Category Buyer (Enterprise IT & Digital Service) - J37953 Gaydon, England
Caresoft
Full Time
Gaydon, England
29.54 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description
Job Title: Category Buyer (Enterprise IT & Digital Service)
Location: Gaydon
Rate: £39.00 per hour via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £29.54 per hour PAYE
Employment Type: Contract (6 months)
Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week
Reference: J37953
Job Description:
Our client's digital procurement team has responsibility for creating and managing external commercial relationships that support client's product offerings within the digital space. It is the key point of interface for major software, services and digital content providers.
It is wide stretching and requirements vary from niche products to large global enterprise solutions. The IT products and solutions that the candidate will purchase, impact all areas of the business and are critical to the success of our company. As such, the stakeholders and suppliers that the candidate will engage with are also varied meaning this is a great role for anyone looking to progress their career within an exciting purchasing team and category.
Reporting to the purchasing manager the candidate will have global responsibility for specific categories, commodities and services on behalf of our client. Candidates will utilise their experience to analyse, define, and implement commercial and sourcing strategies for their designated product areas, including make vs buy vs collaborate decisions.
This role will lead the sourcing or collaborative activity through the contracting process, supported by in-market teams providing regional market intelligence and expertise. Candidate will be responsible for ongoing relationship management, including regular business reviews, ensuring the relationships deliver quality, delivery, cost, innovation and responsiveness requirements, are aligned to programme or project timing plans, and that the product meets end stakeholder expectations.
It is wide stretching and requirements vary from niche products to large global enterprise solutions. The IT products and solutions that the candidate will purchase, impact all areas of the business and are critical to the success of our company. As such, the stakeholders and suppliers that the candidate will engage with are also varied meaning this is a great role for anyone looking to progress their career within an exciting purchasing team and category.
Reporting to the purchasing manager the candidate will have global responsibility for specific categories, commodities and services on behalf of our client. Candidates will utilise their experience to analyse, define, and implement commercial and sourcing strategies for their designated product areas, including make vs buy vs collaborate decisions.
This role will lead the sourcing or collaborative activity through the contracting process, supported by in-market teams providing regional market intelligence and expertise. Candidate will be responsible for ongoing relationship management, including regular business reviews, ensuring the relationships deliver quality, delivery, cost, innovation and responsiveness requirements, are aligned to programme or project timing plans, and that the product meets end stakeholder expectations.
Candidate will support and work closely with the in-market teams and engage with specialists within the global purchasing function as required to ensure optimum value creation and delivery for our client.
The role requires a high level of interaction with internal stakeholders and external suppliers. Candidate will be accountable for the successful commercial and contractual completion of sourcing projects and for developing and establishing a pipeline of sourcing activities in line with contract expiry dates, potential cost saving opportunities and new investment projects.
The successful candidate will need to be a flexible team player, with good communication skills and a high degree of commercial acumen.
The successful candidate will need to be a flexible team player, with good communication skills and a high degree of commercial acumen.
Working with our client the candidates will bring all their skills and knowledge to the home of premium innovation, and find the opportunities to further their career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for them and their family, membership of a competitive pension plan and private medical cover. All this and more makes our company a perfect place to continue their career journey.
Our company is committed to equal opportunity for all.
Personal Profile:
Our company is committed to equal opportunity for all.
Personal Profile:
- An enthusiastic individual who is able to deliver results in a complex, highly demanding environment.
- A pro-active and resilient individual who has a continuous learning mindset.
- An effective communicator with the desire to influence cross-functionally.
- A team player who actively develops and supports team members.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
Strategy & Sourcing:
Strategy & Sourcing:
- Responsible for Strategic Category Plan (SCP) creation and delivery.
- Delivering sourcing in line with policy and to agreed targets through the Global Sourcing Process (GSP) and deploying total cost of ownership approach.
- Leading complex supplier negotiations including legal and financial approval pre-contract or purchase order, engaging specialist teams and global purchasing finance.
- Responsible for delivering against savings programme targets.
Contract & Supplier Relationship Management:
- Working with stakeholders and finance to operate the contract management governance.
- Responsible for managing dispute resolution process.
- Change management of the contracts and purchase orders.
- Support financial reconciliation activities, as required.
- Contract audit and reviews in line with requirements.
- Ensuring the supplier relationship management and supplier performance management processes are carried out effectively.
- Responsible for organising and conducting the supplier business reviews, capture the minutes and actions and work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to complete the actions.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Essential:
Essential:
- An individual who is results driven, demonstrates, tenacity, drive and perseverance, with the ability to deliver in a complex, highly demanding environment.
- Degree qualified or equivalent experience preferred.
- Commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
- Understand category management principles.
- Strategic thinking.
- Global business understanding and experience.
- Operational contract management experience.
- Relationship management, internal and external.
- Category knowledge and demonstrated experience.
- Flexibility and agility to be able to adjust to changing business needs.
- IT/IT services/Software procurement experience.
- Terms and conditions negotiation experience.
- GDPR/data privacy experience from a procurement perspective.
- Contract negotiation/strong commercial awareness.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills.
- Strategic thinking.
- Understand category management principles.
- Sound understanding of different negotiation styles and how to deploy them.
Desirable:
- Experience of stakeholder operational deployment or requirements of category (e.g. has worked in the stakeholder area of the specific category).
- Category knowledge and demonstrated experience.
- Previous supplier experience within category.
- Experience in drafting contract documents required for the establishment of business content elements, e.g. SOWs, LOAs, SLAs etc..
- Relevant professional qualification.
Additional Information:
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Caresoft
www.caresoftglobal.com
Burr Ridge, United States
Richard M. Christman
$100 to $500 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Private
Information Technology Support Services
