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IT Procurement Manager

Job Title: IT Procurement Manager
Contract Type: Contract
Location: Buckinghamshire, England
Industry:
Salary: Negotiable
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 6 months
REF: ITP/SEAN_1505920323
Contact Name: Sean Ransome
Contact Email: sean.ransome@projectpeople.com
Job Published: over 6 years ago

Job Description

An opportunity to join a dynamic and growing telecoms organisation in Buckingham on an interim basis as an IT Procurement Manager. This opportunity would suit a Procurement Manager with experience in the IT category, with strong experience of operating in a multi-vendor environment with complex stakeholders.

The key scope of this role is to take responsibility for functional sourcing management across IT equipment, software and service suppliers, ensuring budgetary compliance, identifying cost saving opportunities and minimising commercial risks.

  • Ensuring appropriate Statement of Works (SoW) templates are used
  • Conducting commercial reviews for each SoW to mitigate/manage commercial risks
  • Partner with technical and project teams to lead commercial reviews
  • Creating tenders and leading commercial negotiations
  • Drafting and awarding supplier contracts with support from the Legal function
  • Taking ownership of contractual disputes
  • Ensuring contractual governance measures are applied
  • Working with vendor managers to track the performance of suppliers against contract KPI's
  • Working with stakeholders to engage with supplier contracts, ensuring that performance and pricing are maintained

Key Criteria:

  • Strong working knowledge and procurement experience within Information Technology is essential
  • Strong commercial experience
  • Influencing and negotiation skills
  • Brilliant communication skills across all staff levels
  • Contract law understanding
  • Supplier management skills
  • Contract management skills

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