Senior Procurement Manager - IT & Indirect

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology provider is seeking a Senior Category Manager to oversee IT and indirect procurement. This role involves strategic development across multiple regions, managing significant global projects while engaging senior stakeholders. The successful candidate will drive efficiencies and enhance supplier relationships to support business goals.

Benefits

Full corporate benefits package

Qualifications

• Deep technical experience within Technology & IT.
• Private sector procurement experience.
• Experience with complex global projects and Tier 1 suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Create IT and corporate strategies to achieve annualised savings.
• Engage and manage senior stakeholders for supplier alignment.
• Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting.

Skills

Technical category experience

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic mindset

Excellent communications skills

Adaptability in fast-paced environments

Education

MCIPS qualification

Job description

Job Description

Senior Category Manager - IT (70%) & Indirects (30%) | £70,000 to £75,000 | 10% bonus | full corporate benefits package | London - 1 or 2 days in the office per week | A global provider of technology systems, platforms and software

This is a really exciting and unique opportunity to join a global group business, who own multiple brands to report directly into the the newly appointed Global Procurement Director.

You will be initially managing a large UK spend focusing heavily towards IT/Technology, but still managing and looking after more generalist spend; Professional Services, Marketing, FM, Travel, HR. The plan for this person and a key objective is to start looking at the spend across the group globally and implementing wider strategies across key suppliers to improve cost and supplier delivery.

They are looking for a "do'er" who wants to get stuck in, someone with a commercial but still a strategic approach that ideally has worked across multiple regions.

Role and responsibilities:

• Create IT and corporate strategies through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
• Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
• Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
• Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
• Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
• On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency

Experience and requirements:

• Deep technical category experience within Technology & IT is key
• As well as having some more generalist Indirect category management
• Private sector procurement experience, ideally working for a global business
• Previous experience working on complex global projects, dealing with Tier 1 suppliers of significant values
• Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions
• A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs
• Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries
• Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
• MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential