The Business:
A big global professional services and outsourcing business.
Key Responsibilities:
*Drive a Procurement agenda into a growing space i.e. being proactive and taking hold and ownership of opportunities, shaping deals and driving governance, often within tight timescales
*Ownership of large levels of spend across a wide range of IT procurement projects. Projects will vary in value from c.£1m up to £100m+
*Run strategic procurement projects end to end in IT sub-category areas such as SaaS, Cloud, Software, Telco
*Challenge stakeholders to a senior level in the right way in order to drive the procurement agenda and achieve positive, ’value-add’ results
Key Skills:
*You must be proactive in your approach
*Resilient in character - able to challenge stakeholders to achieve a positive result
*Have a strong track record within the IT category, ideally in SaaS, Cloud, Software or Telco
*Able to navigate a large complex blue-chip environment and cut through the noise, prioritising effectively
*Someone who understands what ’best in class’ procurement looks like and can bring new ideas to the table
*An ability to develop and implement category strategy
*Able to work in a fast-paced environment
*Ideally experience in the IT industry
*CIPS/Degree or equivalent qualification would be useful
What is in it for you?
*Excellent development and progression opportunities in a large team of over 20 in procurement
*A mature environment where you will have a strong support network from leadership
*Autonomy to drive your own projects
*Hybrid working - one or two days a week in the office
*Joining a company in good growth