Procurement - IT Category Sourcing Manager

Procurement - IT Category Sourcing Manager

• Full-time
• Business Group: DCS
• Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited
• Business Line:
  Geography OH
• Work Location Model:
  Hybrid
• Operating Group:
  Group Support

• Lead end-to-end global, multi-region strategic sourcing projects across IT categories (including software, hardware, services, and licensing)
• Support the development and execution of IT category strategies aligned with business objectives
• Conduct market analysis, demand assessment, spend analysis and supplier evaluation to identify sourcing opportunities
• Deliver measurable cost savings, value creation, and service improvements
• Lead tender processes (RFx), supplier negotiations, and contract development for complex IT deals
• Provide commercial guidance to stakeholders throughout the sourcing lifecycle
• Ensure robust contractual structures, pricing models, and risk mitigation strategies

• Partner closely with IT leadership and key business stakeholders to understand requirements and align sourcing initiatives
• Act as a trusted commercial advisor on strategic procurement decisions
• Influence senior stakeholders to drive adoption of sourcing strategies and governance
• Advise stakeholders on best practice sourcing strategies, considering the complexity of requirements and timescales to deliver an agile procurement support approach
• Support IT stakeholders to deliver strategic supplier relationship management (SRM) where necessary, including performance tracking and governance frameworks
• Procurement Operations & Governance
• Leverage procurement technology and spend analytics to identify opportunities and inform decision-making
• Support procurement compliance, policy adherence, and P2P adoption (e.g., purchase orders, catalogues)
• Collaborate with operational procurement teams to ensure effective handoff of lower-value or transactional IT spend

• Contribute to process improvement initiatives and the evolution of procurement best practices
• Support change management and adoption of category strategies
• Share knowledge and best practices to enhance overall team capability
• Significant experience in strategic IT sourcing and category management within a global environment
• Proven track record in leading complex sourcing projects and negotiating enterprise-level IT contracts
• Strong knowledge of IT procurement categories (e.g., software, SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, services)
• Expertise in strategic sourcing methodologies, RFx processes, and contract development, including working autonomously to lead competitive sourcing RFx projects and supporting contract drafting
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a matrixed, international organisation
• Ability to communicate with impact and influence senior stakeholders and Executive Leadership Teams (ELT)
• Strong commercial acumen, analytical capability, and financial modelling skills
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills

• Experience with eProcurement systems (e.g., P2P platforms, eSourcing tools, catalogues)
• Strong proficiency in spend analytics and data-driven sourcing
• Advanced skills in Excel and data analysis tools
• Familiarity with tools such as Coupa and Power BI (preferred)
• Experience in savings calculations, forecasting and recording

• Experience with in a professional services, consulting, or infrastructure-led organisation
• Understanding of construction, infrastructure, or transport sectors
• Experience working across global, cross-cultural teams
• Experience in collaborating and coordinating with adjacent operational procurement teams to ensure less strategic/lowervalue/lower risk spend can be supported under separate ‘guided-buy’ channels, maintaining capacity in the strategic channel for the spend that matters most
• Knowledge of Coupa and Power
  
  BI would be an advantage
• Highly numerate with excellent analytical skills including advanced MS Excel skills

• Degree in commercial, economics, business, or engineering
• Nationally recognized professional certification (e.g., Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply or Certified Purchasing Manager or equivalent professional procurement and supply chain qualification)

Note:

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