Role: Buyer (Supplier Relationship Management - SRM)

Salary: Up to £40K + Excellent Corporate Benefits

Job Type: Fulltime: Permanent

Location: Bristol/Gloucester or London - Will consider more flexibility on office working to 2 days per month.

A fantastic opportunity to develop and grow your career!

This is a fantastic development opportunity for an Buyer with a desire to assist managing supplier relationships (SRM) within a IT Procurement function

This is a chance to join an established organisation undertaking significant transformation, where Procurement & SRM are at the forefront of the organisations strategy to drive value and reduce costs for both internal and external customers alike.

Flexible arrangements on home/office working are available. Will consider more flexibility on office working to 1 day per month. Apply for more details!

Role: -Supplier Management, IT Technology

You will join a newly created IT Procurement & SRM team, supporting the design, develop and stand-up a new commercial supplier management model that will drive commercial value across engagement with all 3rd party Technology vendors. The team support a 3rd party spend portfolio of c£250m spanning 3 distinct areas:

1. Infrastructure - Cloud, Mainframe, Telecoms and IT Security
2. Digital - AI, Machine Learning and FinTech
3. Software & Services - both Colleague and Customer facing Software and Applications

You will support the management of IT & Technology Supplier Relationships, Performance and Delivery across a portfolio of business critical suppliers, designing and implementing KPI's & SLA's, in turn delivering performance and efficiency across the group. Further to the day-to-day responsibilities, the jobholder will be involved in supporting the development of SRM tools and methodology within a relatively 'Greenfield' environment. Also, it is expected that the jobholder will provide help to implement a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, ensuring 3rd party suppliers contribute and deliver in line with the organisations CSR agenda.

Experience:

• Demonstrate some Commercial experience
• Evidence of of driving commercial value
• Ideally demonstrates experience gained in a complex 'blue-chip' environment.
• Degree or CIPS qualified

A fantastic opportunity to develop and grow your career with flexible hybrid working. Click apply!