Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading West Midlands based client to recruit for an IT Procurement Manager.

Responsibilities:

Implements procurement procedures in keeping with the Procurement strategy and Procurement Policy and processes including the delivery of these.
Lead the procurement process for IT related spend.
Supports development of appropriate IT procurement strategies that support value for money objectives e.g. supplier consolidation.
Facilitates development of relationships with existing and potential IT suppliers through strategic supplier relationship management.
Ensure IT suppliers continue to deliver best value by actively benchmarking against identified and approved comparators; and negotiating any contract changes
Prepare and deliver senior level presentations/reports to support any procurement strategy, price changes and products

Requirements:

IT Category Management & Category Strategy Development
Demonstrable experience in running tenders and leading complex IT procurement competitions.
Demonstrable experience in leading commercial negotiations within a highly regulated Procurement environment under the guidelines of PCR
Supplier relationship management experience
Ideally qualified to at least Level 4 CIPS with a desire to achieve MCIPS

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