IT Senior Sourcing Manager – Surface Ops – £90k (London) Full Time

1st Executive

Salary: Up to £90K + Bonus + Final Salary Pension + Free Travel

Location: Multiple London Offices (Hybrid working – 2.5 days p/w)

Overview:

1st Executive are delighted to bring to market an exclusive & retained recruitment campaign for a high-profile public sector organisation who are playing a key role in London’s economic recovery, generating in excess of 9bn in revenue for the capital p/a, whilst supporting the Major’s objective of achieving a Net Zero target by 2030 – creating a better quality of life for all of its communities now and in the future!

IT & Technology Procurement Team:

There has been no better time to join as our client undertakes a significant transformation journey, with the strategic objective of providing a best in class IT & Technology Procurement capability which will deliver value through innovation and risk mitigation across a £1bn p/a IT & Technology Procurement spend base – helping to future proof customer experience, enable a digital workforce, strengthen cyber defences and improve resilience, whilst helping to maximising revenue generation opportunities and reduce operating costs. In collaboration with the IT stakeholder community, the IT & technology Procurement team play a key role in helping 30,000 employees be more productive in their jobs.

Role Overview:

• As the IT Category Lead for Surface Ops – you will own a portfolio of large scales critical contracts that include major sourcing programmes valuing at c£1bn.
• Four main verticals include Traffic Technology, Surface Transport System and CCTV Management.
• You will be familiar with developing commercial sourcing and contract management to a large number of suppliers (100+).
• You will be analytical yet personable, building relationships with Tech & Data stakeholders.
• You will be responsible for leading, motivating, and challenging, you will be part of a team of 16.

Experience:

• Experience of sourcing and managing IT contracts across the entire IT portfolio – ideally encompassing work with Tier 1 vendors such as Dell, Oracle, Citrix, AWS and Microsoft
• Experience with top-tier IT suppliers and an understanding of their offerings, differentiator and commercial models,
• Familiarity with relevant Public Sector procurement regulations,
• Lead the commercial team to deliver effective end to end commercial services for a defined category of spend,
• Ability to build strong relationships with key business stakeholders, providing appropriate challenge and thought leadership to influence and support business decision making,
• Identify and manage project commercial risks and provide reporting and assurance to the business that project risks are appropriately identified, mitigated and managed,
• Lead and develop a team to ensure high quality commercial outcomes.