6 months initially, Remote Working

Bench IT require an experienced IT Procurement Manager focussing on Software Procurement to join our customer starting ASAP. The successful candidate should have the skills and experience included below.

Responsibilities of the IT Procurement Manager (Software):

• The candidate is the IT procurement expert for IT spend responsibility specifically focussing on IT Software procurement.
• Regional and global strategic sourcing activities within the area of spend responsibility, including the definition of the internal customer, needs, insight of supply markets, developing sourcing strategies, activation of supplier selection and negotiation, facilitating supplier implementation and ongoing strategic supplier relationship management.
• IT relationship between Procurement and internal stakeholder community.
• Coordination of Regional sourcing projects with the global, regional IT Procurement teams - ensuring a seamless service to the stakeholders.
• Develop and align own work plan, objectives, priorities, and processes within the context of the overall IT supply management and stakeholder community priorities and strategies.
• Lead global and regional strategic sourcing activities to professionalize the sourcing of materials/clusters of external spend within IT spend responsibility.
• Develop appropriate sourcing strategies for the cluster spends within the area of responsibility.
• Execute the sourcing strategy, including tendering, analysis, selection of and negotiation with suppliers, crafting and placing legal agreements/contracts and confidentiality agreements, and ensuring that all are conducted according to the code of business ethics and corporate social responsibility requirements.

IT Procurement Manager (Software), 400 per day inside IR35

6 months initially, Remote Working