Procurement In Birmingham Jobs

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 48357DHR1INDPRO