About People's Partnership:
At the heart of our not-for-profit organisation is a commitment and a motivation to make the future-saving experience a simple one for our members. We champion fairness and simplicity, not profit-chasing. Imagine a financial adventure where everyone's a winner, fueled by our exceptional service and brought to life by the fantastic individuals who work for us. We're a diverse employer with a flexible, hybrid working approach, ensuring everyone gets the opportunity to come to work and be the best version of themselves.
What you'll be doing:
As the Procurement Manager you will be responsible for providing dedicated Procurement expertise to the Change Programme within People's Partnership. This will include ensuring effective procurement support in the management of third party spend across multiple projects predominantly IT related but including other categories as required.
- Developing procurement solutions for multiple change projects in conjunction with the business that deliver strategies of cost reduction, improved service and growth where required
- Significantly contribute to the annual savings target through delivery of commercially robust contracts, ensuring the department supports the business to identify and reduce budgeted third-party supplier spend year on year and feed expected business efficiencies into the overall Procurement performance metrics
- Accurately capture and report achieved savings in line with the agreed methodologies in a timely manner to support the wider Team MI
- Develop and execute supplier strategies aligned with the business and functional objectives and targets
- Establish and maintain strong business relationships across People's Partnership, to ensure that procurement can partner with the relevant service owners to select and manage the right suppliers to meet their needs
What we're looking for:
- Experienced in multiple category procurement activities, with an emphasis on IT and related sub categories: Software, Hardware, IT Services (Development/Test, Support) and Networks.
- Experience in managing, reporting-on and controlling usage-based cost of service contracts
- Evidence of delivering cost reductions through a broad range of strategies i.e. contract re-negotiation, demand management spend consolidation, supplier reduction etc
- Good application of procurement methodologies, with evidence of running projects through the full procurement life cycle
- Detailed understanding of procurement processes and systems
What you can expect from us:
- Generous pension contributions with an employer contribution of up to 14%
- Real living wage
- 25 days starting annual leave allowance (rising with service) plus your birthday off
- Onsite Parking (in Crawley offices)
- Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service insurance
- Work from abroad policy for all levels
- Employee healthcare
- Parental and adoption leave
- Learning & development opportunities, paid for professional qualifications and study support
- Travel season ticket loans
- Subsidised restaurant in our Crawley office
- Volunteering days and charity payroll giving
- Onsite gym
- Ride-to-Work scheme
- Social clubs and events
Disability Statement
People's Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to treating all our people (and all who apply for a role at People's Partnership) equally and enabling them to perform at their best and demonstrate what they have to offer. We are a disability committed employer, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process (application, selection assessments where relevant, and interview) to enable you to show us the best "you".