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IT Supplier Manager

IT Supplier Manager

  • Location

    England

  • Sector:

    Procurement

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £60000 - £70000 per annum + Generous benefits & bonus

  • Contact:

    Peter Aplin

  • Contact email:

    peter.aplin@1st-executive.com

  • Job ref:

    691892_1743150714

  • Published:

    6 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    2025-04-27

Remote/home based. Must have full right to work and live in the UK. Expensed travel to offices in UK once a month for team days.

Our client is building a new team within their Technology Operations and Cyber Security function
- Remit is to provide SRM capability across their Tier 1 / Material Technology and Cyber Security vendors
- Usual big names including Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and BT
- Given Greenfield nature of the team; there's lot's to do in terms of building process & policy relating to governance and compliance, before they can really get stuck into the value-add supplier management stuff (extracting in life value, new product development etc)
- Responsibility for Business Continuity Plans, quarterly BRM's, full lifecycle SRM (on-boarding, management, exit plans, off-boarding etc)
- Lot's of unknown's at the moment (given it's a new team), so need to do lots of networking with the suppliers and stakeholders to get the answers
- Must be willing to challenge the norm! Bring a fresh perspective to what they're doing with the suppliers....i.e. commercial proposals / new product opportunities

Key competencies:
- Must have IT Supplier Management experience
- Preference for Financial Services experience
- Experience of working with Tier 1 Tech Vendors including Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and BT
- Some knowledge of Third Party Risk / Governance etc