Jobs, fresher vacancy - Snr Procurement Manager - IT - £80K • UK

Company: 1st Executive Ltd

UK

Role: Senior IT Procurement Manager Salary: Up to £80K + Excellent Benefits Location: London (2/3 days p/w on site) Are you an IT Procurement Manager - with experience of delivering complex IT sourcing projects across Digital, Data, Cloud and Software? This is an exciting opportunity with a PE backed client who are investing extensively in Technology solutions to drive customer experience and future revenue generation opportunities. Role: Key to your success in this role will be the ability to develop key stakeholder relationships with the IT leadership community, including the CIO and CDO, positioning Procurement as a "value-add" business partner. Ultimately, you will be tasked with driving commercial value across a broad range of business critical IT & Technology Procurement projects - supporting the organisation's digital investment journey, with lots of exciting new product development and proof of concept projects, which embrace AI. You will need to: Be commercially astute, financially literate and legally competent to negotiate contracts across the breadth of the IT Procurement portfolio Have strong influencing skills and leadership, with the gravitas to negotiate credibly with suppliers and engage with the CIO, CDO and the executive management team Be results driven with a track record of achievement while adaptable in the face of adversity Experience: IT Procurement & Category Management experience - ideally bring examples of supporting new product development initiatives Solid understanding of procurement processes and principles, commercial and legal constructs, and financial models. Skills to influence and drive effective change in an agile environment Self-motivation, tenacity, and a focus on delivery Gravitas, the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels Ideally Degree and MCIPS qualified. ***All applicants must demonstrate current and valid UK Right To Work***