Role: Senior Category Manager-IT Services
Location: Farnborough(3 days/week)
Duration: 6 months
Rate: competitive
Inside IR35: Umbrella
IT & Tech
The IT category has a spend of circa £100m across key categories including Software, Hardware, Networks and IT Services. This role is responsible for the IT Services Category.
Key Responsibilities
* Build and maintain strategic relationships with senior stakeholders, driving early engagement to influence business planning and ensure alignment with organisational priorities
* Own, develop and execute category strategies for IT Services, using market insights and data to challenge existing approaches and maximize value
* Lead complex sourcing activity, including the design of sourcing strategies, working with the business to support business case development, competitive tenders, and negotiation of high-complexity contracts
* Identify and manage category-specific risks, including information security, IR35, supply resilience, geopolitical, financial and sustainability considerations
* Support stakeholders to drive Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) across key contracts to ensure performance, innovation and value realisation from strategic partnerships
* Support the Finance and Business Systems transformation, including transition from SAP Ariba to Oracle Fusion and establishment of a mature Source-to-Pay model.
Key Person Attributes
* Communicates complex commercial and strategic concepts clearly and confidently adapting style to suit senior stakeholders
* Aligns diverse stakeholders behind shared objectives
* Confident decision-maker, balancing commercial, operational and risk considerations to drive the best outcomes in ambiguous or dynamic environments and collaborates x-functionally to achieve this
* Builds collaborative and trusted relationships with stakeholders and suppliers
* Demonstrates resilience and adaptability during transformation
* Role-models integrity, accountability and a growth mindset
* Proactively improves processes, challenges existing ways of working and contributes to Supply Chain and Procurement functional development
Experience and Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent professional experience
* MCIPS qualified or working towards completion
* Minimum five years’ strategic category management experience in similar categories of spend
* Proven track record of building successful relationships with senior stakeholders
* Demonstrable experience negotiating high-value contracts
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Practical experience with Source to Pay (S2P) technology