Strategic IT Contract & Supplier Delivery Lead

Southern Water; Worthing; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Water is seeking a Supplier Delivery Manager to lead IT procurement and contract management across hosted services, licenses, and managed services. You will work with Procurement, Legal, IG and the DPO to define and maintain a robust digital contract portfolio and ensure value, compliance, and security across multi-vendor environments.

Based in Worthing, you will negotiate, draft and execute commercial contracts, manage relationships, and oversee pre-employment security checks.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT supplier management and vendor relationships.
• Strong knowledge of internal procurement processes.
• Experience in commercial management within large IT environments.
• Significant knowledge of contractual terms for Legal.
• Experience in supplier assurance, controls and performance evaluation.
• Background in IT sourcing, procurement and contracts.
• Contract relationship management experience.
• Ability to pass pre-employment security checks.

Responsibilities

• Owns and manages the Digital Contract Portfolio incl. frameworks and licenses.
• Negotiate and execute commercial contracts under procurement self-service.
• Draft, evaluate, negotiate contract schedules including pricing, SLAs, credits.
• Ensure compliance with Legal, IG and DP requirements.
• Support BAU and project delivery under Framework Agreements.
• Vetting and security clearances per Southern Water policy.

Skills

Contract management

IT supplier management

Vendor management

IT procurement

Contractual terms

Security vetting

Framework contracts

Job description

Southern Water is seeking a Supplier Delivery Manager to lead IT procurement and contract management across hosted services, licenses, and managed services. You will work with Procurement, Legal, IG and the DPO to define and maintain a robust digital contract portfolio and ensure value, compliance, and security across multi-vendor environments.

Based in Worthing, you will negotiate, draft and execute commercial contracts, manage relationships, and oversee pre-employment security checks.