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Global IT Procurement Category Manager - Enterprise Software

Global IT Procurement Category Manager - Enterprise Software

  • Location

    Netherlands

  • Sector:

    Procurement

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    €80000 - €110000 per annum + package

  • Contact:

    Geoff Hunt

  • Contact email:

    geoff.hunt@1st-executive.com

  • Salary high:

    110000

  • Salary low:

    80000

  • Job ref:

    J690835GH_1698326316

  • Published:

    about 1 year ago

  • Expiry date:

    2023-11-25

  • Consultant:

    ConsultantDrop

Role: Global IT Category Manager - Enterprise Software

Location: Utrecht/Amersfoort

Hybrid Working: 2 days office, 3 days' work from home

Salary: Competitive + bonus & package

**Legal right to work in NL required**

Excellent opportunity to join a leading global brand that is going from strength to strength.

Excitingly, the company is at the start of an IT procurement transformation and needs a skilled category manager to take back spend from ITC and integrate procurement, build key stakeholder relationships (with extensive executive exposure) and create/implement global strategic plans for the short, medium and long-term.

This role focuses on the core enterprise software packages such as Microsoft, WIPRO, Verizon ServiceNow and CapGemini. Progression opportunities to Director.

Areas of responsibility:

  • Develop and unlock the value of strategic partnerships like Microsoft, Wipro, ServiceNow and Verizon

  • Vendor consolidation

  • Deep category expertise, vendor and contract management for complex IT vendors, services and contracts.

  • Complex environment of Infrastructure, Service Desk / Service Management, S2C, End User, Application and Security (IT/OT) Services

  • Managing high-value contracts with critical platforms and services with substantial risk to business continuity.

  • Guiding business and IT leadership in achieving maximal value and lowest risk out of (new) relationships with vendors

  • Support clusters as Centre of Excellence which need to manage the strategy of the longtail of non-strategic vendors and contracts in their domains in close corporation with IT organization and other offices within procurement

  • Guiding business, operations and IT in contracting and managing suppliers in the ETS domain.

Experience:

  • 6+ years of relevant working experience (IT contract, sourcing, vendor management; managing big IT (services) suppliers)

  • Knowledge/experience within IT domain or other related comparable domains.

  • Good knowledge and broad understanding of the global supplier market, and integrated service management, including cybersecurity

  • Ability to build, manage and maintain strong relationships with strategic partners to achieve agreed business objectives; ensure regular, coordinated interaction

  • Excellent and effective communication skills - both verbal and written in English (Dutch a bonus)

  • Understanding IT (service) cost drivers and the ability to drive a continuous cost optimization effort

  • Expert in translating IT platform objectives into the right contract/service setup

  • Ability to coordinate between Architecture and planning, Service Development and Service Management in terms of supplier/ partner relationships to deliver cost reduction and maximum value from key third-party contracts

  • Excellent negotiating skills

If interested, please apply ASAP.