Job Description

• Job Reference:48357DH_1728658197

• Job Type: Permanent

• Job Industry: Travel

• Contact Name: Darren Herd

• Job Location: Birmingham

• Job Title: IT Procurement Manager

• Job Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 Per Annum

Job Start Date: ASAP

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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