IT Buyer

Role: IT Buyer

Location:

Available on site 2 days per week (in Farnborough)

Duration: 6 Months

Pay Rate: £660 per day via Umbrella.

Key Responsibilities:

Source (including tendering) and procure requirements across IT hardware, software, telecoms, and professional services categories. This includes negotiating favourable terms, volume discounts, reviewing and agreeing T&Cs with Tier-1 IT vendors.
Reviews contracts for conformance to organisation policy and discusses defects and delivery problems with suppliers and negotiates refunds and/or improved SLAs.
Eliminating unnecessary expenditure through influential demand management and deliver savings through strong negotiations.
Work with Finance to record and seek endorsement of savings delivered.
Collaborate with IT, Enterprise Digital Services, Security, Data Protection and Legal teams to ensure alignment on procurement strategies and compliance with procurement policies, licensing agreements, and data protection regulations.
Support budgeting and forecasting activities related to IT spend.
Work closely with senior stakeholders, including the Group CIO, to understand demands and priorities, as well as presenting procurement strategies for endorsement.

Key

Skills:

Demonstrates understanding of technology trends, market forces, cost trends, and supplier technology road maps
Proven experience in an IT Procurement or Supply Chain role, procuring technologies and services for multiple geographies
Experience negotiating and executing Data Processing Agreements, Information Security Schedules, End User Licence Agreements, Framework Agreements, Master Services Agreements and similar
Experience commercially negotiating with Tier 1 IT vendors - examples include:
Microsoft, Cisco, AWS, IBM, with demonstrable savings delivered back to the organisation
Demonstrable stakeholder management and confidence in presenting/communicating with senior stakeholders
Good understanding of IT products, services, and licensing models (e.g., SaaS, IaaS)