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This is an exciting opportunity for an interim Technology Category leader to help shape the future of Hiscox. We are in the final delivery stages of a journey to transform our approach to procurement right across our business, including a 2 year programme to implement a market leading iValua Source to Pay (S2P) system enterprise wide. That can only be successful if we form strong relationships with our business stakeholders and deliver innovative third-party solutions which help them develop their business. To support this you will:

• Use your market knowledge and working closely with stakeholder, shape, build, maintain and deliver the overall Category Strategy for your assigned area(s) within Technology, including developing a prioritised set of Procurement opportunities agreed with stakeholders which bring about sustainable benefits for Hiscox.
• Be a trusted advisor to Chief Technology Officer level stakeholders by helping to shape their strategy through your market insight
• Ensure you deliver end-to-end commercial, contractual and relationship lifecycle value, in the eyes of key stakeholders especially ensuring that you:
• Develop optimum routes to market based on market developments and business requirements
• Develop clear service specification that enable best service provision fit
• Recognising Hiscox commitment to ESG, ensure that suppliers share our commitments and have plans which deliver on this agenda
• As a regulated business ensure that suppliers proposals clearly demonstrate compliance to all applicable laws and regulations
• Support the Software or Technology Professional Services Category Leads in delivery of their respective Category Plans and support Category Analysts in their development as applicable.
• Manage your assigned projects and sub-category areas continually reviewing the efficacy, efficiency and security of current supply arrangements and customer impacts ensuring that contracts remain in force, effective and up to date with market trends, price and service competitiveness and regulatory change
• Understand how innovation is changing your assigned sub-category areas, form relationships with potential suppliers which allow you to quickly exploit developments in the market
• Identify, manage and mitigate commercial and supply chain risk, ensuring effective Due Diligence is completed with appropriate evidence effectively stored post contract signature
• Be Hiscox’s lead negotiator in developing commercial opportunities for your projects and sub-category. You will have the required skills to draft contracts and appropriate schedules using a suite of approved templates/clauses
• Share category knowledge with Vendor Managers, facilitating the effective construction of value planning

What would we like to see in you?
Are you a knowledgeable Technology category leader and a skilled negotiator with a flair for influencing your stakeholders and suppliers alike? Can you use your market and Technology expertise to construct the best possible commercial deals? Do you like having a hands-on role, developing strategy across a broad range of categories and being involved in the full procurement lifecycle?
Our Technology Sourcing team lead the sourcing of Hiscox’s major new technology based capabilities and strategic contracts. You will become a trusted advisor within the Technology community as collectively we develop game changing projects for Hiscox - displaying your agility, flexibility, intellect and commercial ability and working to develop a series of category strategies to support the work of Hiscox.

Skills/Capabilities:

• You must have demonstrable stakeholder management ability up to Executive level with the gravitas to interact and influence at that level to deliver effective category strategies across Hiscox which are collaborative and unlock Innovation.
• Very strong experience of third-party contractual work is a must combined with the ability to lead and deliver initiatives to improve the quality and value of the components of our cost base within your assigned Category areas.
• Expert Technology Category management development skills, particularly in (but not limited to) the Software space, including demonstrable experience in developing meaningful Category Strategies and in-depth knowledge of Software and/or Technology Professional Services, ideally shown in a Global context.
• Excellent negotiation skill set, demonstrable experience at successfully developing and executing negotiation strategies coupled with ‘selling’ capability, particularly in monopolistic market conditions.
• Deep understanding of the Customer Journey in Financial Services and how to continually improve service as a key differentiator.
• Very strong knowledge of commercial models and approach/techniques necessary to achieve best in class sourcing deals
• Very strong relationship management and networking skills and experience, required for both key stakeholder and supplier engagement
• Very strong contract drafting skills with the ability to create associated Schedules of legal Agreements
• Dynamic and self-motivated style, with energy and ability to deliver at pace and drive change with an agile mindset to support the broader IT category where there is a need for flexibility.
• Very strong organisational and project management skills to include a high level of PC literacy across the Microsoft Office suite. Experience of use of S2P systems is an advantage.
• Professional qualification (CIPS)

Diversity and flexible working at Hiscox
At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job, and we’re committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success. We also understand that working life doesn’t always have to be ‘nine to five’ and we support flexible working wherever we can. No promises, but please chat to our resourcing team about the flexibility we could offer for this role.
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