Senior IT Procurement Consultant

As part of the global leader Bain & Company, Proxima is an award-winning management consultancy specializing in procurement and supply chain. With vibrant offices in London, Leeds, Cardiff, Düsseldorf, Chicago, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney and Melbourne, we offer a dynamic hybrid working model that blends time on client sites, at home, and in your local office.

We are experiencing growth across all categories but specifically within IT Procurement we are seeing significant expansion across Germany and Europe. This would be an exciting time to join a team of exceptional people driven to influencing and shaping IT outcomes for our clients. Experience in any of: Enterprise Software, IT Services and Cloud Hosting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and drive opportunities for improvement in clients’ procurement and operational performance

• Develop and propose category and project strategies that maximize value for clients

• Gain stakeholder engagement at all appropriate levels and influence effectively

• Provide input into client’s scope of requirements and specification design, proposing best practice approaches to the market

• Ensure effective supplier and stakeholder management throughout the project lifecycle

• Devise negotiation plans and manage negotiation process with client and suppliers

• Provide commercial input on contract terms and conditions with suppliers

• Agree on implementation plans and manage activities with client and suppliers as required

• Extensive experience negotiating large complex and global deals with successful commercial and operational outcomes

• Demonstrate strong market knowledge, including key players, emerging challengers, and relevant activity, with the ability to assess strategic impacts and advise clients accordingly.