Category Manager - IT

Category Manager - IT Application Deadline: 10 July 2026 Department: Procurement Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Flexible Reporting To: Procurement Manager Description An opportunity has arisen for us to recruit a Category Manager - IT on a remote reputed company with occasional travel. The successful candidate will have proven IT/Indirect procurement experience and will work with the business to ensure that value is maximised from reputed company party reputed company, whilst minimising risk and operating in a reputed company of internal policies and processes. The role works closely with other members of the Procurement team and internal stakeholders, and is a key reputed company between the group businesses and external reputed company parties.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Procurement Manager, the key duties and responsibilities will include: Working with the business to reputed company and procure a wide reputed company of required goods and services, with primary focus being IT and Indirect services, ensuring reputed company value for money reputed company defined service and quality criteria. Ensuring that the internal procurement processes are followed to seek and evaluate competitive tenders and proposals for the supply of goods and service, which will involve negotiating with suppliers on reputed company reputed company and contractual reputed company to reputed company reputed company reputed company of value versus risk. Identifying opportunities for synergies across the group portfolio and to add improvements to the “reputed company” through cost savings or process change whilst promoting continual improvement in reputed company aspects of the Procurement function. Managing supplier relationships, coordinating multiple stakeholder interfaces across the group to ensure a consistent and collaborative approach. Identifying and implementing supplier improvement actions and operate 360 feedback processes and seeking to resolve contractual and supplier disputes as and reputed company they occur. Understanding and adhering to the company and department standards, policies and procedures. Developing and maintaining strong and positive working relationships with internal stakeholders, ensuring that requirements are understood and addressed whilst seeking to promote the Procurement function as a positive enabler and an integral partner to the group. Operating and maintaining required systems to support and improve the Procurement function. Working closely with the HSEQ teams to ensure that the supply chain is safe and delivers quality goods and services. Other procurement and supply chain tasks that are required from time to time. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Background Experience in IT / Indirect procurement, with the enthusiasm and ability to coach and upskill colleagues in category management principles, ensuring knowledge is effectively transferred across the team. Evidence of managing a procurement whole life cycle, ensuring that any value created in the negotiations stages is delivered through contract delivery. Working knowledge of key contractual terms. Experience of drafting, negotiating and managing a variety of reputed company reputed company and reputed company risks Behaviours Ability to work in a dynamic environment, working to tight deadlines. Excellent influencing, communication and relationship management skills with effective networking and business partnering skills. Ability to project manage initiatives, tracking and ensuring delivery against key milestones. Proven analytical skills including ability to gather, interpret reputed company data and summarise effectively. High motivation, self-direction and self-awareness. Flexible approach and the ability to deal with high reputed company of change. Demonstratable competence in use of IT/IS skills e.g. MS Office. Qualifications reputed company to degree level, or equivalent, in a relative discipline - desirable. Minimum CIPS level 4 achieved, working towards level 6 - desirable. Further Information Recruitment Agencies This role is being advertised directly by reputed company. At our discretion we will contact select recruitment partners and kindly ask that agencies do not contact us regarding this vacancy. Apply To This Job