Your new company You'll be joining awell-established financial services organisation with a strong reputation forregulatory compliance and operational excellence. The firm operates in a highlyregulated environment and offers a collaborative, structured culture where procurementplays a key role in managing third-party risk and delivering commercial value. Your new role As a Senior ITBuyer, you'll lead procurement activities across IT and Soft Servicescategories, supporting the full lifecycle of third-party engagements-fromselection and onboarding to performance management and renewal. You'll act as atrusted advisor to stakeholders, lead RfX processes, negotiate contracts incollaboration with legal teams, and ensure alignment with third-party riskframeworks. You'll also contribute to supplier relationship management, valueoptimisation initiatives, and continuous improvement of procurement practices. What you'll need to succeed You'll bring solidexperience in procurement project delivery, stakeholder engagement, andcontract negotiation with Tier 1 providers. Strong analytical skills,commercial acumen, and proficiency in Excel (including pivot tables and charts)are essential. Experience in regulated industries and familiarity with softservices procurement are highly desirable. We are looking for a procurementprofessional with strong ambition for continuous development. What you'll get in return You'll receive acompetitive salary and benefits package, with opportunities to influenceprocurement strategy and contribute to high-impact initiatives. The workingculture is structured and collaborative, with a focus on continuous improvementand professional development. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, please contact me directly via email at or call us now. Please only apply ifyou meet the criteria above to a high degree. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk