Procurement & Third Party Manager

Ageas; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

35 days holiday

Health Insurance

Pension

Annual Bonus

Employee Savings

Job summary

Ageas is seeking an IT Procurement & Third Party Manager to lead sourcing across IT and business services, negotiating contracts and ensuring value, resilience and service quality.

You will manage a portfolio of suppliers, drive performance, governance and cost savings in a regulated financial environment, and partner with stakeholders to achieve commercial outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong procurement and sourcing experience across IT and technology categories.
• Experience in a regulated Financial Services environment with third-party risk management and governance.
• Proven IT supplier/third-party management expertise and contract negotiation ability.
• Experience negotiating technology, software, cloud and managed services agreements.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end sourcing and procurement across IT, technology and business service categories.
• Manage a portfolio of third-party suppliers, including technology, software and service providers.
• Drive supplier performance, governance and service delivery.
• Deliver savings, cost efficiencies and commercial value.
• Partner with and challenge stakeholders to achieve the best outcomes.

Skills

Procurement

Sourcing

IT procurement

Supplier governance

Third-party risk

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Cost optimization

Job description

Job Title: IT Procurement & Third Party Manager
Target Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available
Salary Range: £44,800 - £67,200
Location: Any Ageas office - Hybrid working with a remote first approach
Closing Date for applications: Friday 25th September

IT Procurement & Third Party Manager: At Ageas, we're looking for a commercially minded and highlyproactive Procurement & Third-Party Manager to join our growing team. Thisis an exciting opportunity for an experienced procurement professional who canconfidently manage technology and business supplier relationships from sourcingand contract negotiation through to performance management and ongoinggovernance. You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring our suppliers deliver value,innovation, resilience and excellent service to support key business andtechnology objectives.

This role requires someone who can operate with a highdegree of independence, while confidently challenging stakeholders when neededto achieve the right commercial and operational outcomes. Managing a portfolioof IT, technology and business service suppliers that underpin our day-to-dayoperations, you'll be responsible for driving cost efficiencies, managing risk,strengthening supplier performance and ensuring compliance within a regulatedenvironment.

You’ll bring experience in IT procurement, supplier andcategory management, contract negotiation, third-party risk management andprocurement transformation. You will be comfortable operating across strategicand operational activities, identifying opportunities to improve supplierperformance, enhance governance, create efficiencies and increase the valueprocurement brings to the wider business. Above all, you'll be a resilient,results-driven professional who thrives on building strong partnerships and deliveringmeaningful commercial outcomes.

Main Responsibilities as Procurement & Third Party Manager:

• Leadend-to-end sourcing and procurement activities across IT, technology andbusiness service categories.
• Managea portfolio of third-party suppliers, including technology, software andservice providers.
• Drivesupplier performance, governance and service delivery.
• Deliversavings, cost efficiencies and commercial value.
• Partnerwith and challenge stakeholders to achieve the best outcomes.

Skills and experience you need as Procurement & Third Party Manager::

• Strongprocurement and sourcing experience, including IT and technologycategories.
• Experience operating within a regulated Financial Services environment, with a strong understanding of third-party risk management, supplier governance, data protection, operational resilience and business continuity requirements.
• Provensupplier and third-party management expertise within IT.
• Experiencenegotiating technology, software, cloud and managed service agreements.
• Excellentstakeholder management and influencing skills.

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:

Flexible Working- Smart Working @ Ageasgives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health- Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth- 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work- Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family- Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.

Benefits for Them- Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Get some Tech- Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around- Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Supporting you back to work- Returnto work programme after maternity leave.

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.

As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.

Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.