IT Procurement Manager

Salary: Up to £50k + Car Allowance + **Excellent Benefits**

Location: Manchester base 2 days p/w + flexible working

Role type: Full time| Permanent

Reporting to: Senior Procurement Manager

Role: IT Procurement

Are you an ambitious IT Procurement professional? This is a fantastic opportunity to support complex Sourcing projects across Cloud, Storage and Hosting within the Infrastructure category portfolio's.

You'll contribute to the development and implementation of a procurement Category Strategy for IT/technology of goods and services in order to meet internal customers' needs, deliver first class value for the business and protect it from risk.

Candidates need to live or be in commutable distance to Manchester, flexible working arrangements to work from this location and working from home.

Role overview: - Technology Procurement

The jobholder will play a key role in the Procurement, developing and implement sourcing plans and activity (tenders, negotiations and in-contract benefits delivery) across a designated set of contracts and sub-categories in an efficient and timely way that is compliant with business policy, process and guidelines together with supporting the Senior Procurement Manager in the account management of internal customers in the business areas serviced by the category.

Experience:

-Proven experience in procurement roles within Technology/IT Category

-Track record of value delivery through the application of strategic sourcing methodology

-Demonstrable understanding of category strategy development and implementation

-Demonstrable experience of managing and developing a team (where line management responsibilities are assigned)

-Track record of developing, building buy-in to and implementing compelling sourcing strategies

- Degree educated & CIPS qualified. Woking towards MCIPS is desirable.

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