Responsibilities

• Build and implement a fit-for-purpose procurement framework, including policies, controls and governance.
• Conduct spend analysis to identify opportunities, with a particular focus on IT services, infrastructure, and digital suppliers.
• Lead supplier negotiations across key categories, especially IT services (managed services, SaaS, infrastructure, cyber).
• Establish supplier due diligence processes and maintain a central supplier register.
• Manage contract lifecycle (negotiation, renewal, compliance, documentation).
• Drive cost efficiencies and value improvement across the supplier base.
• Partner with IT and senior stakeholders to shape sourcing strategies for technology solutions.
• Evaluate and negotiate contracts with IT vendors, ensuring scalability, security and value.
• Support vendor selection for systems, tools and outsourcing arrangements.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory expectations around third-party technology risk and outsourcing.
• Introduce best practices in IT supplier governance and performance management.
• Support audit, regulatory and board-level reporting on supplier risk and performance.
• Oversee facilities management across UK and international offices.
• Manage vendors for office services, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency.
• Support office projects (relocations, refurbishments and fit-outs).

Candidate Requirements

• Right to work in this location
• Proven experience in procurement or supply chain, ideally within financial services, insurance or professional services.
• Strong track record in IT procurement (managed services, SaaS, infrastructure, cloud).
• Experience building or transforming procurement functions.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of third-party risk, outsourcing, and regulatory requirements (e.g., FCA/PRA).
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across business and IT teams.
• CIPS qualification (or working towards).
• Experience across multiple international jurisdictions.

Benefits

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a global speciality reinsurance company that offers capital and liability solutions to its clients. As an ambitious business, we invest in data and technology. Benefits include: competitive salary & annual bonus, health & wellbeing subsidy, generous pension, private healthcare, life assurance, income protection, 25 days annual leave, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, electric vehicle scheme, EAP, learning support, hybrid working, employee socials.

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Group

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an insurance & reinsurance legacy specialist focused on the acquisition and management of discontinued non-life portfolios, with operations in Bermuda, Finland, Germany, Malta, Switzerland and the UK.