IT Category Manager

My Client a leading Professional Services Firm is currently looking for a specialist IT Sourcing Manager. The IT Sourcing Manager will report to the Head of IT Procurement helping internal stakeholders gain the best value from their IT contract portfolio.  You will join the current team in delivering strategic and tactical IT procurement projects in IT categories with an emphasis on cloud & digital.

You will work closely with the CTO & CIO to run tendering processes, IT contract negotiations and ongoing vendor management.  You will get immediately involved in projects that are currently running and must be able to manage procurement projects to tight deadlines. 

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to see a diverse set of projects and experience technology, sourcing and procurement in a very interesting sector.

Skills required:

• IT sourcing and procurement experience, across the categories of software, Cloud & Digital
• Building relationships with key divisions and individuals to ascertain and understand stakeholder, business and customer requirements, strategy, challenges and opportunities. 
• Experience of the project lifecycle, IT implementations and life in IT departments
• Experience of developing best practice governance, procedures and policies which protect the business from risk

Experience Required:

• Experience in the professional services sector would be advantageous but not essential
• Ideally educated to degree level
• Excellent leadership and people management skills.  The ability to coach and develop.
• Procurement technical skills including negotiation skills, contract drafting, drafting of relevant RfPs etc and use of category management techniques in setting category plans
• The ability to draw together requirements across multiple or individual business units and gain consensus on the procurement plan from the business
• Excellent interpersonal/influencing skills.

For further information please email michael.babatunde@langleysearch.com or call +44 (0) 333 366 0839 quoting MB//7781

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Our client is a Global Legal Firm. They are ideally looking for an experienced Procurement Analyst with sound experience liaising with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Providing and further developing regular reports that enable managers and buyers & Category managers to take action
• Liaising with stakeholders and users with regard to the acceptability of MVL performance and potential improvements
• Supporting the Project Manager/Business Analyst in the scoping, piloting and delivery of the Contracts Portfolio Reporting Tool and its associated processes.
• Gathering user requirements
• Liaising with stakeholders and users
• Liaising with the internal Systems Development team regarding the implementation of user requirements, agreed workflow and reporting functions
• Operating the Contracts Portfolio Management Reporting Tool until long term resources are established
• Coordinating agreed processes
• Providing regular reports
• Supporting users in accessing information

The Candidate will have:

• Experience in the use of IT systems for the manipulation of electronic data and provision of reports
• Experience in working with users to further improve existing electronic data management processes and reporting
• Highly skilled and significant experience in the use of Microsoft Office and other software associated with the manipulation of data and extraction of reports
• Experience in gathering user requirements for IT systems under development
• Experience in liaising with internal and external Information Systems teams to establish required processes.
• Ideally has worked in a project-based environment and understands project management disciplines
• Personal Qualities
• Excellent communication skills, written and spoken
• An eye for detail
• High standards of quality

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/7760.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs

Our client is a successful FMCG business with operations around the world. Due to increased demand, they now seek an Indirect Procurement Specialist on a 12month FTC with the option to go permanent. You will be joining the team based in London.

Role synopsis

To support the HQ with business as usual, project procurement and to provide support across corporate services procurement and to ensure that all services within the category of corporate services and indirect purchasing are purchased to achieve maximum value and delivery within agreed timeframes.

• Implement a new procurement plan. Working with Heads of functions to create a procurement policy
• Develop a plan and list of actions to finish  the ongoing projects
• Participate in all service level  review agreements for the existing contracts with suppliers and resolve  all commercial issues
• Resolve any conflicts with existing suppliers related to service performance or other smaller issues such as invoice discrepancy.
• Meet cost savings target by finding  new opportunities to reduce cost  in the corporate and indirect spend areas
• Review terms and conditions and commercial terms for new contracts, work with legal team to ensure that all commercial and legal risks are mitigated through appropriate commercial and legal clauses
• Develop, drive and implement procurement strategies  for newly identified opportunities
• Engage stakeholders at all level’s to ensure  support on the recommended sourcing strategy

Essential Skills & Qualifications

Minimum 3 years experience in a purchasing/buyer role

Experience from a Head office/Corporate environment is desirable

Demonstrable stakeholder engagement skills

Indirect Category Experience

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@ langleysearch .com quoting MB/7758.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch. com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs

My Client a leading Brand is currently looking for a specialist Category Manager. The Category Manager will report to the Director of Procurement helping internal stakeholders gain best value from their spend portfolio.  You will join the current team in delivering strategic and tactical procurement projects in Technology, Corporate Services, Events & Travel categories.

You will work closely with the various department to run tendering processes, contract negotiations and ongoing vendor management.  You will get immediately involved in projects that are currently running and must be able to manage procurement projects to tight deadlines. 

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to see a diverse set of projects and experience technology, sourcing and procurement with an amazing brand.

Skills required:

• Sourcing and procurement experience, across the categories of Technology, Professional Services & Travel & Events
• Building relationships with key divisions and individuals to ascertain and understand stakeholder, business and customer requirements, strategy, challenges and opportunities. 
• Experience of developing best practice governance, procedures and policies which protect the business from risk

Experience Required:

• Experience working in blue chip organisations.
• Ideally educated to degree level
• Procurement technical skills including negotiation skills, contract drafting, drafting of relevant RfPs etc and use of category management techniques in setting category plans
• The ability to draw together requirements across multiple or individual business units and gain consensus on the procurement plan from the business
• Excellent interpersonal/influencing skills.

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info @langleysearch .com quoting MB/7727.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch .com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs