Category & Sourcing Analyst 12 month Fixed Term Contract| S2 | CFO | Multiple Locations
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Location
Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/31/2025
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Description
Country: United Kingdom
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As the Category & Sourcing Analyst you will support the Category & Sourcing Lead and Managers, assisting Santander UK and other group entities that Santander UK provide service to in achieving its cost to income targets.
This role will contribute to enabling the Procurement team in being the first point of call for professional advisory support to achieve the optimum outcomes for the bank. The role helps maintain and analyse MI and data that is required for day-to-day management of category, sourcing and supplier management as well as looking for opportunities to enhance the value for the business.
The difference you’ll make:
As Category & Sourcing Analyst you’ll play a key part in the continual evolvement of Cost Management and Procurement, driving us towards Even Better Cost Management and Procurement. Providing cross business and category analysis you will help identify opportunities to improve sourcing outcomes and see these from ideation to execution. You will act as an expert reference point for the banks cost management process and the external market. You will also ensure that quality, compliance and cost-effectiveness of the work delivered by our suppliers meets Santander expectations
The specific responsibility of the role is to lead and manage the team to deliver the following:
This role is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Our preferred location for this role is Unity Place we will also consider applications from Bradford and Glasgow
We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).
If you apply for this role in (this /any of these) locations, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location(s).
We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.
Inclusion
At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.
How We’ll Reward You.
As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs. For part-time / contract roles, your salary, bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your working hours / contract duration.
If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.
If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through email. You can contact us at [email protected].
Join our community:
As the Category & Sourcing Analyst you will support the Category & Sourcing Lead and Managers, assisting Santander UK and other group entities that Santander UK provide service to in achieving its cost to income targets.
This role will contribute to enabling the Procurement team in being the first point of call for professional advisory support to achieve the optimum outcomes for the bank. The role helps maintain and analyse MI and data that is required for day-to-day management of category, sourcing and supplier management as well as looking for opportunities to enhance the value for the business.
The difference you’ll make:
As Category & Sourcing Analyst you’ll play a key part in the continual evolvement of Cost Management and Procurement, driving us towards Even Better Cost Management and Procurement. Providing cross business and category analysis you will help identify opportunities to improve sourcing outcomes and see these from ideation to execution. You will act as an expert reference point for the banks cost management process and the external market. You will also ensure that quality, compliance and cost-effectiveness of the work delivered by our suppliers meets Santander expectations
The specific responsibility of the role is to lead and manage the team to deliver the following:
- Day to day tracking of output and sourcing pipeline delivery of tactical procurement.
- Understand and analyse data to support the production and maintenance of relevant MI & Reporting; including contributing to category strategies, sourcing activities, savings reporting and supplier management packs and meetings.
- Contribute ideas to drive cost and business benefits (tangible & intangible) to deliver against Procurement and business targets
- Support in the generation of RFXs and negotiation strategies
- Delivery of negotiations through procurement systems.
- Experience of successful category management in a global procurement organization.
- Strong sourcing administration skills, gained from execution of sourcing activity at volume.
- Analytical skills and knowledge
- Experience in operating in procurement systems (SAP, Globality etc)
- Basic knowledge of the Financial Services regulatory framework
- Experience in analytical tools, (BI, Tableau etc)
- Experience of supplier management
This role is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Our preferred location for this role is Unity Place we will also consider applications from Bradford and Glasgow
We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).
If you apply for this role in (this /any of these) locations, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location(s).
We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.
Inclusion
At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.
How We’ll Reward You.
As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs. For part-time / contract roles, your salary, bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your working hours / contract duration.
- £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits. *Include salary where authorised
- We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
- 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
- Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.
- Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
- 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more.
- Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: medical insurance, dental insurance, and health assessments.
If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.
If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through email. You can contact us at [email protected].
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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