Procurement Sourcing Analyst (Graduates welcome)

Helping over ten million people around the world manage their savings, retirement plans and life insurance requires a lot of people behind-the-scenes.  It’s up to us in L&G Group functions – which includes our tech and digital teams, Group Finance, HR, Risk and Corporate Comms to provide the essential support services that all areas of the business need, here in the UK and overseas. Simply put, we enable everyone at Legal & General to do what they do best. That means we’re helping to improve our customers’ lives, and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Location - Hove

Contract Type - Full time, permanent.

Your role at a glance

Would you like the opportunity to start your Procurement career working in a FTSE 100 business?

If you are a driven, curious, and data driven induvial, with an excellent attention to detail, and an interest in Procurement, then this is a fantastic opportunity to join our Procurement function as a Tactical Sourcing Analyst.

This is an exciting and entry level into Procurement, where you'll have the opportunity to support the Sourcing team with a variety of tasks. You'll be undertaking tactical sourcing activities on behalf of the company, which could involve assisting the sourcing specialist and managers with reviews, data, documentations, analysing pipelines and datasets, and getting involved in deals and contract negotiation.

You'll have lots of development opportunity in this role as you'll work different tasks that can help you explore the different aspects of Procurement with a business. This role is perfect for someone that has a strong interest and passion to start a career in Procurement, and you'll be join a highly skilled and experienced team that can provide support and guidance.

What you'll be doing

• Review and assess sourcing requests and define sourcing approach based on the value and risk in accordance with policies and process
• Undertake spend analysis and evaluation with a view to identifying anomalous spend and potential opportunities in line with Group strategy
• Planning and execution of allocated sourcing activities as required, ensuring they are in accordance with policies and practices
• Producing project reports and other MI, in a timely and accurate manner, as required
• Ensuring records are kept in accordance with requirements and expectations including but not limited to contract and supplier records, maintenance of the pipeline and capturing of validated savings and benefits
• Initial point of contact for new procurement enquiries and ensuring demand is captured appropriately, providing prompt, professional and courteous support to “how do I” enquiries from internal stakeholders
• Carry out all Sourcing activity in line with the company’s Consumer Duty accountability

What we're looking for

To be successful in this role you'll need a genuine interest in Procurement, with a desire to start a career in this exciting area of the business. You'll need to be curious, adaptable, and pro-active, as you take ownership of a variety of tasks that will support the team. Being personable, with the ability to build relationships, are key requirements for this role as your work with a variety of people across the team and wider business. 

Here's some of the experience that we'd love to see:

• Experience managing a variety of tasks in a fast paced environment.
• Experience and ability to prioritise busy workload, work to deadlines and ability to be flexible in a continuously changing environment
• Data analysis experience and skills would be highly advantageous.
• A good level of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, is essential.
• You'll have the ability to deal confidently with issues that arise and resolve or escalate as appropriate.  Seek proactive resolution and continuously suggest ways to improve existing processes and procedures
• Experience in Procurement, sourcing systems, and administrative practices would be desirable.

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings. 

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.