Senior Buyer – ICT Rate: £650 - £690 per day Cameron Kennedy is recruiting an interim Senior Buyer specialising in ICT for a County Council. This role will support the Senior ICT Supplier Manager in shaping and executing the sourcing and supplier management framework to fulfil the County Council's Digital requirements.
Job Purpose: Provide strategic support in ICT Supplier Management to deliver innovative, cost-effective, and quality products/services aligned with the County Council's priorities.
Serve as a key liaison for senior managers and commissioners, assisting in planning and executing IT sourcing and supplier management activities.
Key Responsibilities: • Support the development of effective supplier management techniques to ensure quality, value for money ICT services.
• Lead sourcing activities for ICT requirements, ensuring compliant routes to market and managing end-to-end sourcing processes.
• Develop strategic routes to market in collaboration with the Corporate Procurement team.
• Contribute to IT service management plans to identify, plan, and deliver sourcing and contract variation activities.
• Ensure governance compliance for all supplier management activities.
• Conduct supplier relationship and quality management to ensure contract compliance and address issues.
• Identify, prioritise, and mitigate risks with strategic ICT suppliers.
• Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders within the County Council.
• Provide guidance on supplier issues to service managers and project managers.
• Contribute to the development of standard documentation and practices for modern, efficient ICT supplier management.
• Manage other staff within the service as appropriate.
• Perform other duties as necessary to achieve post objectives.
Skills, Knowledge, and Experience: • Professional experience in sourcing and managing ICT suppliers, preferably CIPS level 4 qualified or working towards the qualification.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills.
Performance Indicators: • Achievement of specified results, continuous improvements, and milestones.
• Feedback from audits.
• Quality of partner relationships.
• Internal profile, customer satisfaction, and service level measures.
• Workforce indicators such as turnover and timeliness.
