Head of IT Procurement

Description

• Responsible for facilitating the delivery of multi-million pound savings and defined benefits, working in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders, approved by Finance, and applied to budgets, where applicable.
• Lead the annual business planning process for the specific spend category and relevant stakeholders.
• Lead a team of motivated and talented commercial professionals, fostering team-work, coaching, challenging, promoting talent management, with a succession plan implemented.
• Responsible for building influential relationships with relevant business stakeholders through the implementation of the full business partnering model.
• Active management of business compliance to the Procurement Policy specific to spend category, whilst ensuring workload management & prioritisation and agile working methodologies are adopted for qualified opportunities.
• Lead regular external market benchmark assessments, reflected in the integrated market strategies, to include competitor market watch assessments, market trend analysis, market dynamics and innovation.
• Oversight of the team in their delivery of market, sourcing and supplier collaboration led value.
• Leadership of a specific spend category team, comprising a market management, sourcing delivery, and supplier collaboration capability.
• Lead the development and implementation of highly complex, business critical and high spend (greater than £150M) market strategies, influencing annual spend of more than £80M per annum.

Requirements

• Preferably degree educated, with a relevant post-graduate qualification (e.g. CIPS,RICS, MBA, MSC)
• Degree educated, with a relevant post-graduate qualification (e.g. CIPS,RICS, MBA, MSC)
• Proven senior level stakeholder management and business partnering skillset.
• Experience with cross-functional collaborative working methods.
• Knowledge of vendor evaluation, selection, and management to engage with external technology partners effectively.
• Detailed knowledge of the Utilities market sector.
• Specific knowledge of Technology use in Utilities or Energy Sector. E.g. Water Network Management Systems, Geospatial, SatelliteKnowledge of OT and its impact on the Technology Services Estate
• A demonstrable level of line management experience.
• Politically savvy, with the ability to use exemplary direct and indirect influencing strategies.
• Proficient understanding of IT delivery methodologies such as agile project management and DevOps
• Extensive experience in a reputable organisation, or experience working in a equivalent Role.
• Demonstrable level of problem-solving experience and in large, complex organisations
• Significant experience of leading business critical spend categories, sourcing strategies, and strategic supplier relationships.
• Proficient understanding of IT service management, including incident and problem management tools and support processes.
• Proven level of negotiation and dispute resolution skill set.
• Extensive knowledge of Information Technology industry regulations and data privacy laws to ensure technology practices align with legal requirements
• Understanding of the Commercial role in IT governance, IT strategy and Enterprise architecture.
• Recognised throughout UU and the external market for their market, sourcing and supplier collaboration management expertise. Bring innovation, insights, and ideas back into UU to solve real business problems and to support the delivery and success of the business.

Benefits

• MORE Choices flexible benefits
• A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
• A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays
• Salary Finance
• Employee Assistance Plan
• MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
• Up to 20% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
• Car cash allowance - £5,000
• EVolve Car Scheme
• Enhanced parental leave schemes
• Deals and discounts
• Mental health first aiders
• A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme
• Wealth at Work courses

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance