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Group Procurement Consultant, Gloucester
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Client:
Ecclesiastical Insurance Group
Location:
Gloucester, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
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Job Views:
6
Posted:
19.08.2025
Expiry Date:
03.10.2025
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Job Description:
Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Duration: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Gloucester
Job Ref: 204107
About the role
Benefact Group, are looking for a Group Procurement Consultant to join our Gloucester office. This position is available on a 12 month fixed term contract to expand the capacity of Group Procurement team to lead and effectively manage critical tenders.
Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes.
What you'll be doing
* Leading, managing and executing the Procurement requirements for a critical tender process within Ecclesiastical Insurance, ensuring regulations are adhered to and evidenced.
* Ensuring procurement is conducted in a transparent and ethical manner aligned with corporate policies, stakeholder needs and applicable regulations.
* Preparing and issuing tender pack, reviewing and scoring responses with stakeholders.
* Conducting reference calls, demos, workshops where applicable during the tender process.
* Negotiating terms and conditions with supplier contracts
* Supporting risk management by identifying and mitigating procurement risks.
What you'll need to have
* Relevant experience with the following financial services regulations;
o PRA SS2/21 Material Outsourcing and Third Party Risk Management
o PRA SS1/21 Operational Resilience
o EBA Outsourcing to the Cloud
o FCA Handbook
o EIOPA DORA
o CBI Guidance on Outsourcing
* Experience in running competitive tenders for critical services in financial services company
* Experience in notifying regulators of material outsourcing arrangements
* Effective communication and stakeholder engagement attributes
* Ensuring all necessary steps completed and evidenced in Procurement Framework
What makes you stand out
* An insurance and technical background
* Solvency II requirements for outsourcing knowledge and understanding
* Policy administration system tendering experience
What we offer
* A competitive salary - let's discuss it
* Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
* Generous annual bonus scheme between 7.5% and 30%
* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
* An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
* £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
* Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Full study support to gain professional qualifications
* Access to virtual GP
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Hear from the hiring manager
"We are a small team looking to increase our capacity to lead a high volume of critical tenders. You will be working as part of the Group Procurement who are an experienced and supportive team".
About us
Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.
We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.
At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.
If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.
*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26
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