IT Procurement & Supplier Performance Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead procurement and supplier management for a technology spend portfolio within a major UK insurer undergoing transformation. You’ll shape supplier strategy, drive commercial value, and help mature a best-in-class procurement capability as part of a growing Technology Procurement function. You work closely with stakeholders to optimize contracts, SLAs, and performance while enabling a scalable operating model. This is a chance to influence large-scale integration and supplier consolidation at pace.

Pay / Benefits

• Salary up to 67,000
• Hybrid working – 1-2 days in office
• Competitive pension
• Private health and wellbeing benefits
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Employee discounts, savings schemes and technology offers

Responsibilities

• Own procurement and supplier management across Software, SaaS, Cloud, Cyber Security and Technology Professional Services
• Drive supplier consolidation and commercial optimisation within a large integration programme
• Lead complex technology negotiations to secure better commercial outcomes
• Manage key supplier relationships and enforce contractual commitments and SLAs
• Deliver and continuously improve a Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) framework
• Collaborate with technology and business stakeholders to influence decisions and drive outcomes
• Support sourcing and procurement activity for new services or capabilities
• Define and mature procurement processes, governance, and ways of working
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and mitigate supplier risk
• Improve supplier performance through governance and performance management

Key requirements

• Proven experience in Technology Procurement, IT Category Management or Supplier Management
• Strong commercial and negotiation capability across software, SaaS, cloud, cyber and technology services
• Experience managing strategic suppliers and driving performance against SLAs, KPIs and contracts
• Confident in challenging suppliers and stakeholders to achieve outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills in a complex organisation
• Experience operating in a regulated environment (Financial Services, Insurance or similar)
• Proactive, self-starting approach to build and improve ways of working
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery

• Stakeholder management
• Influencing and negotiation
• Proactive and self-starting attitude
• Technology Procurement
• IT Category Management
• Supplier Management

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