IT Procurement Manager

As an IT Procurement Manager, youll be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group working in the Procurement department.

You will feel valued as an IT Procurement Manager within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £45,000 with group pension
• Private medical insurance with fast access to the most used specialists including for musculoskeletal problems and for mental health support at locations across the country
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location in Runcorn
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• 5+ years of recent Procurement experience, with at least 3 years in IT (category management or project delivery experience preferred).
• Commercially driven, with a strong track record in software and licensing delivery.
• High-level contract management skills, including experience with:
• SaaS agreements
• Cybersecurity standards
• Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and KPIs
• Multiple contract types, terminations, and novations.
• Experience working with senior IT stakeholders.
• Initiative-driven problem solver who goes the extra mile.
• Good system skills and memory, with intermediate or advanced Microsoft product skills.

It would be highly desirable for candidates to have experience in projects involving the transfer or cancellation of contracts and systems due to a company buyout or change of service provider.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of job specifications.