95k Senior IT Sourcing Manager

Role: Senior IT Sourcing Manager
Salary: Up to £95K + Excellent Benefits
Location: Birmingham (hybrid)

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Are you an IT Procurement Manager - with experience of category management, as well as delivery of complex IT sourcing projects across Cloud, DevOps, Cyber, Software or Testing? This role offers a fantastic opportunity to play a key part in the development of a Greenfield Procurement function, alongside a newly appointed Head of Procurement, for a PE backed Technology organisation.

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Role:

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As Senior IT Sourcing Manager- Key to your success in this role will be the ability to develop key stakeholder relationships with the IT 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 IT & Technology Procurement projects - supporting the organisation's digital journey.

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You will need to:
* Be commercially astute, financially literate and legally competent to negotiate IT 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
* Familiar with operating in a regulatory environment

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Experience:

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• Deep IT Procurement & IT Category Management experience
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• Solid understanding of procurement processes and principles, commercial and legal constructs, and financial models.
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• Excellent stakeholder management experience, demonstrative skills in influencing upto C-level
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• Skills to influence and drive effective change in a fast paced environment
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• Self-motivation, tenacity, and a focus on delivery
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• Ideally Degree / CIPS qualified.
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Senior IT Sourcing Manager- click apply!

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***due to client requirements candidate must hold full right to work in the UK on a fulltime permanent basis ***

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