Head Of It jobs in United Kingdom

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