Procurement Lead IT

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Strategic Sourcers and Senior Strategic Sourcers.
• Conduct performance reviews, development discussions, and succession planning activities.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and retention of sourcing talent.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on client value, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor team members on sourcing strategies, negotiation techniques, stakeholder management, and category expertise.
• Drive knowledge sharing and best-practice adoption across the IT sourcing community.
• Promote employee engagement and create development opportunities for team members.

• Act as senior trusted advisor to executive stakeholders including CIOs, CTOs, CPOs, CFOs, Managing Directors, and Procurement Leadership.
• Build and maintain strategic client relationships to ensure long‑term value creation and client satisfaction.
• Support complex executive‑level discussions, escalations, and negotiations.
• Ensure consistent delivery quality across all sourcing initiatives managed by the team.
• Identify opportunities to expand sourcing support and strategic value delivery for clients.
• Oversee multiple high‑value sourcing initiatives across software, hardware, cloud, telecommunications, outsourcing, managed services, and infrastructure categories.
• Provide strategic guidance on sourcing approaches, commercial models, supplier strategies, and negotiation tactics.
• Support and lead negotiations for large‑scale and strategic supplier agreements.
• Review and challenge sourcing strategies to maximize savings, value creation, and risk mitigation.
• Ensure sourcing projects are delivered on time, within scope, and according to client expectations.
• Drive adoption of market benchmarks and category intelligence to strengthen negotiation outcomes.

• Manage team capacity, workload prioritization, and resource allocation across clients and projects.
• Monitor sourcing pipeline, delivery performance, and service levels.
• Ensure compliance with client policies, procurement standards, legal requirements, and internal governance processes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across sourcing processes, tools, templates, and methodologies.
• Leverage technology, analytics, and AI‑enabled sourcing tools to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

• Maintain deep understanding of IT market trends, supplier landscapes, emerging technologies, and commercial developments.
• Act as category leader for designated IT sourcing domains.
• Develop category strategies, market intelligence, benchmarks, and supplier insights.
• Support business development activities, solution design, and client presentations where required.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, supplier consolidation, cost optimization, and operating model improvements.

• 10+ years of IT sourcing, procurement, vendor management, or commercial experience.
• 3–5+ years of people leadership experience.
• Proven track record managing high‑performing sourcing teams.
• Extensive experience leading strategic sourcing initiatives and large‑scale negotiations.
• Experience working in multinational and multi‑client environments.
• Demonstrated success managing executive‑level stakeholder relationships.

Strong knowledge across multiple IT domains, including:

• Software licensing, pricing models, and enterprise agreements
• IT infrastructure and data centres
• End‑user devices and hardware sourcing
• Managed services and outsourcing
• Network and telecommunications services
• Cybersecurity solutions and services
• Nearshore and offshore delivery models
• Emerging technologies including AI and automation solutions

• Strong people…