Procurement Business Partner — Strategy, Negotiation & Value

Vitality; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus schemes

Pension up to 12%

Vitality health insurance

Life Assurance 4x salary

Job summary

Vitality is seeking a Procurement Business Partner to join the Procurement team, supporting the People and Property portfolios. This role partners with business stakeholders to shape sourcing strategies, manage supplier relationships, negotiate commercial agreements and deliver value across a diverse range of business services spend.

Working closely with internal stakeholders, suppliers and procurement colleagues, the position plays an important role in ensuring commercial decisions support

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement, sourcing or commercial role delivering measurable business value.
• Knowledge of indirect spend categories, ideally within business services, property or facilities management.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to make practical recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building across multiple levels.

Responsibilities

• Develop trusted partnerships with stakeholders across People and Property to translate priorities into sourcing strategies.
• Lead end-to-end procurement activities including requirements gathering, market engagement, supplier evaluation, negotiation, contracting and onboarding.
• Identify opportunities to improve value through cost optimisation, supplier consolidation and risk management.
• Provide market insight and category expertise to support procurement decisions.
• Support contract drafting, negotiation and implementation with Legal and stakeholders.
• Manage supplier relationships focusing on performance, compliance and continuous improvement.
• Monitor supplier performance and address risks and issues proactively.
• Lead sourcing workstreams from concept to delivery and contribute to procurement initiatives.

Skills

Proven Procurement Leadership

Demonstrated Commercial Negotiation

Strong Stakeholder Partnership

Education

MCIPS qualification, or working toward it

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Vitality is seeking a Procurement Business Partner to join the Procurement team, supporting the People and Property portfolios. This role partners with business stakeholders to shape sourcing strategies, manage supplier relationships, negotiate commercial agreements and deliver value across a diverse range of business services spend.

Working closely with internal stakeholders, suppliers and procurement colleagues, the position plays an important role in ensuring commercial decisions support