IT Procurement Manager - Portfolio Procurement : Job Details

Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading West Midlands based client to recruit for an IT Procurement Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Implements procurement procedures in keeping with the Procurement strategy and Procurement Policy and processes including the delivery of these.
• Lead the procurement process for IT related spend.
• Supports development of appropriate IT procurement strategies that support value for money objectives e.g. supplier consolidation.
• Facilitates development of relationships with existing and potential IT suppliers through strategic supplier relationship management.
• Ensure IT suppliers continue to deliver best value by actively benchmarking against identified and approved comparators; and negotiating any contract changes
• Prepare and deliver senior level presentations/reports to support any procurement strategy, price changes and products

Requirements:

• IT Category Management & Category Strategy Development
• Demonstrable experience in running tenders and leading complex IT procurement competitions.
• Demonstrable experience in leading commercial negotiations within a highly regulated Procurement environment under the guidelines of PCR
• Supplier relationship management experience
• Ideally qualified to at least Level 4 CIPS with a desire to achieve MCIPS

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