IT Vendor Planner (Supply Chain) – Permanent – Birmingham

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January 7, 2024

Job Description


Job title: IT Vendor Planner (Supply Chain) – Permanent – Birmingham

Company: Contracts IT

Job description: IT Vendor Planner (Supply Chain) – Permanent – Birmingham

This is a UK based role with an excellent immediate start within a Global Logistics and Transportation working on their largest digital and technological transformation program.

Job Purpose:

We have an amazing opportunity for our client within the Rail/Construction sector in Birmingham , they are seeking for an IT Vendor Planner who will be responsible for defining and implementing the client’s IT vendor strategy and sourcing strategies to drive performance across the supply chain and meet IT and business objectives. The role also manages the entire supplier portfolio, ensuring optimal service arrangements and an appropriate ecosystem of suppliers that deliver value to our client’s Information technology.

Skills:

  • Strategic thinking- Ability to work within a strategic context and distil activities that will enable the achievement of strategic goals.
  • Continual service improvement – Ability to analyse current processes, identify and implement opportunities to optimise processes, and lead and develop a team of experts to deliver service improvements.
  • Sourcing – Ability to determine strategies for procuring IT services, managing supplier relationships, embracing effective operational relationships at all levels.
  • Stakeholder Management – Ability to build and manage effective working relationships, as well as influence internal and external stakeholders.
  • Portfolio Management – Ability to manage a portfolio of IT vendors and contracts to deliver better value to the business.
  • Policy Advice – Ability to define policies, that guide effective delivery of sourcing and vendor management strategies.

Knowledge:

  • Knowledge of policy, legislative, regulatory, and operational constraints, adapting technology where needed.
  • Knowledge of sourcing and procurement frameworks, issues, risks, governance, compliance, and assurance.
  • Knowledge of SLAs and vendor contracts
  • Understanding of the business product environment, and its impact on supplier contract management

Type of Experience:

  • Experience of commercial, partner, vendor, or supplier management where governance, quality and compliance criteria has been met, within a fast-paced major infrastructure programme with multiple stakeholders.
  • Experience in defining IT vendor management and sourcing strategies using flexible and novel commercial models for major IT programmes.
  • Experience of collaboration and co-innovation with global IT vendors to drive service improvements.
  • Experience in managing a portfolio of vendors and vendor contracts with a view to optimizing value to the business.

Please send your CV or call Ahmed to discuss further.

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Expected salary:

Location: Birmingham

Job date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 23:43:23 GMT

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