Snr Procurement Manager - IT - £80K

1st Executive; London; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior IT Procurement Manager to drive value in IT procurement, focusing on new product development initiatives and stakeholder engagement. This role requires a commercially astute individual with strong leadership skills and a results-driven mindset, ready to contribute to significant technology investments and projects in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT Procurement & Category Management.
• Solid understanding of procurement processes and principles.
• Ability to negotiate contracts and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop key relationships with IT leadership including CIO and CDO.
• Drive commercial value across critical IT & Technology procurement projects.
• Support organization's digital investment journey.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Strong influencing skills

Leadership

Results driven

Adaptability

Self-motivation

Education

Degree and MCIPS qualified

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Snr Procurement Manager - IT - £80K, London

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Client:

1st Executive

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

18.06.2025

Expiry Date:

02.08.2025

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Job Description:

Role: Senior IT Procurement Manager

Salary: Up to £80K + Excellent Benefits

Location: London (2/3 days p/w on site)

Are you an IT Procurement Manager - with experience of delivering complex IT sourcing projects across Digital, Data, Cloud and Software? This is an exciting opportunity with a PE backed client who are investing extensively in Technology solutions to drive customer experience and future revenue generation opportunities.

Role:
Key to your success in this role will be the ability to develop key stakeholder relationships with the IT leadership community, including the CIO and CDO, positioning Procurement as a "value-add" business partner. Ultimately, you will be tasked with driving commercial value across a broad range of business critical IT & Technology Procurement projects - supporting the organisation's digital investment journey, with lots of exciting new product development and proof of concept projects, which embrace AI.

You will need to:

• Be commercially astute, financially literate and legally competent to negotiate contracts across the breadth of the IT Procurement portfolio
• Have strong influencing skills and leadership, with the gravitas to negotiate credibly with suppliers and engage with the CIO, CDO and the executive management team
• Be results driven with a track record of achievement while adaptable in the face of adversity

Experience:

• IT Procurement & Category Management experience - ideally bring examples of supporting new product development initiatives
• Solid understanding of procurement processes and principles, commercial and legal constructs, and financial models.
• Skills to influence and drive effective change in an agile environment
• Self-motivation, tenacity, and a focus on delivery
• Gravitas, the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Ideally Degree and MCIPS qualified.

***All applicants must demonstrate current and valid UK Right To Work***