Role: Snr IT Supplier Relationship Manager (SRM)

Salary: Up to £85K + Excellent Benefits

Location: Edinburgh / Flexible

Our client is a market leading Financial Services organisation, seeking to recruit an experienced IT & Technology Supplier Relationship Manager (SRM) who can play a key role in the development and implementation of best in class SRM process, policy and methodology whilst managing a portfolio of buiness critical, Tier 1 IT suppliers

Role:

The jobholder will provide an expert Supplier Relationship Management capability; by operating in an internal consultancy capacity to ensure that business units across this diverse banking group are managing their Technology suppliers in line with a 'best-practice' SRM methodology. This includes the continued development and optimisation of SRM process and tools which ensure a consistent approach to external vendor management.

In turn the jobholder will be tasked with managing a portfolio of buiness critical, Tier 1 IT suppliers - seeking opporutnities to drive innovation and to extract value in terms of cost and service for key stakeholders up to and including CIO level.

Experience:

The jobholder will demonstrate advanced stakeholder engagement, influencing and management skills.

• Demonstrates a depth of IT & technology Procurement, SRM or Vendor Management experience
• Experience of managing Tier 1 IT suppliers such as IBM, Fujitsu, Infosys and Accenture
• Experience gained in complex, global, 'blue-chip' environments
• Demonstrable experience of developing SRM process, policy and tools
• Advanced communication skills with an excellent track record of stakeholder engagement
• Ideally presents a degree of traditional IT Procurement experience as a compliment to expertise in SRM
• Ideally Degree qualified