Procurement and Vendor Manager

Aldermore Bank plc; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Aldermore Bank plc is seeking a Procurement and Vendor Manager to enhance vendor performance and drive cost savings across the organization. This hybrid role includes developing category strategies, managing supplier relationships, and collaborating with various teams to ensure compliance and efficiency. Ideal candidates will possess strong negotiation skills and a proven track record in vendor management.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Flu Jab Vouchers

Hybrid Working

Qualifications

• Experience managing high-value projects.
• Expert negotiation and influencing skills.
• Understanding of the regulatory environment (PRA, FCA, EBA) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Drive cost savings and vendor relationship enhancements.
• Manage end-to-end sourcing activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for compliance and improvement.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Relationship management

Education

High-impact experience in vendor management

Job description

Procurement and Vendor Manager

Aldermore Bank plc Manchester, United Kingdom

The Vacancy

Location: Open to any of our offices - Cardiff, Reading, London or Manchester. We offer a hybrid way of working with some time in the office (2 days a week) and from home.

Let us tell you a bit about us

We're Aldermore - the award-winning bank, trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we're backing more people to go for it.

We thrive by saying "yes" to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity

The Aldermore Group Procurement and Vendor Management team ensures vendors consistently deliver cost and value improvements to support profitable growth. We partner with stakeholders in technology to manage repeat and project spend, develop category and vendor strategies, and oversee in-contract vendor performance to drive long-term benefits and mitigate risks.

We work with agility to support fast-paced business delivery, using sourcing and performance management to ensure quality, cost efficiency, innovation, and regulatory compliance. Our goal is to simplify processes, reduce vendor numbers, and build strong, competitive or trusted supplier relationships aligned with business needs.

As Procurement and Vendor Manager, you would play a key role in driving cost savings, stakeholder satisfaction, operational resilience, and commercial protection through strong contracts and supplier oversight.

What will your day look like?

Reporting to the Head of Procurement and working within an established team, you will be responsible for:
• Cost & Value Delivery: Partner with stakeholders to identify and implement cost improvements, negotiate contracts, and optimise supplier relationships for better value and risk mitigation.
• Category Strategy Development: Create and execute category strategies aligned with business goals, using data insights and market intelligence to drive savings, innovation, and performance.
• Sourcing Leadership: Manage end-to-end sourcing activities (RFI/RFP), develop sourcing pipelines, and ensure compliance with procurement policies and regulatory requirements.
• Vendor Management: Establish and maintain vendor performance frameworks, manage supplier relationships, and ensure delivery of high-quality outcomes through effective governance.
• Collaboration & Risk Management: Work cross-functionally with Legal, Risk, Cyber Security, and other teams to support supplier onboarding, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Team Leadership & Operations: Provide coaching to team members, support procurement systems/processes, and contribute to strategic initiatives that enhance efficiency, compliance, and value delivery.

What do we expect from you?

• High-impact experience involving vendors and vendor management, demonstrating an ability to drive major cost and value improvement. Experience of managing high-value projects.
• Consistent delivery of outstanding business outcomes through change management within complex supply relationships.
• Expert interpersonal, leadership and stakeholder partnering skills.
• Expert negotiation and influencing skills.
• Superior communication skills, including strong presentation skills at all levels of the organisation with the ability to manage complex relationships across a wide stakeholder community.
• Experience in securing agreement for business cases or cases for change that required Executive sponsorship.
• Understanding of the regulatory environment and PRA, FCA and EBA requirements is desirable but not essential.

What can you expect from us?

• A friendly and flexible culture, the same as how we work with our customers.
• A growing organisation that means there's lots of opportunities to progress
• A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
• And of course, you will be rewarded competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.

Still curious?

Join us and we'll make the same promises to you as a colleague, as we do to each of our customers. We're committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. We welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record check

The Company

We champion equality by supporting the exceptions to the rule and getting finance to where it's needed.

We lend the money people save with us, to people who want to get on in life; build businesses and create employment, buy property for people to live and work in, and purchase vehicles to move families and goods around.

Behaviour Framework

Our behavioural framework underpins our purpose and strategic drivers, as it outlines the behaviours we need to demonstrate in order to succeed. Where our strategic drivers (Stay Ahead Propositions, Relationships That Last and Progressive Platform) outline what we need to do to succeed, our behaviours guide us in how. In your second interview, we'll ask you to talk through some examples where you've demonstrated these behaviours in your previous roles.

The Benefits

As you would expect, we offer a competitive basic salary and reward package, and you'll also benefit from our commitment to investing in your professional development throughout your journey with us.

Benefits vary across the business depending on the role you do, but these will give you an idea of what to expect:

Your Company Benefits

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Aviva Digital GP
• Bus And Tram Benefit
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Eyecare Voucher & Display Screens/Desk Set-Up
• Flu Jab Vouchers
• Group Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Metrolink Annual Pass & Clipper Ticket
• Microsoft Discounts
• Private Medical Insurance Shopping Discounts
• Toothfairy
• Your Workplace Pension
• Hybrid Working

Benefits You Can Choose

• Critical Illness
• Cycle To Work
• Dental Insurance
• Give As You Earn
• Government Tax-Free Childcare Scheme
• Octopus Electric Vehicles
• Save Our Planet
• Season Ticket Loan
• Spouse Or Partner Life Assurance
• Technology
• Wearable Technology
• Wellbeing App
• Will Writing

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