Junior Buyer

BELONG. There’s no place like Principality.

Our home is your home. So, when you decide to join the team, we’ll go further to bring you the warmest of welcomes. From a friendly and inviting environment to a flexible benefit package designed around you – when it comes to belonging, there really is no place like Principality. We keep it flexible wherever possible; we encourage you to look after yourself; we do our bit in the communities we serve and support you in doing the same, and we promise to get better together.

Some reasons you may want to consider working with us; we have an award-winning flexible/hybrid working policy, we’re a 2022 winner of UK Best Large Workplaces for Women, we have a newly refurbished hi-tech office in the centre of Cardiff designed around colleague feedback, we ranked number 6 for wellbeing in 2022,  we have an extensive financial and well-being benefits package ‘’Belong’’ designed to put our people first, we have consistent colleague engagement scores of over 85% and a caring community of supportive Networks. But that’s not all, discover why there’s really no place like Principality; https://www.principality.co.uk/careers

We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Buyer to join the team to manage transactional procurement activity across the procurement lifecycle and support Senior Buyers with business-critical procurement activity.

Responsibilities will include:

• Providing an effective and efficient support service for procurement activity within the business – supporting business users and the members of the procurement team.
• Supporting the Procurement team in the management of business-critical procurement activity, taking responsibility for new and renewing contracts
• Maintaining accurate data on the contract management system to allow for regulatory reporting.
• Supporting the management of all procurement related systems and processes across the business
• Responsible for ensuring our contract management system is kept up to date and that colleagues using the purchase order system are trained and supported.

What we are looking for: 

• Strong communication and people skills with the ability to build relationships and influence at all levels. 
• Great analytical skills including numeracy
• Great attention to details skills
• Experience in time and priority management
• Proficient in MS Office including spreadsheets/PowerPoint
• Invested interest in developing Procurement expertise and studying for Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) Level 3

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

‘’We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated and where colleagues feel a sense of belonging’’ Daniel Priest, Inclusion Manager. But don’t just take our word for it, see what our colleagues say about working here too; Careers (principality.co.uk)