Strategic Sourcing Analyst - Hybrid & Vendor Partnerships

Aplaro Ltd; Malvern; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard in Malvern is seeking an experienced procurement professional to lead low and medium complexity sourcing, manage RFx processes, vendor analysis, and partnership opportunities. You will coordinate with leadership, legal, risk, and multiple stakeholders to deliver value within a hybrid working model.

Nice-to-have analytics experience with Tableau/Power BI, and ability to build vendor dashboards while ensuring adherence to procurement policies. Sponsorship is not offered for this position.

Qualifications

• Three years of related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Accounting or Finance degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads low and medium complexity sourcing transactions based on assessment of business needs.
• Leads and facilitates discussions on relationship, cost, and capabilities with leadership and suppliers.
• Manages the RFx process and supports supplier analysis, pricing models, and partnership opportunities.
• Evaluates vendors against contracts, data analysis, and knowledge of a specific category.
• Drives engagements through defined sourcing processes, resolving issues and involving stakeholders as needed.
• Interfaces with Sourcing, business owners, and Legal & Risk partners for each transaction.
• Creates and maintains vendor operations dashboards to analyze statistics and deliver outcomes.
• Ensures suppliers have instruction and technical support.
• Participates in strategic vendor related initiatives.

Skills

Sourcing experience

Stakeholder coordination

Procurement analytics

Negotiation skills

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent

Accounting or Finance degree preferred

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

RFx tools

Job description

Vanguard in Malvern is seeking an experienced procurement professional to lead low and medium complexity sourcing, manage RFx processes, vendor analysis, and partnership opportunities. You will coordinate with leadership, legal, risk, and multiple stakeholders to deliver value within a hybrid working model.

Nice-to-have analytics experience with Tableau/Power BI, and ability to build vendor dashboards while ensuring adherence to procurement policies. Sponsorship is not offered for this position.