Senior Category Manager - IT

Senior Procurement Manager - IT Professional Services | £80,000 to £90,000 | Bonus | full corporate benefits package | Bracknell - 3 days in the office | A multi-billion £ Business whose brand is known globally

This is a key role for a truly global business, who has scoped out this brand new role to own the IT Professional Services category, reporting into the Head of IT Procurement.

You will regularly and consistently engage with the company's CxO level stakeholders to support and deliver the highest level of service for the business. In order to succeed in this role, you will need Gravitas, Confidence, Adaptability and Resilience to advise all stakeholders on how to best embed robust category strategies.

• Create IT strategy through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
• Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
• Support the development of global category strategies to a clear and prioritised pipeline of sourcing projects
• Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
• Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
• Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
• On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency

• Deep technical category experience within IT Services and Professional Services categories
• Previous experience working on complex global projects, dealing with Tier 1 & 2 suppliers of significant values
• Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions
• A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs
• Will have a track record of IT category management, effecting change and continuous improvement through implementation of innovative category strategies
• Excellent communications skills when dealing with all levels of stakeholder
• Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
• Degree or MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential