Procurement Category Manager

Job Description

We're making banking 10 times better.

Here at 10x Banking we believe banks are slowed down by their own legacy technology and we’re here to change that. Our community brings together banking industry knowledge with market-leading, next gen, cloud native technology required to move banking into the 21st century.

The biggest banks around the globe use our platform to power some of the world’s most innovative financial propositions. And to do this we’re building an engineering team that has the breadth of knowledge and experience we need to push our product forward.

We have headquarters in London and Sydney, but our 10x teams work around the globe with employees in Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa and all over the UK and Ireland.

Join us in our mission to transform banking for customers, banks and society!

About the role:

We are seeking a Procurement Category Manager to continue help shape the future of procurement & supplier management at 10x – We are in our final year of our supplier/cost rationalisation programme and we’re seeking someone who can join the team and help hit our targets.

You’ll be part of a driven team with lots of potential for personal and professional development. This an exciting challenge and a varied role since responsibilities will span the entire third-party management lifecycle from onboarding new third parties, raising purchase orders, contract management until renewal or exit and managing supplier risks.

About you

You are self-motivated and collaborative with some experience in supplier management, procurement or another related field - This is a great opportunity for someone who has the drive and passion in supplier management to learn, grow and truly make an impact on how 10x measures, monitors and provides fuel across our business.

As 10x’s Associate Category Manager you will:

• Support on several supplier engagements, across multiple teams, to ensure continuity of service through effective supplier and contract management.
• Be responsible for handling purchase orders, managing invoice queries, overseeing low-value spending, handling contracts, and generating ad-hoc reports
• Onboard new suppliers within agreed timeframes, whilst carrying out due-diligence processes and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Maintain supplier and contract records within our leading contract lifecycle management tool (Gatekeeper), using the automated workflows.

• Identify and monitor supplier risks, working with the supplier to remediate and highlighting to relevant teams within 10x.
• Work closely and collaboratively with numerous business operations and technical teams across the business, to ensure governance and compliance across the supply base.
• You will support continuous improvement within our team, through frequent reviews of our procurement process

Requirements

Ideally you will...

• Have previous experience in a role with exposure to Supplier Management and an understanding of managing suppliers through the supplier lifecycle.
• Be able to demonstrate negotiation, analytical & influencing skills
• Have the ability to work as a team player
• Be driven, organised, confident in your approach and have the ability use initiative to drive results
• Have a passion for procurement and how these principles can be applied to 10x’s mission; to transform banking for customers, banks and society.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills
• Well-structured and autonomous working style, with a strong ability to prioritise and manage workload
• Be able to build trusted and strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at various levels of seniority
• Have a desire to improve ways of working through an innovative and forward-thinking approach to the job.

If you also have experience of the following, we’d love to hear from you…

• Experience in a tech, fintech or other fast-paced scaling company would be advantageous (but not essential).

However...

A desire to get stuck in is more important than ticking every box on our checklist. So, if you’re interested in what we’re building and excited by our mission, get in touch anyway!

Benefits

At 10x Banking, we put our people first – we believe in empowering you to get the job done!

• 25 days of holiday in addition to Bank/Public Holidays (+ 1 day off on your birthday!)
• 4 wellbeing days (1 additional paid day off per quarter, aimed at supporting you to maintain your personal wellbeing)
• Remote enabled working: in person events twice per quarter, and agree your ways of working with your line manager outside of that!
• Regular social gatherings and affinity groups
• Work from anywhere outside your typical working location – up to 4 weeks a year!
• Career progression and learning pathways
• 1 paid volunteering day a year
• Enhanced parental policies, including time off for fertility treatment
• Sabbatical leave
• Options pool
• Private health insurance, with the option to add your family
• Pension scheme
• Public/Bank holiday swaps
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Subscription to Headspace wellbeing app
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
  
  

More about 10x

We are driven by the belief that whatever we do as a business has to be done in the right way. Our three core values of: Transformation, Integrity and Impact support this.

Discover what life is like at 10x over on Instagram and find out what the company is up to on Linkedin.

10x Ways of Working

We recognise that a better work/life balance can improve people’s motivation, performance and overall wellbeing. The Covid-19 pandemic changed a lot of things about the way we work, including the enablement of colleagues working from various locations and delivering high performance through the effective use of remote working technology.

10x is a fully ‘remote enabled’ organisation and supports agile working. This means colleagues can decide, in agreement with their line manager, their choice of working location which will enable them to achieve their personal and team objectives.

The regularity of office working differs from team to team, but if you are successful in your application a member of the Talent team will talk this through with you in detail before progressing you to the interview stage. As all employees are employed on London-based contracts, commuting costs to the office are covered by employees and not by 10x.

Equal opportunities for all

At 10x we are passionate about our people and are committed to fostering a more diverse and inclusive culture. We are building a community where every 10xer can bring their authentic self to work and feel empowered to reach their full potential. Our many employee networks help amplify this vision.

Alongside assessing technical capabilities to do the role, our assessment process will identify what you can uniquely bring to our 10x teams, and the potential you have to thrive here. Common to every role that 10xers perform, are 3 core competencies that we look for in our future 10xers – Business Impact, Change Driver & Delivery Excellence

We are committed to ensuring all job applicants are treated equally and fairly and encourage applicants of all ethnicities, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, age, neurodiversity or disability status.

Accommodations

We recognize not everyone is the same. In fact, we embrace difference. If you require any form of accommodation during the interview process, please tell us so we can make arrangements to support. Any information that you provide will be recorded and maintained confidentially.

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