Procurement and Supplier Manager
Salary - Circa £40,000
This is an exciting role for someone who is professional, committed, and commercial, with the relevant experience to source, manage and maximise business relationships with a number of our most important UK Health & Protection suppliers.
Within UK Health & Protection, our ambition is to transform the way health and protection insurance is delivered, ensuring our customers have access to the best possible care. To support our transformation, we are seeking individuals who share our ambition and want to play a major role in helping us shape how we source the goods and services the business needs, contract and work with our chosen suppliers.
Our Procurement and Outsourcing function procures and manages third party suppliers on behalf of the UK Health & Protection business, ensuring that Aviva is protected against commercial, operational and regulatory risk whilst driving significant value for Aviva and our customers. The Sourcing and Supplier Managers will implement a standard approach to the sourcing, on-boarding and management of our third-party suppliers, ensuring they are sourced and contracted with appropriately in accordance with Aviva Group Standards. You will then ensure the rigorous implementation and operational effectiveness of our supplier oversight framework, also aligned to Aviva Group standards.
A bit about the job:
The successful individuals will need to develop and maintain good relationships across the business, using their gravitas and confidence to influence stakeholders and gain support through their expertise and knowledge. Experience of supporting and coaching colleagues and business peers in the adoption of best practice procurement and supplier management processes and methodologies will be an advantage.
You'll have a good understanding of the principles of the end-to-end procurement lifecycle and be able to demonstrate its relevance to interested stakeholders and the wider business. Considering core business imperatives, for example delivering customer focus / excellence, you will be able to relate them to your own sourcing practice and decisions and the subsequent management of our chosen suppliers.
Skills and experience we're looking for:
- Experience of working in insurance, procurement, financial services or supply management with additional experience of sourcing and supplier relationship management, ideally with leadership and coaching experience.
- Knowledge of sourcing and supplier relationship management processes and frameworks including the commercial performance management of contracts and knowledge of supplier risk management techniques, tools and governance requirements.
- Experience of managing key outsourced relationships, commercial or change projects.
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- Previous experience of working within healthcare and/or protection would be an advantage.
What you'll get for this role:
Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.
- Salary - Circa £40,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
- Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary, actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's
- Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
- 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
- Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
- Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
- Outstandingly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
- Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
- Make a difference, be part of our and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
- We take your well-being seriously with lots of support and tools
Aviva is for everyone:
We're inclusive - we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you're in a job share just apply as a pair.
We flex locations, hours, and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.