Senior Procurement Manager

As a Senior Manager, Technology Procurement reporting to the Group Head of Corporate and Technology Procurement , you will be an integral part of the centre-led procurement leadership team together leading IDPs procurement function to become a strategic and integrated function, delivering efficient and long-term value

You will lead and develop Category Management plans and delivery of Technology category. You will be leading the procurement activity plan for each FY and advising on procurement activities to optimise total cost of ownership, whilst ensuring continuing value for money outcomes and contract performance is achieved.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and executing enterprise-wide procurement initiatives, strategies and plans for Technology category across Student Placement, IELTS, Corporate (Enterprise), and Digital Marketing business verticals
• Shaping the long-term procurement pipeline for Technology category of spend across Cybersecurity, Digital, Cloud, Infrastructure, Data & AI, SaaS, and Managed Services ensuring alignment with the business strategy and objectives.
• Leading and advising on procurement processes in line strategic direction, procurement strategy and compliance frameworks.
• Create and implement strategic sourcing strategies, including developing and executing effective negotiation plans.
• Manage the end-to-end procurement activities for high value, high-risk sourcing events in alignment with the Procurement Plan and Policy.
• Leading high-value, complex negotiations across Technology Category ensuring optimal outcomes.
• Fostering strategic supplier relationships unlocking opportunities and long-term mutual value.
• Assessing procurement and probity risk and implementing mitigation plans.
• Conducting supplier performance and relationship management reviews with the business.
• Foster relationships with the business units, global leadership directors and C-suite to create buy in and assist in the resolution of procurement enquiries.
• Improve procurement category performance across global based procurement and category plans and deliver cost savings / value for money outcomes by leveraging best practice procurement mechanisms.
• Where the relationships are enterprise-wide, perform contract management activities, including managing supplier performance, to ensure priorities and contractual obligations are met.
• Provide contract and commercial expertise when advising on procurement activities.
• Maintain appropriate knowledge to provide innovative input to sourcing strategies to achieve increased benefits to and value for money outcomes.