# IT Category Manager

Leading utilities provider require an IT Category Manager. An exciting role, entailing; sourcing, category strategy development and stakeholder partnering, the IT Category Manager will shape how the organisation procures, manages and delivers IT services across the business. The IT Category Manager will have experience across IT procurement and/or utilities/public sector procurement. The Category Manager will be responsible for leading end-to-end IT category management, developing and delivering category strategies that maximise value, drive continuous improvement, and minimise commercial risk. Managing a portfolio of IT suppliers, ensuring strong performance, compliance, and added value throughout the full contract lifecycle. Specific duties of the Category Manager include: Lead the development and delivery of IT category and demand strategies aligned to business needs Stakeholder engagement, management and working on scope of work Lead sourcing activities including tenders, negotiations, and contract awards Deliver value across the sourcing lifecycle while minimising total cost of ownership Promote procurement best practice across the full lifecycle, keeping processes current and

- **Id**: 3860982
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/matchtech-it-category-manager>
- **Role**: Sales
- **Role family**: Sales
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T09:21:43Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T06:20:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1557
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Government

## Company

- **Id**: 2073484
- **Name**: Matchtech
- **Domain**: matchtech.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/matchtech-com>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 30
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 56
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 53000
- **Max**: 53000
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 71401

## Technologies

- **PCR** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T09:21:43Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 3; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 3 of its adverts here in 24 months; Cap exempt: no

## Liveness

- **Score**: 54
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.542
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 56
- **Reasons**: conf:4, agency, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 71401
- **Is top pay**: no

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