IT Sourcing Manager
Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds / Hybrid
6 months contract
Salary from £75,000pa DOE, Day Rate via Umbrella Company also available
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My client powers businesses of all sizes to make, take and manage payments. They are a global leader in financial technology with unique capabilities to power omni-commerce. Whether online, in store or mobile, they are at the heart of great commerce experiences in 146 countries and across 135 currencies. They help our customers become more efficient, more secure and more successful.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and deliver outcomes for a portfolio of IT sourcing projects and contracts, including renewals and new supplier engagements
- Lead end-to-end sourcing activity, covering requirements definition, market engagement, commercial negotiation, contract award, and transition
- Negotiate contracts and service level agreements to achieve value, manage risk, and meet business objectives
- Analyse data from multiple sources to identify commercial, operational, and risk impacts, providing clear recommendations to stakeholders
- Manage supplier relationships to ensure performance, value for money, and alignment with contractual obligations
- Support senior stakeholders with sourcing strategy, pipeline planning, and workload prioritisation
- Deliver outcomes within established procurement, governance, and risk management frameworks
- Identify and resolve sourcing and supplier issues, applying sound judgement and pragmatic solutions
- Improve and work within existing sourcing processes, contributing ideas for enhanced ways of working
- Manage and coordinate multiple concurrent sourcing activities of low to medium complexity
- Provide advice and guidance to stakeholders on sourcing best practice and supplier strategy
- Support wider team capability by sharing knowledge and mentoring colleagues where appropriate
Stakeholder & Relationship Management
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders across IT and the wider business
- Engage confidently with suppliers, holding credible commercial and technical conversations
- Support senior colleagues in managing complex or sensitive supplier and stakeholder relationships
Skills & Experience
- Proven IT sourcing and procurement experience with full lifecycle responsibility for complex sourcing events and supplier negotiations
- Strong track record delivering sourcing outcomes within large-scale, complex organisations operating under robust governance and regulatory controls
- Demonstrable experience sourcing across one or more of the following technology categories: Software and SaaS, Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Private Cloud, Network Services, AI and Emerging Technologies
- Experience leading complex sourcing programmes from requirement definition, market engagement and RFP through to negotiation, contract award and implementation
- Strong commercial acumen with experience negotiating high-value technology contracts and managing strategic suppliers
- Experience operating within Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, FinTech, Telecommunications or similarly regulated industries
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders
- Ability to assess commercial, operational and risk implications and provide clear recommendations
- Experience using eSourcing and procurement platforms
- Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel skills and the ability to interpret sourcing and supplier data
Benefits
- Regular salary, annual bonus payment, pension contributions, holiday and sick pay
- Medical insurance, income protection, critical illness and life insurance
- Access to discounted benefits website and library of online training materials
- Future career and certification opportunities
- PAYE basis employment (LTD/Umbrella company not permitted)
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