Category Manager - Hardware

Skills

About the Role

You will develop and execute global sourcing strategies for technology hardware. You will lead sourcing events, negotiate with OEMs and suppliers, monitor supply-chain risks, and advise Infrastructure and Technology stakeholders on hardware requirements, refresh planning, standardization, and total-cost-of-ownership decisions. You will maintain procurement records and use AI and emerging tools to automate routine work.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of experience in technology procurement, strategic sourcing, or category management with significant technology hardware procurement exposure
• Experience in financial services, trading, or high-performance technology environments
• Experience sourcing enterprise hardware, including servers, compute, networking, storage, and related infrastructure
• Experience delivering complex end-to-end sourcing projects through contract execution
• Commercial negotiation experience with OEMs, distributors, and strategic suppliers
• Knowledge of hardware supply-chain dynamics, including lead times, allocation, refresh planning, warranties, and support models
• Analytical capability in total cost of ownership, should-cost modelling, and commercial evaluation
• Experience translating engineering requirements into sourcing decisions
• Experience with procurement systems such as Coupa or SAP Ariba
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Familiarity with operational resilience, ICT third-party risk management, or DORA
• Professional procurement qualification such as CIPS, CPSM, or NEVI

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for the global hardware category
• Lead end-to-end sourcing events for servers, compute, networking, storage, and enterprise hardware
• Develop commercial evaluation models and negotiation strategies
• Manage key OEM and supplier relationships
• Negotiate pricing, warranties, support models, and service levels
• Monitor supplier performance, lead times, allocation, lifecycle planning, and supply risks
• Advise Infrastructure and Technology teams on sourcing strategies and total-cost-of-ownership decisions
• Align supplier strategies and commercial frameworks with global Procurement colleagues
• Monitor hardware market trends, component availability, allocation risk, and pricing
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, governance, contracting standards, and procurement-record requirements
• Use AI and emerging tools to automate routine work

Benefits

• Performance-based bonus structure
• 25 paid vacation days in the first year, increasing to 30 days from the second year
• Training opportunities
• Health insurance discounts
• Fully paid first-class commuting expenses
• Breakfast, lunch, dinner, barista coffee, in-house physio, chair massages, sports and leisure activities, and Friday afternoon drinks
• Access to conferences and tech events
• Relocation packages
• Visa sponsorship where necessary