IT Procurement Consultant/Buyer in London

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists with deep expertise in various sectors.

Are you passionate about connecting IT success with commercial results? Would you like to work in a high performing team where your role involves combining strategy, change, implementation, and technical skills? Our Sourcing, IT Strategy, and Corporate Services capability is growing. We help our clients to solve complex IT and sourcing challenges, providing solutions to drive innovation and build efficient organisations.

We are actively recruiting talented IT Sourcing and Procurement Consultants with a passion for defining and delivering radical change within businesses to exploit new digital technology and modern digital ways of working by providing strategic advice to CIOs and business leaders.

As an IT Sourcing / Procurement Consultant, you will have the opportunity to help our clients solve the most complex and challenging issues affecting business and government by:

• Designing sourcing strategies which balance the appropriate mix of internal and external IT and Business Process services.
• Shaping and delivering global operating and delivery models that enable the exploitation of modern, digital ways of working.
• Leading complex transition programmes and workstreams to transform IT and business services.

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Sourcing and Transformation within an IT/digital setting.
• Preference for previous consultancy experience.
• Demonstrable experience of contributing to major bid and proposal development.
• Broad knowledge of the technology services marketplace and exposure to outsourcing application, infrastructure and workplace services.
• Ability to define business and IT services, requirements and SLAs.
• Experience across the outsourcing lifecycle.
• Experience working on the shaping of effective procurement strategies and robust commercial solutions.
• Expertise in technology delivery disciplines.
• At senior grades, consulting experience is essential.

Apply today by completing our online application. Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance. We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements.

We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self. We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people.

Benefits include:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare.
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• PA share ownership.
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn).

We're committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.