£110K Technology Procurement Category Lead
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Location
Surrey
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£80000 - £110000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
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Contact:
Harry Noble
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Contact email:
harry.noble@1st-executive.com
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Salary high:
110000
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Salary low:
80000
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Job ref:
J1472103_1675163634
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Published:
about 1 year ago
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Duration:
NA
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Expiry date:
2023-03-02
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Startdate:
ASAP
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Consultant:
ConsultantDrop
Role: IT Category Lead
Salary: Up to £110K + Excellent Benefits
Location: Surrey (2 days in office pw max)
Are you a Senior Procurement Manager with experience of delivering complex Technology sourcing projects across the breadth of the category? This is a newly created role and a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the continued growth of a newly transformed Procurement function!
Role:
Key to your success in this role will be the ability to develop key stakeholder relationships with the CIO community, positioning Procurement as a "value-add" business partner. Ultimately, you will be tasked with driving commercial value across a broad range of business critical Tech Procurement projects - supporting the organisations journey towards digitisation.
You will need to:
- Be commercially astute, financially literate and legally competent to negotiate contracts
- Have strong influencing skills and leadership, with the gravitas to negotiate credibly with suppliers and engage with the CIO and the executive management team
- Be results driven with a track record of achievement while adaptable in the face of adversity
Experience:
- You will demonstrate a breadth of Technology category experience
- Experience leading/managing teams
- You will demonstrate Procurement experience gained in a complex 'blue-chip' environment; Financial Services experience would be ideal
- You will be comfortable operating in an autonomous Procurement environment, and be willing to lead and manage end to end sourcing projects
- MBA or Degree qualified ideally.