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Role: Senior IT Category Manager
Salary: Up to £95K + Excellent Benefits Location: Birmingham (hybrid) Are you an IT Procurement Manager with experience in category management and the delivery of complex IT sourcing projects across Cloud, DevOps, Cyber, Software, and Testing?
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to play a key part in the development of a Greenfield Procurement function, alongside a newly appointed Head of Procurement, for a PE backed Technology organisation. Responsibilities:
As Senior IT Category Manager, key to your success in this role will be the ability to develop key stakeholder relationships with the IT community, 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 journey. Requirements:
Be commercially astute, financially literate, and legally competent to negotiate contracts. Have strong influencing skills and leadership, with the gravitas to negotiate credibly with suppliers and engage with the CIO and the executive management team. Be results-driven with a track record of achievement while adaptable in the face of adversity. Familiar with operating in a regulatory environment. Experience:
Deep IT Procurement & Category Management experience. Solid understanding of procurement processes and principles, commercial and legal constructs, and financial models. Skills to influence and drive effective change in a fast-paced environment. Self-motivation, tenacity, and a focus on delivery. Gravitas, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. Ideally Degree / CIPS qualified. Senior IT Category Manager - click apply! ***Due to client requirements, candidates must hold full right to work in the UK on a full-time permanent basis.***
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Salary: Up to £95K + Excellent Benefits Location: Birmingham (hybrid) Are you an IT Procurement Manager with experience in category management and the delivery of complex IT sourcing projects across Cloud, DevOps, Cyber, Software, and Testing?
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to play a key part in the development of a Greenfield Procurement function, alongside a newly appointed Head of Procurement, for a PE backed Technology organisation. Responsibilities:
As Senior IT Category Manager, key to your success in this role will be the ability to develop key stakeholder relationships with the IT community, 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 journey. Requirements:
Be commercially astute, financially literate, and legally competent to negotiate contracts. Have strong influencing skills and leadership, with the gravitas to negotiate credibly with suppliers and engage with the CIO and the executive management team. Be results-driven with a track record of achievement while adaptable in the face of adversity. Familiar with operating in a regulatory environment. Experience:
Deep IT Procurement & Category Management experience. Solid understanding of procurement processes and principles, commercial and legal constructs, and financial models. Skills to influence and drive effective change in a fast-paced environment. Self-motivation, tenacity, and a focus on delivery. Gravitas, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. Ideally Degree / CIPS qualified. Senior IT Category Manager - click apply! ***Due to client requirements, candidates must hold full right to work in the UK on a full-time permanent basis.***
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