Role: Procurement Manager Datacentre & Hosting

Salary: Up to £55K + Excellent Benefits

Location: Manchester

Are you an IT Procurement Manager - with experience of supporting the delivery of complex IT sourcing programmes across the Datacentre, Hosting, Infrastructure, Virtualisation, Storage and Cloud categories? If so, this could be the ideal opportunity for you to take a key role in a truly global sourcing function, supporting the delivery of complex IT Sourcing programmes across a total Technology spend base of c£2bn +.

Role:
You will support a business critical portfolio of IT Procurement projects - with a focus on complex requirements across the categories of Datacentre, Hosting, Infrastructure, Virtualisation, Storage and Cloud. You will be tasked with supporting the development and delivery of cutting edge procurement, strategic sourcing and category management solutions, operating as an internal business partner to key stakeholders across this complex 'blue-chip' organisation.

You will help deliver a first-class procurement service to the internal customer by supporting complex procurement negotiations across the Datacentre & Hosting procurement portfolio.

Experience:
You will be an IT Procurement specialist with demonstrable category expertise across the breadth of the Datacentre and Hosting category portfolio:

- You will demonstrate specific Procurement experience of Datacentre, Hosting, Infrastructure, Virtualisation, Storage and Cloud

- You will demonstrate Procurement experience gained in a complex global 'blue-chip' environment

- Degree & MCIPS qualified