IT Procurement Manager
Posted 5 days ago by 1760175163
£310 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London
Summary: Our client is seeking an IT Procurement Manager for a six-month contract, primarily remote with occasional site travel. The role requires strong stakeholder management and sourcing experience, particularly in IT hardware, software, and services. The position is classified as inside IR35, indicating specific tax implications for contractors. The successful candidate will be involved in vendor and contract management, as well as supporting procurement-related bid opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be a team player
- Have good stakeholder management skills
- Sourcing experience, capable of running an RFx process with good IT knowledge
- Preparation of category plans and driving savings aligned with client's strategies
- Vendor management, including relationship and performance management
- Contract management, including negotiating and implementing contracts and agreements
- Excellent interpersonal skills when dealing with internal and external clients
- Experience in supporting bid opportunities related to Procurement scope
Key Skills:
- Experience across multiple sectors
- Capability in stakeholder management
- Strong sourcing experience in IT
- Knowledge of current market trends
- Vendor and contract management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in procurement bid support
Salary (Rate): £310 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Our client is looking for a IT Procurement Manager to join their team on a six month initial contract, working mostly remote with occasional travel to site. This role is Inside IR35.
Key Attributes:
The successful candidate is likely to have experience working across multiple sectors and must be able to demonstrate capability in the following attributes though these are not all necessarily required for this specific role.
· Be a team player
· Have good stakeholder management skills
· Sourcing experience - capable of running an RFx process, with good IT knowledge including hardware, software and services, and understand current market trends
· Preparation of, or assisting in the preparation, of category plans and driving savings, whilst aligning with client's strategies
· Vendor management, including relationship management, performance management, benchmarking · Contract management including negotiating and implementing new contracts, licence agreements, sub-contracts with back-to-back client terms, amendments, addendums and novations
· Excellent Interpersonal skills both verbal and written when dealing with internal and external clients
· Experience in supporting bid opportunities relating to Procurement scope.
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