Procurement Specialist Cheadle, North West England, England
Job description
Salary up to £55,000
We are Together - Proud to be a Financial Services success story based in South Manchester. Established in 1974, we employ over 700 colleagues.
A specialist lender offering a range of mortgage and secured loan products to individuals and businesses, who are typically underserved by mainstream lenders.
The Procurement Specialist is part of the Group Procurement team who are responsible for ensuring that Together derives best value from its external expenditure on goods and services (across multiple categories) and delivers its cost savings targets.
- Delivering procurement related benefits and best value through the application of best practice procurement and strong supply market knowledge
- Working with designated business units and other teams to identify and implement sourcing initiatives that help drive the Together strategic agenda
- Ensuring compliance with Together policies, processes, procedures, guidelines and reporting requirements
- Proactively work the expenditure and contracts to secure best value for Together in the short and longer term
- Assists with the updates of the Supplier Dashboard, detailing the Supplier Performance metrics
- Strong procurement-related skills set (including sourcing, supplier management and supply market analysis). IT and cross category experience desirable
- Specialist procurement and supply market knowledge and able to articulate strategic imperatives associated with business strategy
- Knowledge and experience of initiating, developing and executing market-leading procurement plans and processes
- Strong negotiation skills
- Strong due diligence skills and experience
Additional Information
- 26 days holiday (increasing with service), plus your birthday and public holidays
- Buy & sell holidays
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Matched pension contribution
- Life assurance
- Critical illness cover
- Health cash plan
- Private medical insurance
- Free access to company holiday homes
- Travel season ticket loans
- Ride to work scheme
- Free local gym access
- Local bar / restaurant discounts
Ambition is in our nature and we’ve created ambitious commitments to make sure we can play our part in protecting the future for generations to come. Check out our Sustainability page to find out more:
https://togethermoney.com/sustainability
Together Money embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.
Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.
