Assistant Commercial Business Partner

at  St Jamess Place

St. James’s Place (SJP) works in partnership to plan, grow and protect our clients’ financial futures. We deliver personalised, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trust us to manage their money to reach their goals. We provide this service via the Partnership, a network of qualified, expert advisors. We put financial wellbeing and responsible business choices at the heart of everything we do. We believe in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help us problem solve and innovate for clients.
We look for people to join SJP to make an impact and to contribute to our culture which is based around long term relationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.
Location: Cirencester Office
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: Fixed-Term Contract
Seniority: Associate
We are looking for a logical Procurement Advisor to join the Group Expense Management Team in our Finance Division. The team is responsible for supplier onboarding and contract management and oversea the whole procurement lifecycle within SJP.
The Procurement Advisor will support the Procurement Consultants ensuring coverage for all business areas in relation to commercial and contractual procurement activity with third parties.
If you are a driven procurement professional with a keen interest in financial services, we would love you hear from you!

Supporting the activity of the Commercial Business Partner team in the relevant business areas
Assisting with on-boarding of suppliers from a commercial point of view, aligned to SJP’s relevant policies, processes and gets the best commercial and financial outcome for SJP.
Working flexibly on a range of agreed projects which may include contract reviews, market analysis, managing the tender process and performing contract negotiations.
Developing and of RFP documentation for issue to the supply chain, liaising with supplier on queries, managing responses to deadlines, developing market analysis and scoring of tenders against pre-determined criteria.
Working closely with assigned Expense Business Partners to fully understand the expense profile of business areas to develop an aligned expenses approach and ensure the best commercial outcomes.
Advising and providing training to SJP’s Supplier Relationship Managers on appropriate Procurement processes