IT Procurement Manager

IT Procurement Manager

Permanent

Berkshire

The Role:

• Ensure budgetary compliance
• Negotiate agreements, pricing and identify saving opportunities
• Review statements of work and contract change notes under existing framework agreements, with preferred suppliers
• Conducting commercial review to mitigate and manager commercial risks
• Work with the technical/project teams to lead commercial reviews and create/lead competitive processes
• Create tenders and lead commercial negotiations using established commercial processes and ensuring you represent the strategic requirements of the organisation and its shareholders
• Draft and award supplier contracts with support from legal, as required
• Report issues and opportunities in a timely manner and manage risk appropriately
• Take ownership of resolution of contractual disputes
• Ensure contractual governance/approval mechanisms are applied and support governance meetings in line with the contract to ensure actions delivered upon
• Work with relevant managers to track performance of suppliers against the contract on key contractual KPI's working and ensuring that the suppliers are delivering on all fronts
• Work with relevant stakeholders to engage with supplier contracts, ensuring agreed performance and pricing are maintained and new costs are agreed under contract as required

Skills & Experience:

• Good working knowledge and procurement experience in information technology supply category
• Strong commercial experience
• Good influencing and negotiation skills
• Confident communicator at all levels in an organisation across a variety of disciplines (legal, technical, finance, procurement)
• An understanding of contract law
• Supplier and contract management skills and experience

If you would like to be considered for the role, please email your CV to - Bhavna.Sharma@projectpeople.com. Suitable candidates will be contacted before shortlisting.

Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.