Category Lead - IT

Salary: £57,000 - 96,000 per year

Requirements:

• We have proven procurement experience within IT or Technology categories.
• We have a strong understanding of software, cloud, hardware, and IT services markets.
• We have a proven ability to deliver cost optimisation and value creation.
• We have experience with procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba, Coupa, or Oracle.
• We have strong negotiation, commercial, and contract management skills.
• We have excellent stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• We have a data-driven mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
• We hold a bachelors degree in Business, IT, Supply Chain, or a related field; a masters degree is preferred.
• We have experience in complex or regulated environments, which is advantageous.
• We hold a professional certification such as CIPS, CPSM, or equivalent, which is preferred.

Responsibilities:

• We lead the end-to-end procurement lifecycle across IT and Technology categories, managing significant annual spend.
• We manage procurement of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and enterprise applications, ensuring optimisation and licence efficiency.
• We oversee sourcing of devices, networks, and infrastructure to ensure performance, resilience, and cost control.
• We manage sourcing of managed services, consulting, and support services to enhance capability and delivery.
• We negotiate complex contracts and SLAs with key technology vendors, ensuring value and performance.
• We support adoption of procurement technologies and automation to improve efficiency and visibility.
• We ensure alignment with data security, regulatory, and cyber risk requirements.
• We develop and deliver sourcing strategies across software, hardware, cloud, and IT services.
• We ensure technology investments are cost-effective, scalable, secure, and aligned to business and digital transformation objectives.

Technologies:

• Cloud
• Hardware
• IaaS
• Support
• Oracle
• PaaS
• SAP
• Security
• DevOps

More:

We are Markerstudy, a leading provider of private insurance in the UK, insuring around 5% of the private cars on UK roads, 20% of commercial vehicles, and over 30% of motorcycles, with total premium levels of circa £1.2b. We also have a large and growing direct presence in the market. Following the successful integration of Co-op Insurance Services in 2021, BGLi in 2022, and Atlanta in 2024, we continue to grow. This is a hybrid role based in Peterborough or London, ideally with 1-2 days per week in the office. We offer a collaborative and fast-paced work environment, a health care cash plan, private medical insurance, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays with the ability to buy additional leave, life assurance of 4x annual salary, and vibrant, modern offices.

last updated 30 week of 2026