Category Procurement Manager IT

In this position, you will be a true procurement leader and business partner for IT in the Commercial domain.

The scope of work includes:

• Develops and formulates, in close cooperation with relevant IT and business stakeholders, a global (sub) category strategy for the Commercial domain to drive sustainable value with a 3-year horizon.
• Sets up, maintains and leads SRM process with selected suppliers within the Commercial domain to realize and unlock value through fact-based performance management, joint business planning and room for improvement and innovations
• Supports IT to further develop their relationship management within Commercial domain and the strategic vendors to a more mature level
• Ensures internal and external governance structure is effectively implemented and builds these upon trust and performance.
• Supports alignment between IT and (strategic) suppliers in the Commercial domain regarding innovative technology, architecture, benchmarking, audit and security.
• Closes, manages and exits contract and relationships with (strategic) vendors in the Commercial domain to drive service excellence and mitigate risks in the IT-value chain.
• Support optimization of centralized product ownership and contracting Commercial domain to enable the digital transformation in the next 3-5 years.
• Manage the strategy of the longtail of non-strategic vendors and contracts in the Commercial domain in close corporation with IT organization and other offices within Corporate Procurement
• Bein able to run cross cluster program and projects and manage the divers stakeholders in a positive and forward looking way.