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Support Centre, Lincoln
Advertised Hours
37.5 hours per week
Salary details:
c. £35k - £40k per annum (dependent on experience)
Vacancy type:
Permanent

About the role:

Our colleagues in IT provide an efficient and dependable support service to all of our business areas. A crucial part of our support services, this team use their creative knowledge to design, develop and support systems and processes across all of our business areas.

We’re now looking for a Contract and Asset Manager to join our IT Service Delivery function — a crucial role that ensures our supplier relationships, IT assets and licences are effectively governed, delivering value and reliability for the business. 

As our Contract and Asset Manager, you’ll take ownership of the full lifecycle of supplier contracts and IT assets — from negotiation and onboarding, through to renewals and retirement. You’ll play a key role in ensuring compliance, cost-efficiency and alignment with organisational needs.

Working closely with colleagues across IT, Finance, Procurement and wider Support Centre teams, you’ll strengthen our vendor governance processes, provide accurate reporting and insights, and identify opportunities to optimise spend and improve service outcomes. This role is central to maintaining a well-controlled, transparent and future-ready IT estate.

For further information about the position, please refer to the downloadable job description available on this page.

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About You

We’re looking for someone who enjoys bringing order, insight and structure to a fast-paced service delivery environment. You’ll have:

  • Proven experience in contract management, vendor management or IT asset management (3–5 years).

  • Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.

  • Knowledge of vendor governance, procurement processes and IT asset management best practice.

  • Familiarity with ITIL and service delivery frameworks.

  • Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills.

  • Experience working with asset management or procurement systems.

 

Benefits:

In addition to working for a successful co-operative business, we offer our colleagues fantastic benefits, including:

  • 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
  • Pension scheme (with up to 12% employer contributions)
  • Generous colleague discount rates across our family of businesses
  • Annual discretionary colleague bonus to reward you for your hard work

We are an “Investors in People - Platinum” employer, meaning that we have been recognised as one of the country’s top employers, offering progression opportunities to all our colleagues. We'll give you the opportunity to build the skills necessary to further progress your career and help to open up future opportunities, helping to shape your career for the better.

About Us

From a single store in 1861 we have grown to be one of the most successful co-operatives in the UK. We’re proud to be able to offer a wide range of services from across our family of businesses. From Food Stores and Pharmacies to Post Offices and Support Services, we’re a growing society made up of over 220 outlets and nearly 3,000 colleagues.

We're owned by our members, the people of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties, and have been for more than 160 years! Communities are at the heart of everything we do and motivates us to deliver more than great customer service. We support them by sharing dividend with our members, investing in new and improved services, raising money for charity through our Community Champion scheme, supporting local schools and so much more!

We work together as a Society and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is barrier free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, would like us to do anything differently during the interview or would like to get in touch with us about anything else, please contact our Recruitment team on (01522) 533316, or alternatively you can email [email protected].

We may choose to close our vacancies in the event that we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.

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