IT Procurement Specialist

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Role Title: IT Procurement Specialist
Duration: 6 Months
Location: London (Hybrid)
Rate: 325 Per Day – Umbrella only

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Role purpose / summary

The UK Procurement team is currently recruiting a Senior IT Procurement Specialist for its IT & Telco Procurement team. The successful candidate will work within the IT Infrastructure team. The key focus of the role consists of leading on identified, allocated projects and bid support, delivering against agreed timescales and outcomes for the specified areas.

Interaction with Business Leaders and vendors is required at senior level and therefore you must be confident and comfortable interacting at all levels.
Key Attributes:
The successful candidate should have experience working across multiple sectors and must be able to demonstrate capability in the following attributes though these are not all necessarily required for this specific role.

• Be a team player
• Have strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at a senior level to deliver in line with the agreed sourcing strategies and RTP’s
• Sourcing experience – capable of running an RFx process, with good IT knowledge including hardware, software and services, and understand current market trends
• Comfortable working with a dynamic and fast paced environment, which can include high-value, complex sourcing projects
• Preparation of, or assisting in the preparation, of category plans and driving savings
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and adapt to changing business requirement
• Vendor management, including relationship management, performance management, benchmarking
• Contract management including negotiating and implementing new contracts, license agreements, sub-contracts with back-to-back client terms, amendments, addendums and novations
• Strong IT procurement experience, with a proven track record in supporting bid opportunities (5+ years experience)
• Excellent interpersonal skills both verbal and written when dealing with internal and external clients

Reporting to the IT & Telco Infrastructure Manager for the UK, the key areas of responsibility will be as follows:

• Negotiate commercial terms and terms and conditions for different types of agreements
• Post contract award contract management
• Provide procurement support to client facing team
• Participate in the category definition and implementation of the category roadmap
• Attending meetings as required with internal stakeholders, vendors and procurement colleagues
• Liaise with Group Category Buyers to understand latest global contracts and trends, define and execute sourcing strategies with global vendors impacting local projects and in the creation of innovative solutions to internal stakeholders and clients.
• Responsible for tracking savings and cost avoidance, dealing with financial planning and forecasting
• Become proficient with procurement tools such as Oracle (GPS) and SAP eSourcing.

Personal Profile:

• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong communication skills both written and oral
• Excellent report writing skills
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision
• Well organised with common sense and pragmatism
• Ability to work to deadlines in a pressurised environment
• Good commercial awareness
• Excellent stakeholder and supplier management skills
• High level of numeracy and literacy
• A previous knowledge or background in outsourcing or outsourcing organizations is desirable

Technical Skills:

• CIPS qualified/part qualified preferred
• Vendor management
• Vendor contract management
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office
• Previous exposure to eSourcing systems

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!