Procurement Category Lead

Procurement Category Lead – IT & Analytics, financial/Insurance end-client

Procurement and supply chain consulting: dedicated partnership with a leading UK insurer ·

Location: City of London, 3 days a week onsite + 1 day a month at the consultancy’s office ·

Salary: £90k–£110k + benefits · Permanent, full time

Your mandate

What you’ll do

Set the direction

• Own the IT & Analytics category roadmap, delivering savings, efficiency and wider business value.
• Improve pricing, licensing and demand management.

Lead the big deals

• Engage technology and business leaders early and translate technical needs into sourcing strategies.
• Lead high-value, complex sourcing projects from initial requirements to contract signature.
• Mark up and restructure contracts, supported by the commercial legal team.
• Optimise the IT supply base to reduce duplication and spend.

Make suppliers better partners

• Build supplier relationship management with key technology partners to improve performance and innovation.
• Manage IT third-party risk with InfoSec and Third Party Risk.
• Support regulatory and compliance reporting for the COO.

What makes this opportunity different

• Direct access to senior leaders. Advise decision-makers in a flat client structure and own outcomes from strategy to delivery.
• Room to build. Bring ideas, create practical solutions and help establish how the founding team works together.
• Modern tools. Work in a data-led iOS and Airtable environment without a legacy enterprise procurement suite.
• An active role in our client; help develop the consultancy, with leadership support, quality assurance, specialist tools and a community of procurement practitioners.

What you’ll bring

• 8+ years’ strategic procurement or category management, with 5+ years in IT.
• A strong record of negotiating SaaS, data, hardware or managed services deals across a wide range of values.
• Confident contracting skills and good working knowledge of commercial law.
• Credibility with CIO/CTO-level stakeholders and technical teams.

You’ll stand out with:

• financial services or specialty insurance experience;
• knowledge of ICT regulation such as DORA or PRA outsourcing rules;
• experience with data and analytics vendors

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