About the Role Applying your in-depth category knowledge, you'll support the development of category plans that meet the needs of our internal customers whilst achieving significant bottom line savings. You'll work within a defined budget to monitor the spend and liaise extensively with internal stakeholders and suppliers. You will manage a defined area of spend providing the crucial link between internal stakeholders and the supplier market. Key accountabilities will be: - Tender preparation and review. - Drafting and management of contracts. - Supplier relationship and performance management including rationalisation. - Savings identification and delivery. - Internal stakeholder liaison. - Input into the development of more junior team members.
About You Your background is in category management and you can demonstrate change management and problem solving prowess. You possess exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to influence cross functionally. You can evidence significant savings delivery and first class supplier management skills.
About Us It's all change at Nationwide. As part of our commitment to offering around 13 million members the very best in value, we're approaching everything we do with an even sharper commercial focus. And purchasing is no exception. By transforming the way we procure products and services, we can help transform the business itself. Which means you could have a huge influence on our success.
As an accredited 'Investor in People' for the fourth time running - and one of only sixteen companies to be awarded 'Investor in People Champion' - we offer exceptional rewards. And as well as the more tangible, you can look forward to the chance to build an even more impressive CV and develop your career beyond your immediate function.
About Your Rewards As well as the chance to shoulder more strategic responsibilities and to progress your career at pace, you can look forward to the kind of rewards that fully reflect our ‘Investor in People' status. What's more, you'll be working for an organisation that's run for the benefit of customers rather than shareholders, so you'll have even more reasons to feel good about what you do.
