Procurement Category Lead - IT (Fully hybrid - Financial Services - £105k) in City Of London

Job description

Category Lead - IT | £90,000 to £105,000 | bonus | Amazing Pension | 28 days holiday + BH | Healthcare | + many more benefits | Central London or Surrey - fully flexible working | A leading global financial services business

This is an amazing opportunity to join a global financial services company, reporting into the new Global Procurement Director to take ownership of the IT category, supporting on large complex and strategic projects, whilst still looking for the best commercial value.

For this role, thy are really looking for people with current, recent or previously extensive Financial or Professional Services industry experience, in order to hit the ground running with the banking regulations.

This role requires a candidate with extensive IT Category Management, who regularly manage CTO/CIO level stakeholders and have proven experience of doing this.

Role and responsibilities:

• Create IT strategy through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
• Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
• Support the development of global category strategies to a clear and prioritised pipeline of sourcing projects
• Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
• Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
• Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
• On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency

Experience and requirements:

• Deep technical category experience within Technology, covering a wide range of sub-categories
• Previous experience working on complex global projects, dealing with Tier 1 suppliers of significant values
• Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions
• A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs
• Will have a track record of IT category management, effecting change and continuous improvement through implementation of innovative category strategies
• Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries
• Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
• MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City Of London

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

01-08-2025

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English