IT Procurement Manager
Dunnes Stores is Ireland’s leading retailer with over 130 stores across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Spain, expanding its service and product offering.
The role supports the Digital Transformation Programme by delivering specialist procurement advice and solutions to stakeholders.
Main Duties
Implementation of procurement best practices across the breadth & depth of the category, providing market insight, developing category strategies and associated sourcing plans, tendering, negotiation and supplier management.
Management of complex end‑to‑end IT tenders to contract delivery.
Development of sourcing strategies for the relevant categories in collaboration with Senior Stakeholders.
Driving cost reduction efforts through process improvement, contract efficiencies and elimination of non‑value add activities.
Taking ownership of supplier contract documents and managing the evaluation process through to contract award.
Driving up supplier performance by designing, implementing and embedding supplier relationship and contract management processes.
Offering specialist technical advice and support on commercial and procurement issues to a range of stakeholders.
Taking a lead on all procurement and commercial activity for a range of business areas and attending senior leadership meetings.
Helping to develop procurement policy, procedures and processes and communicating these across the organisation.
Collaborating with the legal team to ensure development and implementation of robust contracts with key suppliers.
Managing stakeholder relationships at all levels, including senior leaders.
Building relationships with the wider business, including Finance, HR and Legal.
Supporting the Director of Procurement on procurement related projects, initiatives and reporting.
Developing with the CDO and CTO a Supplier Relationship Management programme for key suppliers and ensuring appropriate metrics are in place.
Ensuring the relationship governance framework is delivered on all strategic contracts to maximise strategic goal alignment, innovation and continuous improvement.
Ensuring continuous improvement measures are in place with key suppliers.
Maintaining a broad understanding of the commercial IT environment, how the organisation sources, deploys and manages external partners and when it is appropriate to use in‑house resources.
Keeping up to date with trends in IT and the industry and staying abreast of key vendors.
What we are looking for
Bachelor’s Degree would be highly desirable.
3‑5 years relevant experience in a Procurement Manager role.
Expertise across all areas of IT procurement, with additional retail industry experience beneficial.
Experience in a broad range of sourcing strategies to underpin the IT category.
Outstanding communication skills and able to influence at a senior level.
Strong relationship management with internal customers, stakeholders and suppliers.
Procurement execution, including business requirements and market analysis, tender negotiation and contract award.
Strong negotiating and influencing skills to get the most out of complicated supplier relationships.
Managerial or leadership experience highly beneficial.
Resilience and ability to juggle many priorities at any one time.
Excellent MS Office skills – particularly Excel and Word.
CIPS qualified (beneficial although not essential).
Flexible approach and ability to work to tight timelines within a fast‑moving industry.
A value‑added approach to delivering exceptional procurement service to internal customers.
Dunnes Stores is an equal opportunities employer.
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