Procurement Manager IT - Software, Utrecht/Amersfoort
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Location
Utrecht
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
€80000 - €110000 per annum + package
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Contact:
Geoff Hunt
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Contact email:
geoff.hunt@1st-executive.com
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Salary high:
110000
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Salary low:
80000
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Job ref:
J690821GH_1706025646
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Published:
8 months ago
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Expiry date:
2024-02-22
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Consultant:
ConsultantDrop
Role: IT Procurement Manager - Software
Location: Utrecht/Amersfoort
Hybrid Working: 2 days office, 3 days' work from home
Salary: €90-€110k + 15% bonus and package
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Excellent opportunity to join a leading global brand with a multi-€bn turnover that is going from strength to strength.
Excitingly, the company is at the start of an IT procurement transformation and needs a skilled category / procurement manager to reclaim spend from IT - with the backing of the CIO and senior management. You'll drive engagement between IT and procurement, build key stakeholder relationships (with extensive executive exposure) and create/implement global strategic plans for the short, medium and long-term.
This role focuses on a range of core enterprise software packages such as Microsoft, WIPRO, Verizon ServiceNow, CapGemini, OMP and SAP.
Positively, there are also progression opportunities to Director.
Areas of responsibility:
- Develop and unlock the value of strategic partnerships like Microsoft, WIPRO, Verizon ServiceNow, CapGemini, OMP and SAP
- Vendor consolidation
- Deep category expertise, vendor and contract management for complex IT vendors, services and contracts.
- Complex environment of Infrastructure, Service Desk / Service Management, S2C, End User, Application and Security (IT/OT) Services
- Managing high-value contracts with critical platforms and services with substantial risk to business continuity.
- Guiding business and IT leadership in achieving maximal value and lowest risk out of (new) relationships with vendors
- Support clusters as Centre of Excellence which need to manage the strategy of the longtail of non-strategic vendors and contracts in their domains in close corporation with IT organization and other offices within procurement
- Guiding business, operations and IT in contracting and managing suppliers in the ETS domain.
Experience:
- 6+ years of relevant working experience (IT contract, sourcing, vendor management; managing big IT (services) suppliers)
- Good knowledge and broad understanding of the global supplier market, and integrated service management, including cybersecurity
- Ability to build, manage and maintain strong relationships with strategic partners to achieve agreed business objectives; ensure regular, coordinated interaction
- Excellent and effective communication skills - both verbal and written in English (Dutch a bonus)
- Understanding IT (service) cost drivers and the ability to drive a continuous cost optimization effort
- Expert in translating IT platform objectives into the right contract/service setup
- Ability to coordinate between Architecture and planning, Service Development and Service Management in terms of supplier/ partner relationships to deliver cost reduction and maximum value from key third-party contracts
- Excellent negotiating skills
If interested, please apply as soon as possible
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