Job Description
At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.
Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.
We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.
Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:
interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.
About the role:
Our Global Procurement Team support the wider business in the procuring of goods and /or services to enable the organisation’s day to day operations. Using effective business partnering we support the delivery of commercial value whilst achieving improved service and effective risk management within the supply chain.
Occupying a key position in the Procurement team, you will need to develop an understanding of our business and our suppliers in order to maximise performance and efficiencies. You need the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the Aberdeen organisation and with external third-party suppliers.
You will work closely with SRM’s and key business partners to share knowledge, experience, and expertise related to standard methodology. You will be responsible for coordinating procurement activities for important business projects and applying strategic procurement techniques and standard processes to improve value for Aberdeen. You will provide SME procurement input and expertise to contribute to, and enable, the development of Category Strategies.
We are looking for you to map the current and future spend, conducting analysis of spend, scanning the market, challenging the status quo and looking at how the provided services can be delivered more efficiently and effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
Support the execution of procurement plans across in-scope expenditure, consistent with Aberdeen’s Procurement strategy and business requirements
Meet the needs of Aberdeen in terms of security of supply and regulatory compliance, quality, service, continuous improvement and delivery of best value
Develop and support the implementation of procurement systems and solutions to address business requirements and challenges whilst maximising value and ensuring delivery of breakthrough results.
Lead high level procurement initiatives including Tenders, RFP’s and negotiations, using appropriate procurement systems with legal and business participation.
Provide SME procurement input and expertise to contribute to, and enable, the development of Category Strategies
Work with the Global Head of Strategic Sourcing and the Global Head of Procurement Compliance & Governance to collaborate and engage with key business stakeholders in Aberdeen.
Work with the Global Head of Strategic Sourcing and the Global Head of Procurement Compliance & Governance to manage relationships with key suppliers, to ensure effective supplier and contract management to drive the maximum value
Understand regulatory requirements and supplier business strategies to support in the effective management of Third-Party risk.
Keep abreast of developments within supply markets to enable competitive analysis and support in the development of risk management and mitigation plans
Keep abreast of current procurement techniques and use and deploy them, as appropriate, to ensure areas of responsibility are at the forefront of modern thinking, and proactively support the further development of the Global Procurement function
About The Candidate:
Experience in a fast-paced Procurement environment is essential
Experience managing RFP processes to completion
Experience in engaging and managing customers and partners successfully
Demonstrable experience of negotiating, influencing, and building strong stakeholder relationships
Ability to communicate effectively at a senior level
Technologically literate – proven ability to optimise outcomes by demonstrating the use of sourcing tools & technology including automated processes.
Financially literate – able to understand profit & loss accounts and balance sheets, and understand the importance and impact of cash flow within our business
Ability to challenge the status quo and see the comprehensive view of the bigger picture.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. Therefore, if you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire and one of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.
Our benefits
There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.
When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.
Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.
We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.
