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Senior IT Category Manager
Senior IT Category Manager
Wood is recruiting a Senior IT Category Manager to own the leadership and management of the IT category function across the group. The role involves driving and shaping category strategies to deliver tangible and sustainable savings, while providing exceptional service to internal customers.
This is a UK-based remote role, with candidates welcome from across the UK.
There’s a #LI-Remote tag associated with the position.
The Role
You will be responsible for managing an annual spend of approximately $250M across the Group.
Reporting into the Group Procurement leadership team, you’ll collaborate with senior business and functional leaders to:
- Develop and deliver category strategies
- Lead key strategic supplier relationships
- Drive procurement excellence across the business
Key Responsibilities
Leadership of IT Procurement
- Lead the IT procurement team in delivering excellence, value, risk reduction, and streamlining procurement processes
- Optimise technology environment geared towards complexity and scale
Supplier Relationships
- Work closely with strategic IT suppliers to align with group objectives
- Manage diverse procurement requirements and foster strong commercial partnerships
Value Creation
- Drive sourcing and contract management activities
- Continually identify and execute cost-saving opportunities
- Ensure all procurement activities support linking technology strategies to business goals
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Our Clients and Projects
Designing the Future. Transforming the World.
Wood operates across over 60 countries with local offices situated in major global energy and materials hubs.
For over 160 years, Wood has partnered with clients to solve engineering, advisory, and operational challenges, especially in energy and materials— tackles some of the world’s most complex and critical sustainability challenges—including green hydrogen and fuel-switching projects.
Benefits and Opportunities
- Impactful work: Support transformative projects— energy transition, hydrogen, and innovation that positively impact the world
- Flexible working: Hybrid working that aligns with both individual and team requirements
- Diversity and Inclusion: An organisation committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace, with dedicated employee networks to empower everyone
- Competitive salary: Regular reviews to ensure your compensation reflects market benchmarks and performance
- Extensive benefits:
- 33 days annual leave (including public holidays)
- Generous pension scheme (contributory)
- Private medical coverage
- Life insurance (4x base salary)
- Multiple options tailored to individual preferences
- Professional development: Customised tailored development plans aligned with your interests and career vision
- Global opportunities: Collaborate with expert teams worldwide, setting global industry standards in engineering, design, operations, and sustainability
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About Wood
Wood is a global engineering, consulting, and operations leader within the energy and materials sector. With over 33,000 employees across around 50 countries, our effect spans the full asset lifecycle, ensuring safe, predictable outcomes aligned with a sustainable, lower-carbon future.
Wood is a pivotal component of Sidara, a global partnership merging multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management firms.
🌐 Visit woodgroup.com to learn more.
Diversity Statement
Wood is an equal opportunity employer, recognising the strength of diversity in the workplace. We are committed to considering all suitably qualified applicants. Disregarding non-discriminatory factors such as:
- Race
- Colour
- Age
- Religion
- Gender
- National Origin
- Disability
- Sexual orientation
- Gender identity
- Protected veteran status We are firmly dedicated to valuing our workforce and fostering an inclusive work environment for everyone.
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