IT Procurement Manager

IT Procurement Manager - Leading Financial Services Company Location: Bristol or Birmingham (Hybrid - 2 days in office, 3 from home)Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 + £5,000 Car Allowance + 10% Bonus + Generous PackageTo apply, please contact Jack at ##### a changing world, this national financial services business helps you to stay informed and protected, so you can be relaxed and confident. From your home to your health this company strives to understand the risks the future brings and make life safer, fairer and more inclusive for all. Through removing obstacles for 100m people across 50+ countries for 30+ years, they have established a reputation for efficiency and reliability. They now seek ambitious individuals to spearhead the transformation of their UK & Ireland procurement processes to aid in their mission toward best-in-class. As the IT Procurement Manager you'll work from a prestigious office in either Bristol or Birmingham for 2 days a week (or 5 should you prefer), and the rest from home. Flexibility is key to this company's ethos, so they invite application from anyone who may need some additional working arrangements, such as part-time or condensed hours. You will be responsible for:Optimizing the existing category management process using RACI, and other procurement tools to maximize margins and efficiency, while defending their reputation for excellent policy, process, and service, and complying to FCA/PRA regulations.Initiating new category management strategies to streamline and automate business, to meet and grow customer demand.Utilizing your IT category expertise to advise and negotiate contracts, striking balance between service, cost, and risk.Protecting the company's supply continuity through implementing innovative risk management strategies.Challenging and redefine their existing procurement processes in the name of sustainability.This is a IT Procurement Manager position, as such, you should have an extensive IT category knowledge, primarily within the software systems: SaaS, Paas, and Cloud Hosting, but also across Business Transformation through technology, and SI Partners. This knowledge would ideally be acquired in a similar procurement manager role. You should hold a CIPS qualification, as well as have completed minimum A-Levels studies, but a degree is preferred.Looking beyond your qualifications is at the heart of this company's values, so even if you feel you do not meet some of the requirements, they still invite you to apply.This is the perfect opportunity for a proactive and ambitious individual with extensive IT procurement knowledge who wants to join a nation leading insurance company and build a procurement process that can help millions around the globe.This is an English-speaking role, so whilst other languages may be useful, you must be 100% business fluent in English.Candidates must have full rights to work in the UK.For more information, please e-mail through an up-to-date copy of your CV to Jack at ##### Words: Financial Services, Flexibility, Brstiol, Birmingham, Health, Home, IT, Procurement, Manager, Hybrid, Bonus, Strategy, Risk, Inclusive, Diversity, Sustainable, Efficiency, Stakeholder, Software, Category, Risk, Quality, SaaS, Paas, Cloud, Hosting, Transformation, SI, CIPS, FCX, PRA, RACI
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