JOB TITLE: Sourcing Manager - HR Procurement

SALARY: £59,850 - £70,000

LOCATION(S): Bristol

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity

An exciting opportunity within the People & HR Services Procurement Team has arisen! As a Sourcing manager you'll take the lead and provide support for various sourcing related activities that are specific to the People & HR Services Sourcing category! This role predominantly supports People & Places (P&P), although the Team occasionally gains exposure to other areas of the group as well.

You'll be working with Stakeholders to source new 3rd party solutions for a range of services as well as optimising, renegotiating or re-tendering services provided by existing suppliers. Within this team, the services cover a variety of activities including Permanent Resourcing, Health & Wellbeing, Reward & Recognition, Learning, Leadership & Development, and outsourced Operations.

This is a great opportunity to be involved in sourcing services which have an important impact both on our Colleagues and their families. Each week will be different in this role, and it is a great opportunity to learn more about our wider business as we communicate with business leads across the entirety of P&P. It is also very exciting, as our internal customers look to the People & HR Services Sourcing Team to bring not only their sourcing expertise, but a perspective on the optimising of solutions and performance measures.

We actively encourage and support personal development to enable each member of the Team to become a trusted adviser, providing the business with an end-to-end Sourcing service.

Responsibilities

You'll contribute to the development of category strategies, delivering specific initiatives to drive the effective supply of services to LBG and management of the cost base
You'll supervise initiatives with Stakeholders that drive effective spend management through demand management, simplifying specifications and achieving great business outcomes
You'll work collaboratively with Colleagues, internal partners and third-party suppliers to optimally run all aspects of the sourcing lifecycle ensuring the best value in support of LBG's strategic vision
You'll lead or support Sourcing activities across the category and create market competition to generate the best possible commercial outcomes as well as bringing innovation to the business
You'll develop strong working relationships across senior stakeholder communities

About us

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you'll need

Strong Commercial awareness, including financial analysis
Strong, proven negotiation skills - preferably in a supplier setting
Strong organisation, communication, facilitation and influencing skills
Leadership: working with colleagues and other senior stakeholders
Teamwork and Collaboration
Demonstrable sourcing, financial and I.T. background. Candidates with other key attributes detailed in the desirable skills experience and qualifications section below may also be considered

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
Share schemes including free shares
Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

Sourcing Manager - HR Procurement

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