* Vendor and Commercial Management Director
Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
As an organisation, there is little we don't do and plenty to get involved in. Our Group Support roles are vital in making sure we can help over 11,000 people deliver essential infrastructure seamlessly across water, energy, transport and telecom.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
The Vendor and Commercial Management Director will be accountable for the strategic governance, performance, and commercial optimisation of all IT and technology supplier relationships across M Group. Operating in a complex environment with over 200 offices, 30,000 IT users, and annual revenues of £3.7 billion, the role ensures that vendor partnerships deliver maximum value, innovation, and service excellence to support rapid business growth and frequent acquisitions.
This role is pivotal in driving a consistent, transparent, and performance-driven vendor ecosystem, reducing commercial risk, and ensuring supplier contracts align with strategic objectives. The postholder will act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership — including the CIO, CTO, CISO, IT Managed Service Director, and IT Finance lead.
What You'll Bring
Key Attributes and Skills
* Proven track record in senior vendor management and commercial leadership roles within large-scale, complex organisations.
* Exceptional negotiation skills with experience managing multi-million-pound IT contracts.
* Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance cost, value, and risk.
* Excellent leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at board level.
* Deep understanding of vendor governance frameworks, supplier risk management, and contractual law principles.
* Experience driving vendor integration during mergers and acquisitions.
Qualifications And Experience
* Degree in Business, Commercial Management, IT, or related discipline.
* Extensive experience managing high-value vendor portfolios in a corporate environment.
* Demonstrable success delivering cost savings, service improvements, and innovation through strategic vendor management.
* Knowledge of IT service management frameworks (ITIL) and commercial best practice (e.g., CIPS, ISO
* Experience in high-growth, acquisition-heavy environments is highly desirable.
What's in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
* Matched or contributory pension scheme
* Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
* Employee assistance programme
* My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts
* Life assurance
* Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
* Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
* Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
1. Company car (or allowance) and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
2. My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
3. Private health care and health care cash plan for you (and your family)
4. Discretionary bonus scheme
5. 25 days annual leave plus