Pontoon Solutions
Information Technology Sourcing Manager
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
IT Sourcing Manager
Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds / Hybrid
6 months contract
Salary from £75,000pa DOE, Day Rate via Umbrella Company also available
About Pontoon
Pontoon is an employment consultancy that puts expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone’s chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.
About Our Client
My client powers businesses of all sizes to make, take and manage payments. They are a global leader in financial technology with unique capabilities to power omni-commerce. Whether online, in store or mobile, they are at the heart of great commerce experiences in 146 countries and across 135 currencies. They help our customers become more efficient, more secure and more successful.
Role Overview
They are seeking an experienced IT Sourcing Manager with a demonstrable track record of delivering complex sourcing initiatives within large, regulated organisations. The successful candidate will have extensive experience managing end-to-end sourcing activity across multiple technology categories and be comfortable operating in a highly governed environment.
The ideal candidate will have built a stable career within recognised organisations, demonstrating longevity and sustained delivery rather than a series of short-term assignments. Experience within Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, FinTech or other heavily regulated sectors is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and deliver outcomes for a portfolio of IT sourcing projects and contracts, including renewals and new supplier engagements
- Lead end-to-end sourcing activity, covering requirements definition, market engagement, commercial negotiation, contract award, and transition
- Negotiate contracts and service level agreements to achieve value, manage risk, and meet business objectives
- Analyse data from multiple sources to identify commercial, operational, and risk impacts, providing clear recommendations to stakeholders
- Manage supplier relationships to ensure performance, value for money, and alignment with contractual obligations
- Support senior stakeholders with sourcing strategy, pipeline planning, and workload prioritisation
- Deliver outcomes within established procurement, governance, and risk management frameworks
- Identify and resolve sourcing and supplier issues, applying sound judgement and pragmatic solutions
- Improve and work within existing sourcing processes, contributing ideas for enhanced ways of working
- Manage and coordinate multiple concurrent sourcing activities of low to medium complexity
- Provide advice and guidance to stakeholders on sourcing best practice and supplier strategy
- Support wider team capability by sharing knowledge and mentoring colleagues where appropriate
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Stakeholder & Relationship Management
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders across IT and the wider business
- Engage confidently with suppliers, holding credible commercial and technical conversations
- Support senior colleagues in managing complex or sensitive supplier and stakeholder relationships
Skills & Experience
Essential:
- Proven IT sourcing and procurement experience with full lifecycle responsibility for complex sourcing events and supplier negotiations.
- Strong track record delivering sourcing outcomes within large-scale, complex organisations operating under robust governance and regulatory controls.
- Demonstrable experience sourcing across one or more of the following technology categories:
- Software and SaaS
- Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Private Cloud
- Network Services
- AI and Emerging Technologies
- Experience leading complex sourcing programmes from requirement definition, market engagement and RFP through to negotiation, contract award and implementation.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience negotiating high-value technology contracts and managing strategic suppliers.
- Experience operating within Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, FinTech, Telecommunications or similarly regulated industries.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge senior technology, finance, risk and procurement stakeholders.
- Ability to assess commercial, operational and risk implications and provide clear recommendations to stakeholders.
- Experience using eSourcing and procurement platforms (e.g. SAP Ariba, Jaggaer, Coupa, Ivalua or similar).
- Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel skills and the ability to interpret sourcing and supplier data.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Highly Desirable:
- Experience sourcing across multiple technology domains including Networks, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Software Licensing, SaaS, AI Solutions and IT Professional Services.
- Experience working within organisations of comparable size, scale and complexity to major UK Financial Services organisations.
- Professional procurement qualification such as MCIPS or equivalent.
Application Instructions
Please apply with an up-to-date CV which must show evidence of the above to be considered. Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you.
About Ajilon (Adecco)
You will be an integral part of Ajilon (Adecco), a FTSE500 Global organisation with over 52 clients and sole supplier to the biggest organisations in the country and the world. You will be employed by ourselves as an Ajilon Consultant working onsite with our client where you will receive a regular salary, annual bonus payment, pension contributions, holiday and sick pay, plus a number of additional benefits such as medical insurance, income protection, critical illness and life insurance, access to our discounted benefits website and library of online training materials and future career and certification opportunities.
This great opportunity is being offered on a PAYE basis which means a LTD/Umbrella company cannot be used.
Note
We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills