Senior IT Procurement Specialist (12-month FTC)

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Senior IT Procurement Specialist (12-month FTC)

Job no: 502570
Work type: Permanent Full Time
Location: London - Hybrid, Leeds - Hybrid
Categories: Procurement & Supply Chain

Working from our beautiful offices in Kings Cross, London or Morley in Leeds

Your new role at NewDay

Our procurement team are small but mighty!

Partnering with our technology teams on strategic procurement matters, you'll play an exciting and integral part in realising business growth plans. Helping to source the right supplier partners and leading commercial and contract discussions, you'll manage our software category, driving efficiencies.

You'll deliver

• Sourcing projects/RFx/negotiations

• New suppliers, applying procurement process as required, selecting in partnership with the business

• Contract renegotiations to ensure compliance with latest legislation, regulation & industry standards, optimizing for cost

• Advice to business teams (tech) on any additional, requirement specific supplier/service due diligence that may be required i.e. maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders in technology

What you'll bring

We need knowledge, experience + expertise in:

• Procurement and sourcing - operating in regulated environments

• Delivering savings that have impacted bottom line

• Category management plans and sourcing strategies in Technology (Software)

• Dynamism and attention to details

And would love you to know or learn:

• Risk management

Where next? Let's talk about this role - Apply now!

About NewDay

We help people move forward with credit and help our colleagues to move their careers forward too.

We use our highly flexible, scalable, and multi-product digital credit engine to power over 120 million transactions every year. Our brands include Aqua, marbles, fluid and Bip. We partner with leading brands such as John Lewis, AO, Argos and DEKO.

Over 5 million UK customers are supported by our award-winning customer service.

At NewDay, we value all types of diversity. We're an equal opportunity employer and believe that our differences create a vibrant, authentic working culture. We want all our colleagues to feel able to bring their whole selves to work. We don't discriminate on the basis of age, physical or mental disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and carer status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We make sure that every job is crafted to be inclusive and that people with disabilities or caring responsibilities can take part in the application and interview process. Tell us if you need accommodations: we'll put reasonable adjustments in place to support you.

Our dynamic NewDay culture

We're focused on what will drive impact in helping people move forward with credit. Our distinctive culture is geared to spark innovation and team working - with lots of open doors for development. Our customers can rely on us because we aim high, support each other, do the right thing and build for the future.

We invest in our colleagues. On top of a strong market competitive salary, you get a bonus opportunity that matches the impact (delivery + values) you drive in your role. We also help you retire better with market leading pensions.

At NewDay, #yourwellbeing matters: You get 26 days holiday and can buy up to 5 more after probation. Then you'll get extra days as you build your career with us.

NewWork, our flexible, hybrid working approach, helps you to manage your work/life balance - and even bolt on work time in other countries before or after your holiday. And when you're in the office, you get free healthy breakfast, fresh juices, lunch, barista coffee etc.

Our tax efficient green car and cycle to work schemes save you money (and help the planet).

Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to tell you more about any of our perks.

We work with Textio to make our job design and hiring inclusive.

#LI-Hybrid

Advertised: 20 Nov 2024 GMT Standard Time
Applications close: 20 Dec 2024 GMT Standard Time