Senior Buyer (12m FTC)

BELONG – There’s no place like Principality

At Principality, belonging isn’t just a value — it’s how we work. When you join us, you’re welcomed into a supportive, inclusive community where your home life, wellbeing, and individuality are genuinely respected. From flexible ways of working to benefits designed around you, we’re committed to helping you feel comfortable, valued, and able to thrive.

We believe great work happens when people feel connected — to each other, to our purpose, and to the communities we serve. That’s why we encourage balance, invest in wellbeing, and focus on growing and improving together.

Why join us?

There are plenty of reasons to build your career with Principality:

• Flexible hybrid working – Our award-winning approach gives you the flexibility to work from home and from the office. Collaboration matters to us, so you’ll spend at least 8 days per month based in our Cardiff office.
• A truly inclusive workplace – Proudly named in the 2025 Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List, ranked 27th, recognising our ongoing commitment to inclusion and belonging.
• Customer excellence you can be proud of – Winners of Double Gold Awards for Customer Satisfaction at the Fairer Finance Awards 2025 for both Savings and Mortgages.
• Engaged, supported colleagues – Our colleague engagement scores consistently exceed 85%, reflecting a positive and supportive culture.
• Wellbeing at the heart of what we do – Our Belong benefits package is designed to put our people first, supporting your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

These achievements reflect more than awards — they represent our long-term commitment to creating a workplace where colleagues feel supported and customers feel cared for.

When it comes to belonging, there truly is no place like Principality.

We are looking for a Senior Buyer to join our Procurement Team on a 12-month FTC and play a key role in delivering effective, commercially focused and well-governed procurement activity across Principality.

You will work closely with senior stakeholders, project teams, specialist functions and external suppliers, supporting procurement activity from sourcing and tender management through to contract drafting, implementation and ongoing supplier management.

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing IT procurement activities with expertise and analytical skills
• Developing risk-mitigating and value-adding sourcing strategies
• Conducting competitive tendering and evaluation processes
• Drafting and implementing IT contracts
• Supporting and advancing our strategic and transformational objectives
• Improving processes to deliver efficient service to internal customers
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What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience delivering IT procurement initiatives at Senior Buyer level (or equivalent), managing end-to-end sourcing and commercial activities across technology categories
• Strong track record of leading procurement workstreams within complex, high-value, or business-critical IT projects, balancing commercial, operational, and risk considerations
• Demonstrable success in negotiating technology contracts and securing sustainable commercial outcomes,
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility and communicate effectively with business, technology, risk, and senior leadership stakeholders
• Desirable: Experience supporting digital transformation or strategic technology programmes
• Desirable: Experience within a Financial Services or other highly regulated environment, although industry experience is not essential for the right candidate.

Qualifications required:

• CIPS accreditation

Why join us?

This is a role where you can make a meaningful impact by helping the organisation buy well, manage supplier risk effectively and deliver value through strong commercial decision-making. You will work with a broad range of colleagues and stakeholders, contribute to important projects and help develop procurement knowledge across the business.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications.

If you have any questions in relation to this role, please contact the recruitment team at -recruitment@principality.co.uk

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