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IT Procurement Director | £100,000 to £120,000 | up to 45% bonus | Car allowance | Healthcare | Pension | Life Assurance | City of London or Sussex - 2 days a week | FTSE 100 Financial Services & Insurance Business A rare and unique opportunity, for a heavy hitting IT Procurement Director to join a global FTSE 100 insurance business to working with the CPO and C-suite stakeholder base to improve, build and retain strong relationships. You’ll be exposed to a high value and complex projects, critical to the business and working at strategic level. They are in need for a technically versed, confident and influential procurement expert who has worked at senior levels, ideally for a global business with high spends. Role and responsibilities: Ensure strong relationships with the IT leadership team are built and upheld Managing the high value, most complex and business critical, strategic IT projects Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices Continuous engagement with the IT Directors up to CIO to ensure procurement buy-in and that procurement is mandated Support the development of category strategies to a clear and prioritised pipeline of sourcing projects 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 Experience and requirements: Deep technical category experience within Technology, covering a wide range of sub-categories (Software, Hardware, Applications, Digital, Infrastructure, Cloud, IT Professional Services Telecoms and Networks) Experience in re-igniting the procurement and stakeholder relationship at senior levels Previous experience working on complex 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 Will have a track record of IT category management, effecting change and continuous improvement through implementation of innovative category strategies Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
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IT Procurement Director | £100,000 to £120,000 | up to 45% bonus | Car allowance | Healthcare | Pension | Life Assurance | City of London or Sussex - 2 days a week | FTSE 100 Financial Services & Insurance Business A rare and unique opportunity, for a heavy hitting IT Procurement Director to join a global FTSE 100 insurance business to working with the CPO and C-suite stakeholder base to improve, build and retain strong relationships. You’ll be exposed to a high value and complex projects, critical to the business and working at strategic level. They are in need for a technically versed, confident and influential procurement expert who has worked at senior levels, ideally for a global business with high spends. Role and responsibilities: Ensure strong relationships with the IT leadership team are built and upheld Managing the high value, most complex and business critical, strategic IT projects Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices Continuous engagement with the IT Directors up to CIO to ensure procurement buy-in and that procurement is mandated Support the development of category strategies to a clear and prioritised pipeline of sourcing projects 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 Experience and requirements: Deep technical category experience within Technology, covering a wide range of sub-categories (Software, Hardware, Applications, Digital, Infrastructure, Cloud, IT Professional Services Telecoms and Networks) Experience in re-igniting the procurement and stakeholder relationship at senior levels Previous experience working on complex 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 Will have a track record of IT category management, effecting change and continuous improvement through implementation of innovative category strategies Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
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