Snr Procurement Manager - IT - £80K
Job Description
Role: Senior IT Procurement Manager
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Salary: Up to £80K + Excellent Benefits
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Location: Basingstoke (2/3 days p/w on site)
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Are you an IT Procurement Manager - with experience of delivering complex IT sourcing projects across Digital, Data, Cloud and Software? This is an exciting opportunity with a PE backed client who are investing extensively in Technology solutions to drive customer experience and future revenue opportunities.
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Role:
Key to your success in this role will be the ability to develop key stakeholder relationships with the IT leadership community, including the CIO and CDO, 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 investment journey, with lots of exciting new product development and proof of concept projects, which embrace AI.
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You will need to:
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- Be commercially astute, financially literate and legally competent to negotiate contracts across the breadth of the IT Procurement portfolio
- Have strong influencing skills and leadership, with the gravitas to negotiate credibly with suppliers and engage with the CIO, CDO and the executive management team
- Be results driven with a track record of achievement while adaptable in the face of adversity
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Experience:
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- IT Procurement & Category Management experience - ideally bring examples of supporting new product development initiatives
- Solid understanding of procurement processes and principles, commercial and legal constructs, and financial models.
- Skills to influence and drive effective change in an agile environment
- Self-motivation, tenacity, and a focus on delivery
- Gravitas, the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
- Ideally Degree and MCIPS qualified.
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***All applicants must demonstrate current and valid UK Right To Work***