Procurement supply chain Interim and permanent recruiters

Software Sourcing Specialist

Permanent
South East
Reading
£50,001 - £70,000 per annum
IT / Telecoms
£65k + excellent bonus and benefits
JO-05394

Fantastic opportunity to join this global IT Services organisation who are going through an exciting transformation and are looking to build the Procurement Team…

The Software Sourcing Specialist role is responsible for contributing towards the overall Procurement strategy for the Global Software category/supply chain and providing the proactive procurement and sourcing engagement to effectively reduce cost, mitigate risk and deliver value and innovation. 

What you'll do:

  • To provide proactive procurement engagement on the global software category scope, working with the Software Strategic Category Lead to reduce cost, mitigate risk and build and maintain a world class strategic sourcing strategy and plan.
  • Contribution to building and maintaining the new 2025 Global Software Procurement category strategy and plans.
  • Operate as subject matter expert to the wider business on the software category (suppliers, licensing models etc, commercial models and key terms etc)
  • Help to evolve, change, and improve current software procurement processes, engagement models and identify and implement new commercial models and supply chain routes to market.
  • Contribute to the new central group software category plans, and corresponding objectives and commercial value.
  • Ownership of targeted Procurement and sourcing engagements with assigned software suppliers. 

Your experience:

  • 5 Years IT / Software procurement experience in a global environment.
  • Negotiation of global Software contracts, frameworks, and terms.
  • Contract Drafting.
  • Software Category Management & Category Strategies.
  • Team player but with ability to work on own initiative.

 

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If you would like to know more about this opportunity, please call Jane Wallbank on +44 (0)1403 248448

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Beaumont Select is a leading Supply Chain & Purchasing Recruitment Agency for permanent and interim staffing solutions. We support a primarily blue-chip client base, in the provision of experienced Supply Chain & Purchasing Professionals; successfully resolving their Purchasing Recruitment demands. We have a proven track record in purchasing recruitment and are a leading purchasing recruitment agency.  Complying with the BERR Beaumont Select are an Employment Agency and an Employment Business
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