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IT Category Manager

Employer
Hathaway Lane Limited
Location
Horley, Surrey
Salary
£55,000-£65,000, 10% bonus, pension, 25 days holiday and flexible working
Closing date
29 Oct 2019

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Specialist Area
Procurement, Purchasing
Sector
Energy & Utilities
Function
Lead, Specialist
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Our client is a leading, mid-size UK Services company and they have a requirement for an IT Category Manager to join their Procurement team. The Procurement team is introducing category management and strategic supplier relationship management, so this is an exciting time to join.  The team is dynamic and sociable in culture. 

As a Category Manager, you will focus on delivering commercial value through category management and sourcing activities across a range of IT spend, including software and SaaS, hardware, IT services, networks and telco.

Main responsibilities:
• Utilise strategic sourcing, demand management and SRM techniques to deliver operational and cost improvements
• Proactively interrogate IT budgets to identify opportunity
• Build and lead cross functional project teams to address initiatives identified
• Own vendor management through utilisation of MI, governance structure, KPI’s and SRM to drive incremental improvement
• Communicate and influence stakeholders to Departmental Director level to gain commitment to the Category Plan and associated initiatives
• Using stakeholder and supplier networks, identify continuous improvement and step-change opportunities to product and service specifications
• Manage all business as usual activity such as supplier selection, supplier set-up, contract terms, negotiation strategies and business improvement plans
• Working with stakeholders, identify and quantify trade-offs between cost, quality and service and develop alternative options
• Develop and deliver process and policy improvement where applicable

Skills and experience required
• 5 years' + experience in IT procurement
• Experience in the telco and networks category is an advantage
• End to end knowledge of the strategic sourcing process and SRM
• Consultative communication style and able to build strong stakeholder relationships across all levels of an organisation
• Strong verbal and written influencing skills
• Robust commercial awareness and analytical thinking skills


N.B. You must be prepared to be based in Havant, Hampshire 1 day per week.  There is also an option to work from home 1 to 2 days per week.

Company

Hathaway Lane is an independent, specialist Procurement and Supply Chain recruitment firm.

We support permanent and interim recruitment of mid and senior level Procurement and Supply Chain professionals across the UK and into Europe. Our Consultants are experts in networking and headhunting in order to gain access to the best candidates and market opportunities. We tailor our services to meet the recruitment needs of our clients including Contingent Search, Advertised Selection, Executive Search and Interim Management.

Our consultative approach ensures that we provide the best possible service and identify the Procurement or Supply Chain job that is right for our candidates.

Working within the private sector, our Consultants have developed an expertise across a wide range of industries including Financial Services, Professional Services, Pharmaceutical, FMCG, Travel, Leisure, Media and Technology.

 

Company info
Telephone
01382 339699
Location
17 Ellieslea Road
Dundee
DD5 1JH
GB

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