Procurement Manager
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £65,000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | remote, SP4 7QA |
| Company: | Animal Friends Insurance |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1077 |
Summary
Job Advert
Do you have strong experience owning and leading procurement processes and procedures? Do you thrive on adding value, reducing
costs and making business improvements?
If so, you might be interested in our Procurement Manager opportunity.
Package: £65,000 pa with excellent benefits including 25 holiday days (plus your birthday off), Paid day off for charity work,
Group life assurance, private medical insurance, and pet insurance discount.
We are flexible on the location of this role, it can be based remotely within the UK, hybrid or based within our Amesbury office.
What we look for in you as Procurement Manager
* Strong procurement experience, including IT, will have owned and led a procurement function with proven success
* First-rate communication and relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate with and manage key
stakeholders and suppliers
* Strong and confident negotiation skills with the ability to influence at all levels
* Excellent people management, coaching and career counselling skills
* Able to easily work from home with a quiet space and good internet connection
What you`ll get up to as Procurement Manager
To give you an idea what to expect, you`ll be:
* Owning the end to end procurement process for all high value, high complexity spend across multiple departments
* Support with wider group procurement to drive and develop category strategies in key areas.
* Negotiating and managing the ongoing performance and effectiveness of vendors
* Providing Procurement support for the business on various projects
* Supporting, motivating and developing the Procurement team
* Inspiring confidence and building strong internal relationships with key stakeholders
* Promoting central Procurement policies and procedures, ensuring compliance across the organisation
* Actively looking for ways to improve current processes
What Animal Friends is all about!
We are part of the Pinnacle Pet Group (PPG) – a pan European fully integrated pet insurance and pet health services provider. On a
mission to help pets live happy, healthy lives with their pet parents, PPG are committed to supporting the diverse needs of their
customers and colleagues with a clear ambition to become the world leader in pet insurance and healthcare services.
Animal Friends has grown to become not only an award-winning business but one of the largest pet insurance providers in the UK,
with around 500 colleagues helping us to look after over 1 million pets, offering cover for cats, dogs and horses.
A large part of our success is due to our company values which are the foundation of how we work, we are courageous by continually
looking for new ways to innovate our customers experience and the pet insurance industry. We are kind-hearted with animal welfare
being important to us, we donate and support over 800 charities and conservancies across the UK and worldwide, to date, we have
donated over £8.5 million. And we are passionate about the support we provide to our customers helping them care for their pets.
Benefits of working with Animal Friends
We recognise that your hard work shouldn`t come without its perks, so here`s a little list of some of the things you can expect to
get from us:
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and we give you your birthday off
* Fully paid day off for charity work
* 95% of our employee’s own pets, we’re able to provide up to 50% off insurance along with free access to our Vet consultation
app JOII
* We believe looking after employees’ health is important, so we offer discount on gym membership, access to a Wellbeing hub,
private medical insurance and Group life assurance
* We like to celebrate success and recognise excellent employee performance; we will donate £3k to the charity of our employee of
the quarter’s choice
* Most importantly, you`ll be working within a courageous, passionate and kind-hearted team
Animal Friends Pet Insurance Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people of all ages, genders,
ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions, and sexual orientations. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest
of confidence.
We offer accessibility help with application forms which is available via the jobs page of our website.
As an FCA regulated business, we require successful applicants to clear our pre-employment screening process which includes a
credit check and references checks. Under the latest UK Right to Work regulations, we will require successful applicants to
evidence their right to work in the UK, either in person, online, or digitally via a third party subject to circumstances.
Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled rather than the advertised closing date. Interviews
will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.
All secondment positions have the potential to become permanent in the future, this will be dependent upon business need.
Do you have strong experience owning and leading procurement processes and procedures? Do you thrive on adding value, reducing
costs and making business improvements?
If so, you might be interested in our Procurement Manager opportunity.
Package: £65,000 pa with excellent benefits including 25 holiday days (plus your birthday off), Paid day off for charity work,
Group life assurance, private medical insurance, and pet insurance discount.
We are flexible on the location of this role, it can be based remotely within the UK, hybrid or based within our Amesbury office.
What we look for in you as Procurement Manager
* Strong procurement experience, including IT, will have owned and led a procurement function with proven success
* First-rate communication and relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate with and manage key
stakeholders and suppliers
* Strong and confident negotiation skills with the ability to influence at all levels
* Excellent people management, coaching and career counselling skills
* Able to easily work from home with a quiet space and good internet connection
What you`ll get up to as Procurement Manager
To give you an idea what to expect, you`ll be:
* Owning the end to end procurement process for all high value, high complexity spend across multiple departments
* Support with wider group procurement to drive and develop category strategies in key areas.
* Negotiating and managing the ongoing performance and effectiveness of vendors
* Providing Procurement support for the business on various projects
* Supporting, motivating and developing the Procurement team
* Inspiring confidence and building strong internal relationships with key stakeholders
* Promoting central Procurement policies and procedures, ensuring compliance across the organisation
* Actively looking for ways to improve current processes
What Animal Friends is all about!
We are part of the Pinnacle Pet Group (PPG) – a pan European fully integrated pet insurance and pet health services provider. On a
mission to help pets live happy, healthy lives with their pet parents, PPG are committed to supporting the diverse needs of their
customers and colleagues with a clear ambition to become the world leader in pet insurance and healthcare services.
Animal Friends has grown to become not only an award-winning business but one of the largest pet insurance providers in the UK,
with around 500 colleagues helping us to look after over 1 million pets, offering cover for cats, dogs and horses.
A large part of our success is due to our company values which are the foundation of how we work, we are courageous by continually
looking for new ways to innovate our customers experience and the pet insurance industry. We are kind-hearted with animal welfare
being important to us, we donate and support over 800 charities and conservancies across the UK and worldwide, to date, we have
donated over £8.5 million. And we are passionate about the support we provide to our customers helping them care for their pets.
Benefits of working with Animal Friends
We recognise that your hard work shouldn`t come without its perks, so here`s a little list of some of the things you can expect to
get from us:
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and we give you your birthday off
* Fully paid day off for charity work
* 95% of our employee’s own pets, we’re able to provide up to 50% off insurance along with free access to our Vet consultation
app JOII
* We believe looking after employees’ health is important, so we offer discount on gym membership, access to a Wellbeing hub,
private medical insurance and Group life assurance
* We like to celebrate success and recognise excellent employee performance; we will donate £3k to the charity of our employee of
the quarter’s choice
* Most importantly, you`ll be working within a courageous, passionate and kind-hearted team
Animal Friends Pet Insurance Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people of all ages, genders,
ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions, and sexual orientations. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest
of confidence.
We offer accessibility help with application forms which is available via the jobs page of our website.
As an FCA regulated business, we require successful applicants to clear our pre-employment screening process which includes a
credit check and references checks. Under the latest UK Right to Work regulations, we will require successful applicants to
evidence their right to work in the UK, either in person, online, or digitally via a third party subject to circumstances.
Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled rather than the advertised closing date. Interviews
will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.
All secondment positions have the potential to become permanent in the future, this will be dependent upon business need.