Category Manager, Tech Services
London Stock Exchange Group
Overview
In this role you will own the Technology Services spend within Group Procurement, shaping category strategies and driving value through supplier partnerships. You will partner with engineering stakeholders, manage supplier relationships, and ensure governance and risk controls. You will contribute to the wider procurement strategy and transformation roadmap to build a best-in-class function. This is an opportunity to influence technology sourcing in a global, multi-country setting and partner with senior leadership.
Pay / Benefits- Healthcare
- Retirement planning
- Paid volunteering days
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Owns a specific spend category and leads sourcing, supplier relationship management, and business partnering for a defined sub-category
- Develops and maintains a dynamic Category Strategy
- Supports people development for senior buyers within the category
- Acts as a business partner to stakeholders, leading requirements gathering and procurement aspects of strategic projects
- Manages risk and stays updated on procurement process developments to support stakeholders
- Ensures governance, risk management, and controls align with internal/external policies
- Contributes to the wider procurement strategy and transformation roadmap
- Experience in procurement and category management (essential)
- Experience in Technology Services procurement (desirable)
- Degree-level education
- Procurement/supply operation qualification (desirable)
- Experience in a similar industry
- Experience of senior stakeholder engagement (preferably at C-level)
- Stakeholder engagement
- Collaborative mindset
- Strategic thinking
- Procurement and category management
- Supplier relationship management (SRM)
- Governance and risk management
Reference: WJ-747_30158614