IT Procurement Category Manager

Project overview

IT Procurement Category Manager - Insurance

We are currently recruiting for a IT Procurement Category Manager with strong SaaS experience to join one of our Insurance clients on a 6-month contract

Inside IR35

Hybrid- Ipswich/London a max of 2/3 time a month

The Requirements

If this role is of interest and would like to know more please apply now!

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

• 10+ years of strong IT Procurement, Technology Procurement or IT Sourcing experience.
• Strong experience running sourcing events and supplier negotiations.
• Strong Financial Service / Insurance industry background
• Experience reviewing and negotiating IT contracts alongside Legal teams.
• Strong understanding of software, SaaS, cloud, telecoms and IT services procurement.
• Understanding of common enterprise software licensing models, including subscription, user-based, consumption-based and perpetual licensing structures.
• Experience working within a corporate procurement environment with defined governance and approval processes.
• Experience using procurement and contract management platforms such as Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, ServiceNow or similar solutions.
• Software and SaaS procurement experience.
• Microsoft licensing experience.
• Cloud services experience across AWS, Azure, GCP or similar platforms.
• IT professional services sourcing experience.
• Telecoms and network services sourcing experience.
• Contract negotiation and RFx management experience.
• CIPS qualification, or working towards it.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: London, GB