Procurement Performance Specialist 12-month FTC

Team Procurement

Working Pattern - Hybrid 2days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth Office.Full time 35 hours per week.

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Strong experience in data interrogation and insight generation
• Advanced stakeholder influencing and communication
• Proven sourcing and commercial delivery

What this role is all about:

Key Actions

• Work closely with the Head of Procurement Operations to assist on the delivery of key strategic projects for the Procurement department liaising with key business functions such as Risk and Audit
• Leading on the Procurement teams strategy and governance framework through organisation of key committees and forums and driving the actions and results from those
• Manage the performance targets of the Procurement team through the regular measurement of performance against set objectives
• Utilisation of data to monitor these targets to understand current performance and trends
• Driving forward continuous enhancements and improvements to demand increased performance
• Identify and deliver value through spend reduction opportunities supplier consolidation and value adding activities
• Utilise existing knowledge and conduct market research to identify potential suppliers define the preferred sourcing solution and manage any competitive (RFI/RFP) exercises to meet business and commercial requirements and negotiate the best deals possible with short-listed suppliers to achieve the best value for Vitality
• Supporting Supplier Management best practice across the organisation through management of our supplier management framework to ultimately seek further value from our third-party engagements

What do you need to thrive

• Be fascinated by data and importantly be able to interrogate data to produce results and enhanced performance
• Be adept at critical thinking to consistently seek continuous improvement from themself and others
• Exceptionally well organised being capable of effectively managing workload and prioritising demand of a whole department in order to meet and exceed stakeholder expectations
• Possess an exceptional level of proficiency of desktop applications including Excel Word and Powerpoint
• Be adept at thinking logically and analytically with the ability to effectively understand summarise and make recommendations on complex subjects
• Be confident in communicating influencing and networking with stakeholders at all levels both internally and externally
• Possess a great attention to detail and a strong desire to seek ways to deliver continuous improvement
• Have a proven track record in a sourcing environment delivering key projects for stakeholders
• Show a broad understanding of contract drafting service definition performance and commercial structures
• Show a strong understanding of supplier management including analysis to mitigate risk through contingency planning and driving initiatives to seek greater performance