever you are, wherever you are and whatever you do online - our customers are at the heart of everything we do. So we're on a mission to provide lightning fast, reliable broadband that reaches the places other providers leave behind. Our mission relies on a team full of inspiring, customer obsessed people, ande're looking for a Senior Category Manager with extensive procurement and category management experience to lead our technology sourcing strategy, strengthen supplier performance and deliver greater commercial value across a complex portfolio. Could that be you? This is an opportunity to own a strategically important spend portfolio, build influential supplier partnerships and drive commercial outcomes that directly support Quickline's future ambitions. If that sounds like your kind of challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of Quickline's IT and Telecommunications category strategy, ensuring procurement decisions support our technology roadmap and wider business goals.
• Shape and lead complex sourcing activities, from market analysis and tender exercises through to commercial negotiations and contract award.
• Build strong relationships with strategic suppliers, driving performance, innovation and value across a critical technology portfolio.
• Partner closely with senior leaders across Technology, Cyber Security, Infrastructure and Digital Transformation, becoming a trusted commercial advisor.
• Play a key role in supporting Quickline's growth ambitions through cost optimisation, risk management and smarter technology investment.

Why You'll Be Great in This Role

• Significant experience within procurement and category management, ideally across IT, telecommunications or technology-driven environments.
• A, proven track record of leading high-value negotiations and securing

Here’s why you’ll love this role

• commercially beneficial outcomes
• Strong knowledge of software licensing, SaaS, cloud, telecoms and managed service commercial models.
• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders and building credibility across multiple business functions.
• Commercially minded, analytical and comfortable balancing value creation, supplier performance and risk management in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Pension - 5% employer / 5% employee contribution.
• Health Cashback Scheme - Can claim back prescription, GP and optician charges, therapy allowance, private outpatient consultations, EAP, 24/7 remote GP service, member discounts.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, your birthday, house move and wedding day off.
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 additional days annual leave
• Enhanced Paternity/Maternity/Adoption leave
• Life Assurance
• High Street Shopping Discount Scheme
• Holidays, food and drink, insurance, sport, tech, high street, Ikea, M&S, cinema etc.
• Free Parking on site.
• Regular 'Lunch & Learns'
• Social Events
• Summer and End of Year parties etc.
• Core Value Awards
• Regular opportunities to win!

Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role #LI-Hybrid TPBN1_UKTJ