Company Description

At Informa, no two days and no two people are the same, and you'll find the freedom, opportunity and support of a fantastic community to make a real impact.

We’re an international business that connects specialists with knowledge, helping them to learn more, know more and do more through live and on demand events, digital and data-driven services and academic research.

We are home to over 10,000 colleagues across 30 countries and are a member of the UK’s FTSE 100 group of leading public companies.

In Global Support, we provide expert guidance and hands-on support to the Informa Group and Informa’s many business teams. Across tech, finance, legal, corporate development, HR, communications, operations and many other areas, we work collaboratively and flexibly to help our brands serve their customers and help the company succeed.

Technology Services & Solutions (TSS) is a key function within Global Support, comprising c.250 Colleagues with responsibility for the day to day running and management of the key enterprise technology disciplines that underpin day to day business operations across the divisions, including Information Security, Service Management, Enterprise Architecture, Digital Workplace, ERP, Cloud and Infrastructure and CRM & Commerce Services. Additionally, the team provides development and support capability for a significant number of shared customers facing platforms that support the delivery of media, content and event products and services.

• Informa is now evolving its’ operating model to enable our businesses to leverage the value from our data, our customer relationships, and our market-leading brands. For this, it requires significantly different technology capabilities.
• TSS is embarking on a clear roadmap for the modernisation of legacy services whilst developing new platforms, solutions and techniques that transform the department into an enabler of reliable, scalable, and secure services that support Informa’s digital agenda and diverse customer landscape.
• We recognise the need for change, and we have a good understanding of where we want to get to. We want to take an ageing, fragmented technology landscape and a technology operating model that served us well in years past and fully modernise them: enable flexibility, agility, and digital growth through a modular, microservices-based architecture and through a refreshed, upskilled and fully empowered team. However, we also recognise we don’t know all the answers on how to get there. We need people to help us shape, solve problems and deliver this change agenda.
• As we embark on the improvement journey, it is essential that TSS is seen as a trusted partner, working ever more closely with the business to increase agility and efficiency, whilst also increasing standardisation and economies of scale.
• To enable this change we’re investing in a transformation programme – Project Leap and as part of this we’ve co-created, and are now aligning behind, a new TSS Purpose:
• To accelerate Informa’s digital transformation by providing customer-centric, scalable, secure solutions in partnership with the business.

Job Description

Our Technology Services & Solutions (TSS) department is currently looking to hire a Technology Procurement Project Manager on a 12-month Fixed-term Contract basis.

The successful candidate will be a trusted and credible procurement project manager, developing and delivering on category and deal strategies, and aligning with operational roadmaps . They should be capable of both constructively challenging operational and supplier proposals and developing partnerships through a high level of external engagement. 

Experience and aspirations in the areas of SaaS, cloud optimisation and modernisation, the use of Coupa, ERP transformation, data and digital transformation would all be beneficial.

The role will be required to work as part of specific project initiatives e.g. the development and implementation of a Sourcing Strategy for Customer Platforms' Engineering Capabilities; Identifying cost out activities or Rationalisation of Top Spend Capabilities to support a Strategic Technology Cost of Ownership programme.

The role requires:

• Focus on optimising 3rd party spend, mitigating risk, developing key partnerships through our SRM programme and ongoing continuous improvement of underpinning process, policies and procurement technologies.
• Ability to operate as a self-starter in running RFI/RFPs, interpreting, reviewing and negotiating technology related contracts across software, IT professional services, hardware & telecoms
• Close working with finance to ensure that contracts negotiated are in line with IT budgets and savings opportunities identified and achieved
• Deep understanding of contract commercial clauses and capacity to redefine terms which could be favourable to Informa, involving IT Business owners, legal, data protection, service management and any other relevant teams.
• Develop and maintain central tracking and reporting mechanism for all agreements within the responsibility of IT Procurement, proactively monitoring when nearing expiration, discussing on-going requirements with IT Management.
• Build strong relationships within all areas of the business & existing and potential supplier base to promote collaboration

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Tech Procurement/Sourcing global corporate experience, including SRM, spanning enterprise IT, software/SaaS, cloud, IT security, EUC, ERP, hardware & telco in a transformational technology environment
• Negotiation, influencing, decision making and organisational skills for deployment in all areas of supplier and internal stakeholder management across large multiple tenders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical contractual aspects to senior leaders
• Competent in use of IT Procurement systems & processes, presentation, and analysis of data
• Recognised professional qualification (e.g. CIPS) preferred

Additional Information

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say at Life@Informa: https://lifeat.informa.com/

Our benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

See how Informa handles your personal data when you apply for a job here: https://www.informa.com/talent/informa-applicant-privacy-notice/