About The Role

Team – Sourcing - Group Operations

Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth Office. Full time, 35 hours per week.

What this role is all about:

As part of the Sourcing team, you will be responsible for Vitality’s end to end sourcing and supplier management activities within the technology category.

This includes the identification, engagement and onboarding of third parties for IT products and services; the ongoing management of Vitality’s existing IT supplier base; and the category management of areas of spend to drive best value.

Vitality are a tech-driven organisation with a wide range of IT sourcing activity. Software forms a large part of the category and an ability to manage licence renewals alongside other areas of IT spend will be key to your success.

Key Actions

Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to define category focused sourcing strategies to meet sourcing and business objectives.
Identify and deliver value through spend reduction opportunities, supplier consolidation and value adding activities.
Utilise existing knowledge and conduct market research to identify potential suppliers, define the preferred sourcing solution, and manage any competitive (RFI/RFP) exercises to meet business and commercial requirements.
Perform on-going supplier management and assurance activities across a portfolio of suppliers to help Vitality effectively manage service performance, cost and risk in its supply chain.
Act as an escalation point for issues with suppliers and support the business in the resolution of issues.
Effectively manage a portfolio of contracts via the Contract Lifecycle Management process and identify efficiency improvements and cost savings, whilst enabling the business to maintain required service levels and mitigate risk.

What do you need to thrive?

Possess specific knowledge within the IT sourcing category
Have a proven track record in a sourcing environment, with a history of savings delivery
Have impressive experience of negotiations with suppliers to deliver value and mitigate contractual risk
Possess a great attention to detail and a strong desire to seek ways to deliver continuous improvement.
Be able to communicate, influence, and network with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally

So, what’s in it for you?

Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
Be there for you when you need us.
Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About Us

We're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!

Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.

We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.

Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait.

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Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality’s approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-Hybrid

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.

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