Group IT Procurement Adviser

Benefact Group; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable financial services group seeks a Group Procurement Adviser specializing in IT to join the Gloucester office. The role entails sourcing IT goods, managing contracts, and ensuring compliance with internal policies. Ideal candidates will possess IT procurement experience, negotiation skills, and be comfortable managing stakeholder relationships. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working, and a host of employee benefits. Contributions to charity and personal development are emphasized in this role.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid working

Group Personal Pension

Generous annual bonus scheme

Extended annual leave

Health and wellbeing benefits

Annual personal grant to charity

Volunteering day

Employee Assistance Programme

Full study support

Access to virtual GP

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Qualifications

• IT procurement experience is essential.
• Ability to negotiate effectively with suppliers.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance for contracts.
• Confidence in managing a diverse range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier relationships and contract accuracy.
• Lead tender processes and coordinate supplier responses.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and track savings.
• Assess contract risks and ensure compliance.

Skills

IT Procurement experience

Effective negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Risk management knowledge

Job description

Job Details

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Gloucester

Job Ref: 204362

About The Role

Benefact Group is looking for a Group Procurement Adviser, specialising in IT, to join our Gloucester office.

You will support the sourcing and procurement of IT goods and services, ensuring value for money, compliance with internal policies, and alignment with the Group’s technology strategy. The role will focus on sourcing, contract management, supplier performance, and stakeholder engagement across IT categories such as software, hardware, cloud services, and telecoms.

Why Join Us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked among the UK’s cité 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 militants and good causes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supplier & Contract Oversight: Manage stakeholder relationships, oversee supplier selection and monitoring, and ensure contract accuracy and completeness
• Strategic Procurement & Tendering: Lead tender processes, coordinate supplier responses, and manage contract drafting and due diligence
• Cost Optimization & Budgeting: Identify cost‑saving opportunities, support budget holders with expense planning, and track savings through contract management plans
• Risk & Compliance Management: Assess contract risks, monitor supplier credit ratings, and ensure adherence to the SRM Framework and regulatory reporting
• Operational Support & Governance: Guide contract relationship managers, prioritize critical contracts, and manage the Procure to Pay (P2P) process and technology requisitions

What You’ll Need to Have

• IT Procurement experience
• Effective negotiation skills utilising suppliers to drive the best value out of contracts
• Proven ability Sitemap to identify risks to the group and in‑depth knowledge of the due diligence process to mitigate them
• Confidence in managing stakeholders at all levels and providing appropriate challenge
• Knowledge of regulations for critical/important contracts, including PRA SS2/21 Material Outsourcing, Third Party Risk Management, PRA SS1/21 Operational Resilience, FCA Rulebook, EIOPA DORA, CBI Guidance on Outsourcing and EBA Outsourcing to Cloud

What Makes You Stand Out

• Financial services experience preferred, but not essential

What We Offer

• A competitive salary – let’s discuss it
• Hybrid working
• Group Personal Pension – up to 12% employer contribution
• Generous annual bonus scheme between 6% and 24%
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and a holiday buy‑and‑sell scheme
• 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

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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 third largest UK-lined donor over a decade*, having donated £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 cultureباش kindness, great ambition, and 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.

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• Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26