The role is within the IT office of the CIO team , part of the information technology function within the finance and commercial directorate.

The IT Vendor Management team engages with the supply chain to ensure it is appropriately engaged, informed and visible, from pre-procurement through to procurement and contract delivery.

Accountability's:

• Manages the procurement of goods and services up to £10k
• Advises on different procurement routes to acquire services and products
• Financial management, control and stewardship of the IT assets and resources used in the provision of IT services, including the identification of materials, ensuring compliance with all governance, legal and regulatory requirements. This includes financial activities such as tracking contract costs and accruals.
• Raises and maintains Purchase requisitions on company's ERP system.
• Uses knowledge of supplier markets to inform specifications
• Evaluates and selects suppliers based on the specification and evaluation criteria
• Performs defined tasks to monitor service delivery against service level agreements, maintains records of relevant information and identifies actions required to maintain or improve levels of service, and initiates or reports these actions
• Maintains and updates the IT Accruals, Actual's and Spend against the overall Operational Business Plan
• Identifies and manages external suppliers to ensure successful delivery of products and services required by the business

* Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiative

Skills:

• Contract and commercial management skills
• Financial skills including invoice receipting and invoice receipting
• Able to build and maintain working relationships and effective channels of communication
• Ability to identify gaps in the available information required to understand a problem or situation and devising means of remedying accordingly
• Ability to complete allocated tasks to agreed deadlines and standards.
• Ability to analyse and report of financial costs, forecasts and accruals against budgets

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.