Procurement Category Manager

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About the role

HL is at an exciting time of its evolution as the UK's leading wealth provider, the business has committed a significant investment in transforming the digital platforms, operational efficiency and ultimately improving the client journeys and offerings. Due to internal promotion we have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Category Manager to join us.

This will involve working with both our existing, and many new suppliers to drive change. Your personal impact will be working across the business in category management and sourcing to create value, and then in supplier management ensuring the value is delivered.

What you'll be doing

As a Procurement Category Manager in the Procurement team at Hargreaves Lansdown, you will be responsible for full supplier lifecycle and management. This will include supplier selection, commercial negotiation and contracting. You will also be responsible for in life supplier management for a business area, working as part of the team to become the single point of contact for all Procurement activities in that area.

• Category Management - establish and maintain category plans aligned with business and technology strategy to create commercial value, ensure resilience, risk, and meet technology roadmap and demand commitments.

• Sourcing - building on the established category plans to execute the sourcing strategy, lead on end-to-end sourcing activity; including market assessments, complex supplier negotiations and implement contract agreements. This role will negotiate the contract and support onboarding the supplier through a robust due diligence process to ensure the supplier meets the HL standards and policies as well as delivering commercial value.

• Supplier Management - establishing a robust governance framework to manage the relationship to deliver contract obligations of both parties. Measuring performance and risk, while ensuring commercial value and governance is delivered.

About you

• Experience working across the business working with senior stakeholders to build category plans

• Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills with experience in leading high value, complex negotiations, including outsourcing and offshoring activities

• Experience working in either a technology, data, operational or Workforce categories, with knowledge and credibility across various business areas, innovative by nature, inquisitive with the ability to confidently challenge and influence stakeholders.

• Knowledge of regulatory landscape in a Financial Services environment

• Understanding of EBA Guidelines on Outsourcing

• Good data analytics skills with the ability to understand financial, economic, risk and contractual data and to consolidate into easy-to-read documents and presentations.

Interview process

This interview process will incorporate competency-based questions and an assessment of your technical knowledge and transferable skills.

Working Schedule
We are looking for Senior Procurement Category Managers to join our team, based in Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We offer a hybrid flexible working pattern to enable you the option of working from home and coming into the office.

Why us?

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* and annual pay review
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday**
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care
• Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year

*dependant on role level

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age. This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information. Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates. #HLI

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