Category Manager, IT

This role will suit a Procurement professional looking to get more IT experience and become (you might not be there yet) an SME across Cloud. It\’s a very varied and interesting role at a pivotal time for the organisation. Lots of big ticket projects and change under way!

Professional Services, IT & Digital would be the ideal blend for this role. Need to understand software licences.
Likely focus on CLOUD (AWS) and Networks…..but also helping on other Tech categories / suppliers.

Category Management – establish and maintain category plans aligned with business and technology strategy to create commercial value, ensure resilience, risk, and meet technology roadmap and demand commitments.
Sourcing – building on the established category plans to execute the sourcing strategy, lead on end-to-end sourcing activity; including market assessments, complex supplier negotiations and implement contract agreements. This role will negotiate the contract and support onboarding the supplier through a robust due diligence process to ensure the supplier meets the company standards and policies as well as delivering commercial value, ensuring the savings targets for P&L and strategic spend are met. Structuring the commercial agreements to ensure the contracts deliver through the contract term and protect Group post contract for price rises.
Supplier Management – establishing a robust governance framework to manage the relationship to deliver contract obligations of both parties. Measuring performance and risk, while ensuring commercial value and governance is delivered throughout the contract lifecycle, protecting, and maximising the Group\’s brand.

Experience working across the business working with senior stakeholders to build category plans, with the ability to establish credibility and drive costs savings, supplier resilience and deliver supplier governance to mitigate risk and deliver performance
Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills with experience in leading high value, complex
Confident to challenge constructively the business areas with new ways of working, technology and processes to secure sustainable savings and value