Procurement Consultant

St. James's Place (SJP) works in partnership to plan, grow and protect our clients’ financial futures. We deliver personalised, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trust us to manage their money to reach their goals. We provide this service via the Partnership, a network of qualified, expert advisors. We put financial wellbeing and responsible business choices at the heart of everything we do. We believe in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help us problem solve and innovate for clients.

We look for people to join SJP to make an impact and to contribute to our culture which is based around long term relationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.

**Location**:Cirencester Office

**Workplace Type**: Hybrid

**Employment Type**: 12 month Fixed-Term Contract

**Seniority**:Associate

We are looking for an experienced and logical Procurement Consultant to join the Group Expense Management Team in our Finance Division. The team is responsible for supplier onboarding and contract management and oversea the whole procurement lifecycle within SJP.

The Procurement Consultant will be accountable for effective procurement activity, which aligns with SJP’s long-term business strategy and financial objectives.

If you are a driven procurement professional with a keen interest in financial services, we would love you hear from you

**What you’ll be doing?**
- On-boarding of suppliers from a commercial point of view, aligned to SJP’s relevant policies, processes and gets the best commercial and financial outcome for SJP.
- Ongoing contract management through effective performance measurement, spend monitoring and ensuring any contractual obligations of third parties are fulfilled.
- Ensuring procurement best practice is followed and maintained within regulatory, legislative or business frameworks
- Ensuring the relationships between the Procurement Consultants and business SME’s are productive and steer relevant SJP policies with a commercial lens.
- Manage and lead supplier relationships for key vendors.
- Preparation of any reporting to outline supplier spend and enable the business to manage its costs effectively in relation to 3rd parties.

**Who are we looking for?**
- Be able to lead and empower a team of qualified and developing colleagues, to ensure capabilities align to business strategy and objectives.
- Someone who collaborates with the other Procurement Consultants to ensure team capabilities and capacity are aligned and processes are streamlined.
- Knowledge of regulatory and legislative requirements relating to third-party suppliers and detailed commercial and contract drafting expertise.
- Influential at an Executive and Senior level to optimize commercial value and risk mitigation.
- CIPS qualified is desirable

**What's in it for you?**
- Non-Contributory Pension - 10% (increasing with length of service up to 15%) with further pension matching.
- Parental leave - 6 months full pay
- 28 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays (based on full-time equivalent) with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days holiday

**Flexible Working**
We know that everyone works best in different ways, at different times and in different environments. We have introduced a hybrid working policy to provide greater flexibility for part-time work, job-sharing, remote working, and flexibility on hours. Our people are encouraged to work in a flexible way that suits their lifestyle, so please ask the question and start a conversation

***Reasonable Adjustments**

**What's next?**

Our team will be in touch. As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.

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