East West Railway Company

Category Manager – IT

East West Railway Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Milton Keynes • United Kingdom

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CloudCyber Security

About the role

  • **Role Summary:**
  • To lead the strategic and operational management of the IT and Digital procurement category across the organisation, ensuring effective sourcing, supplier management, and delivery of value for money. The role will ensure that all procurement activities fully comply with UK Public Procurement Regulations, Cabinet Office Commercial Policy, and the organisation’s internal governance framework, supporting the efficient and compliant delivery of the project.

Requirements

  • **Knowledge:**
  • - In-depth understanding of UK Public Procurement Regulations, including PCR 2015, Procurement Act 2023, and Find a Tender (FTS) processes.
  • - Familiarity with Crown Commercial Service frameworks, e.g., G-Cloud, Technology Services, and Technology Products frameworks.
  • - Strong understanding of IT procurement sub-categories (hardware, software, cloud, cybersecurity, telecoms, IT services).
  • - Deep knowledge of procurement processes, including familiarity with relevant regulatory requirements with a demonstratable track record of savings/benefits realisation.
  • - Demonstrable knowledge of contract law and financial management.
  • - Understanding of infrastructure delivery environments and associated IT/technology needs.
  • **Experience:**
  • - Experience in category management, strategic sourcing, and supplier relationship management within the IT domain. Knowledge of contracting models such as Framework Agreements, DPS (Dynamic Purchasing Systems), and Call-Off Contracts.
  • - Experience using e-sourcing and contract management systems (e.g., Jaggaer, Delta, or similar platforms) for tendering and supplier communication.
  • - Demonstrable level of problem-solving experience of complex sourcing specific challenges.
  • **Skills:**
  • - Demonstrable level of negotiation and dispute resolutions skills.
  • - Excellent communication, relationship management and presentation skills.
  • - Ability to form strong interpersonal relationships.
  • - Excellent organisational skills, and meticulous attention to detail.
  • - Ability to identify and apply relevant policy and procedures for procurement processes. You will bring strong project management and stakeholder management skills to this role.
  • **Desirable:**
  • - MCIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or working towards it.
  • We’re building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve. Your unique skills, experiences and perspectives matter. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits
  • **What we offer:**
  • - Competitive base salary
  • - Up to 12% employer’s pension contribution
  • - 36 days holiday a year (including bank holidays) + up to 2 days to buy
  • - Life assurance
  • - Employee Assistance Programme
  • - Access to a range of benefits on the Perkbox platform
  • - On-the-spot and annual awards
  • - Advanced learning and development programmes
  • - Great work-life balance and flexible working opportunities
  • - Enhanced family-friendly policies
  • - Exceptional IT tools
  • EWR Co strives to embrace a flexible working environment, where a degree of flexibility is maintained to accommodate both the needs and preferences of employees and what is required to achieve business objectives. EWR Co will always work with any individual to assess and accommodate an individual’s work life balance and style.**Diversity and Inclusion:**To discover the best solutions, it’s important we embrace diversity of thought. That’s why we aim to ensure our colleagues feel included, engaged and valued. Inclusiveness is not a buzzword, but a way of being. Our approach to diversity is simple – a workplace where everyone is welcome and everyone is encouraged to be themselves. It helps fuel our innovation and connects us with the customers and communities we serve.**We are open to secondments through the Rail Industry Talent Exchange Programme.
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Hard Skills & Tools
UK Public Procurement RegulationsPCR 2015Procurement Act 2023Find a Tender (FTS)Crown Commercial Service frameworksIT procurement sub-categoriescontract lawfinancial managementcategory managementstrategic sourcing
Soft Skills
negotiation skillsdispute resolution skillscommunication skillsrelationship managementpresentation skillsinterpersonal skillsorganisational skillsattention to detailproblem-solving skillsstakeholder management
Certifications
MCIPS