Senior Procurement Manager - IT

JSS is currently recruiting an IT Category Manager position for an exciting organisation in the West Midlands area.

This is a critical role, taking ownership of a key spend area within a fast-paced business.

The role:

• Lead the procurement process for IT related, highly complex, business critical and above threshold goods and services, within a UCR environment, managing all risk, legislative and regulatory requirements
• Implements procurement procedures in keeping with the organisation’s Procurement strategy and Procurement Policy and processes
• Working to a UCR governance framework and other procurement regulations as required.
• Supports development of appropriate IT procurement strategies that support value for money objectives e.g. supplier consolidation.
• Develops and maintains a plan of all IT procurement activity to meet business needs and advises on resource needs and options.
• Co-ordinates production of invitation to tender documents, instructions, evaluation scorecards and reports.
• Partners with key stakeholders across the business to understand key requirements/Customer profiles for their business units seeking products to best match these criteria.
• Facilitates development of the organisation’s relationship with existing and potential IT suppliers through strategic supplier relationship management.
• Works closely with legal and procurement teams to ensure adherence to contracted terms and conditions to maintain a high level of commerciality and relationship with key suppliers.
• Proactively engages key suppliers to help strengthen and improve their performance and provide transparency to help alleviate current or future service issues including ensuring non-conformances are managed and addressed in a timely manner.
• Identify and drive forward opportunities to develop and deliver cost-savings, business, and value-added opportunities within the organisation.
• Ensure IT suppliers continue to deliver best value by actively benchmarking against identified and approved comparators; and negotiating any contract changes.

Your profile:

• IT Category Management & Category Strategy Development
• Demonstrable experience in running tenders and leading complex IT procurement competitions;
• Demonstrable experience in leading commercial negotiations
• Supplier relationship management
• Commercial risk management
• Contract management
• Project management
• Experience of delivering tenders under the ’Utility Contracts Regulations 2016’ (UCR) and awareness of more recent interpretations from Europe and the UK Courts
• CIPS Qualified

What’s on offer?

• £60,000-70,000 salary
• Highly competitive benefits package
• Hybrid working (2 days per week in the office)