Category Manager - IT Services Job in London

Category Manager – IT Services Job in London. Apply for the latest London jobs in Accounting/Financial/Insurance.

Category Manager – IT Services Job in London

Job Description
Key Responsibilities:

The Category Manager will be accountable for IT Services and End User Computing, assisting the bank on achieving their cost and income targets. This will also include other areas such as Software/SaaS
The business have recently gone through a Procurement transformation, and now having excellent buy in from senior leadership, are looking at driving 'best in class procurement' across the bank
The Category Manager will develop and implement category strategy across their IT Services area in line with the Category Lead and wider business vision
You will be expected to build and influence key stakeholder relationships to a senior level, taking them on the Procurement journey
Work in a cross functional team in order to deliver on wider business strategy through collaborative procurement and teamwork
Emphasis on new regulations and making sure these are adhered to
Driving proper procurement process at all levels
Acting as a Business Partner for IT Services and End-User Computing stakeholders
Opportunity assessment
CIPS or equivalent qualification would be very usefulKey Skills:

You must be proactive in approach
Resilient in character – able to challenge stakeholders to achieve a positive result
Have strong experience within IT and ideally the IT Services category as well as other areas such as Software/SaaS
Experience within end user computing would also be beneficial to this role
Someone who understands what 'best in class' procurement looks like and can bring new ideas to the table
An ability to develop and implement category strategy
Speaking Spanish or having language skills is helpful as this is a global organisation
Someone who is able to navigate a large bluechip organisation
A strong track record of delivery within IT procurement

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: London
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: London
County: London
Country: United Kingdom
Salary: £65000 – £84000/annum
Benefits: