Head of Technology procurement

Fantastic contract opportunity for a highly experienced procurement professional to be responsible for a 130 million pound year technology spend.

The Head of Technology Category is responsible for maximising the contribution of the Technology Services category to the firm. Leading and working together with the retained procurement leadership team and outsourced Procurement service provider to provide commercial, contractual and risk management expertise to the firm.

The Head of Technology Category will be responsible for Relationship management, People management, Strategy and Invocation and overall execution.

In particular the position requires:

• Broad procurement experience with a proven track-record of successfully delivering and/or contributing to the development & implementation of procurement solutions across the spectrum of people, policy, process, systems etc.
• Proven track-record of successfully creating category strategies, leading and executing sourcing projects within the Technology category to deliver quality, service risk and commercial benefits across the spectrum of IT software (purchase, development, support), hardware & infrastructure (End User Services, Server/Storage, Data Centre & Cloud), services (applications development, on & off-shore managed services, support & maintenance, integration services etc.) and Network & telecoms (voice, data, mobile, networks) etc.

This is a highly important hire for my client and the business are looking for the very best candidate to take ownership of this category within the firm. Please present your profile for immediate review and consideration.