Role:

• 'IT Category Manager'
• Creating, managing and executing strategies for specified global spend categories within the responsibility scope of technology, (predominantly Software with some Hardware focus)
• Spend of roughly £100M+ in a team, which you will be the lead of.
• Assuring and maintaining supply, quality, service, cost and innovation within technology category
• Key Stakeholder Management and translating stakeholder needs into proposals (RFP's)
• Operating with a global focus
• Negotiating with suppliers to drive sustainable value from key relationships

Desired Characteristics/Skills:

• Extensive experience in hardware, software and services procurement
• Ability to work on a global scale
• Demonstrible experience of managing relationships with large software suppliers, e.g Microsoft, Intel.
• Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships at a high level up to VP & AVP in a matrix environment
• Ability to be a self starter and be proactive and autonomous
• Very energetic
• Able to easily get along with everybody and stakeholders can be very diverse so need to be able to adapt style
• Be able to understand the stakeholders needs and then translate into an RFP
  
  

Competencies:

• Have you ever managed a relationship with a large software supplier e.g. Microsoft?
• Have you worked in a matrix organisation before?
• Have you ever driven savings across a role with global focus before?
• Have you ever worked in an organisation undergoing a technological or digital transformation?
• Have you ever formally owned the relationship with a senior stakeholder? Have you ever translated the needs of a stakeholder into proposals?