Buyer - Business Services Procurement (6 Month Contract)

Buyer - Business Services Procurement (6 Month Contract)

We have an exciting opportunity for a Buyer to join our Procurement function on a 6-month fixed term contract. The role will sit within our Business Services Sourcing team who are responsible for looking after all sourcing requirements outside of our IT and Change function.

Working as part of a small team, the person in post will work with budget holders to implement the Business Services Procurement strategy for the Society.

The Buyer will liaise with suppliers from the initial conversation through to onboarding and will be responsible for administration such as uploading contracts to our system, providing MI when required, and producing reports to support Procurement Managers.

As a member of the Society’s Procurement Function, the role also requires the person in post to identify, report, and mitigate any third-party risk in line with the Society’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

About you

For this Buyer role, we are looking for someone with a can-do attitude who is commercially astute.

To be successful in this role it’s essential that you will:

• Have strong relationship building skills with the ability to engage with various levels of stakeholders.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively with excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Have exceptional attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Be able to work effectively as part of a team, but also be self-motivated and have the ability to use your own initiative.

Desirable experience needed will be:

• Experience of working as a Buyer
• Experience of working in a third-party engagement role
• Working towards MCIPs qualification

Our benefits include:

• 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Personal pension with matched contributions
• Life assurance (6 times annual salary)

Find out more about the fantastic benefits of joining Coventry Building Society here.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.