Vendor and Commercial Management Director

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Vendor and Commercial Management Director
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
As an organisation, there is little we don’t do and plenty to get involved in. Our Group Support roles are vital in making sure we can help over 11,000 people deliver essential infrastructure seamlessly across water, energy, transport and telecom.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
The Vendor and Commercial Management Director will be accountable for the strategic governance, performance, and commercial optimisation of all IT and technology supplier relationships across M Group. Operating in a complex environment with over 200 offices, 30,000 IT users, and annual revenues of £3.7 billion, the role ensures that vendor partnerships deliver maximum value, innovation, and service excellence to support rapid business growth and frequent acquisitions.
This role is pivotal in driving a consistent, transparent, and performance-driven vendor ecosystem, reducing commercial risk, and ensuring supplier contracts align with strategic objectives. The postholder will act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership — including the CIO, CTO, CISO, IT Managed Service Director, and IT Finance lead.
What you’ll bring:
Key Attributes and Skills
Proven track record in senior vendor management and commercial leadership roles within large-scale, complex organisations.
Exceptional negotiation skills with experience managing multi-million-pound IT contracts.
Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance cost, value, and risk.
Excellent leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at board level.
Deep understanding of vendor governance frameworks, supplier risk management, and contractual law principles.
Experience driving vendor integration during mergers and acquisitions.
Qualifications and Experience
Degree in Business, Commercial Management, IT, or related discipline.
Extensive experience managing high-value vendor portfolios in a corporate environment.
Demonstrable success delivering cost savings, service improvements, and innovation through strategic vendor management.
Knowledge of IT service management frameworks (ITIL) and commercial best practice (e.g., CIPS, ISO 44001).
Experience in high-growth, acquisition-heavy environments is highly desirable.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
Matched or contributory pension scheme
Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Employee assistance programme
My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
Life assurance
Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
Company car (or allowance) and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
Private health care and health care cash plan for you (and your family)
Discretionary bonus scheme
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3 rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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Location:
Stevenage
Job Type:
FullTime

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