Category Buyer
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Category Buyer
Salary circa 30000
Are you someone who thrives in a dynamic business environment with a keen sense for solving commercial challenges and getting value for money
Does the idea of supporting the success of a FTSE 100 business through excellent supplier deals appeal to you
If so we have several exciting opportunities for driven and ambitious Category Buyers to join or Procurement team in our Norwich or York office. This is a great job for someone with previous business development experience who is keen to progress their career working for the UKs leading Insurance Wealth and Retirement business!
A bit about the job:
Reporting to a Principal Category Manager (PCM) youll deliver high quality Procurement support that underpins both the control of Avivas third party spend and the identification of opportunities for improving value. Delivering at pace in this high performing team youll work directly with our supply partners review and maintain uptodate supply market information and support the team with category specific supplier and spend research. Youll become the subject matter expert for supply market supplier performance and financial analysis whilst also ensuring the Procurement systems and tools are effectively utilised within the endtoend sourcing process. You will support the business and make it click for our customers run sourcing activities that meet the need of the business and support our ambitious sustainability agenda.
Skills and experience were looking for:
- General commercial acumen including a strong sense of value for money
- Business/financial analysis skills and the ability to interpret complex data
- Awareness of/interest in basic contract law principles and an interest in supply market forces and impacts
- Ability to work within a dynamic and fast evolving environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and previous experience in a businesstobusiness environment preferred
What youll 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.
- Starting salary circa 30000 (depending on location skills experience and qualifications)
- Bonus opportunity 8 of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Avivas.
- 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
- Make your money go further Up to 40 discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts
- Up to 1200 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
- Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carers leave
- Flexible benefits to suit you including sustainability options such as cycle to work
- Make a difference be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
- We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools
Aviva is for everyone:
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.
To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here
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Employment Type
Full Time
