IT Procurement Consultant in Hook

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Your Role: IT Procurement Consultant

As an IT Procurement Consultant, you will join Elanco’s Global IT Procurement team and serve as a key partner to IT stakeholders and indirect procurement colleagues. You will support strategic sourcing, supplier management and purchasing activities across the IT organization, helping deliver competitive value, innovation, compliance and effective supplier relationships. The role combines strategic, operational and transactional procurement responsibilities and offers the opportunity to influence stakeholders and senior leaders across the business.

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead and support IT sourcing activities, including requests for information, requests for proposals, requests for quotations, competitive bidding, online auctions, negotiations and supplier selection.
• Process IT hardware and software purchase requests, including quotations, requisitions, approvals, contracts, purchase orders, licensing and delivery, with purchase order approvals of up to $1,000,000.
• Negotiate commercial terms, pricing and conditions for enterprise-wide IT supplier agreements, statements of work and professional services agreements in partnership with Legal, Information Security, Data Privacy and Risk Management.
• Analyze IT spend and market practices to identify opportunities for supplier rationalization, value engineering, re-sourcing, total cost of ownership reductions and procurement-led savings.
• Partner with IT stakeholders, suppliers and procurement leadership to ensure clear requirements, effective issue resolution, compliance with supplier policies and strong supplier relationship management.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Computer Science, Information Technology or a related technical field.
• At least 5 years of experience in strategic IT sourcing, procurement, supply chain or operations management.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct competitive sourcing activities and negotiate supplier contracts, commercial terms and conditions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across functions and levels of management.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Experience supporting global strategic sourcing, IT procurement, operations management or finance activities.
• Knowledge of strategic sourcing value levers, spend analysis, supplier rationalization and total cost of ownership management.
• Experience managing global third-party relationships, including supplier selection, contracting, performance oversight and issue resolution.
• Project management experience, including experience supporting procurement systems or process integration initiatives.
• C.P.M., APICS or CPIM certification.

Additional Information:

• Travel: 10–15%, with possible international travel.
• Location: UK, Hook.
• Work model: Hybrid.

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