IT Category Manager Up to £85,000 + 15% discretionary bonus
London | Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office
Your new company
You will be joining a growing procurement and supplier management function within a large, international organisation operating across a complex and regulated environment. Procurement has strong access to senior technology stakeholders and plays an important role in supporting technology investment and commercial decision-making across the business.
Your new role
As IT Category Manager, you will take ownership of an international IT category portfolio, with a particular focus on Software, SaaS and IT Professional Services.You will lead complex end-to-end sourcing activity, contract negotiations and renewals, while developing category plans and building strong relationships with senior technology stakeholders. The role has significant exposure across the technology leadership team and requires someone comfortable acting as a genuine procurement business partner.Key areas will include:
Software, SaaS and Cloud sourcing
IT Professional Services, including application development, testing and managed services
Outsourced and offshore/nearshore technology services
Complex RFP/RFx activity and supplier negotiations
Contract and commercial negotiations
Category planning and market analysis
Supplier management and contract ownership
Working across multiple sourcing projects and stakeholder groups simultaneously
What you'll need to succeed
You will have strong experience within IT procurement, sourcing or category management, with demonstrable depth across Software/SaaS and ideally IT Professional Services.You will be comfortable handling complex technology contracts and commercial terms, with enough contractual knowledge to challenge terms and take ownership of negotiations rather than relying entirely on Legal.
You will also need:
Experience leading end-to-end strategic sourcing projects
Strong Software/SaaS procurement knowledge
Experience developing and implementing category plans
Excellent commercial and contractual negotiation skills
Confidence partnering with CIO-level and senior technology stakeholders
Experience working within comple...
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