Senior IT Buyer / Category Manager | Technology Procurement
Location: Eindhoven
Permanent Role
Westpoint Search is exclusively supporting an international organisation as it appoints a Senior IT Buyer to take ownership of its technology procurement category across the business during a period of significant transformation.
Technology is central to the organisation’s ongoing transformation. From cloud platforms and enterprise applications to infrastructure, telecoms and managed services, the business is investing in the technology partnerships that will help it operate smarter, safer and more sustainably.
This is an opportunity for a sharp IT procurement professional to become the commercial partner to senior IT leadership, including a board level CIO and a newly appointed Director of IT Operations.
You will not simply manage contracts or process purchase requests. You will lead strategic sourcing activity, shape category strategy, negotiate complex technology deals and help determine how the business selects, manages and extracts value from its key technology suppliers.
You will work closely with IT leadership, architecture, security, finance and external partners, bringing commercial discipline and strategic thinking to a broad and evolving IT landscape.
What you will do:
What we are looking for:
The role will suit either an experienced Senior IT Buyer ready for broader category ownership, or an established IT Category Manager who wants a highly visible position with real autonomy and proximity to the business.
You will join an international procurement team responsible for approximately €550m OPEX and €100m CAPEX spend across the business, with a clear mandate to create value through supplier partnerships, innovation, sustainability and commercial excellence.
If you are an IT procurement professional who wants to lead meaningful technology deals and shape a major organisation’s supplier landscape, please get in touch directly or apply via LinkedIn.
