Category Buyer

Job description

Join our IT procurement development programme, and we will give you the opportunity to become an Aviva leader of the future.

Our two-year programme is designed to develop your business and commercial skills in a fast-paced and exciting part of our business. Based in Norwich, you will be a member of a procurement team that looks after all technology solutions including digital, software and infrastructure that run our business.

We believe that ambition, an eye for business, unshakeable commitment and a positive, influential personality will be essential to success in this role.

We are looking to hold an assessment day in February 2020, details TBC.

Role and Responsibilities

• Work closely with colleagues to understand their objectives and how the team can help achieve these goals.
• Support procurement to deliver savings and maximise value to ensure the team contributes to Aviva as a whole.
• Build relationships with our suppliers to identify new innovations and opportunities to deliver more value.
• Become an expert in the commercial process by working closely with other departments such as legal, IT security and architecture.
• Work on your own initiative as an effective team contributor, by planning workload, identifying priorities and ensuring team delivery.
• Analyse management information outcomes in order to recommend and manage change.
• Take ownership for your personal development and attainment of relevant qualifications as agreed with the support of your manager.

Skills and Experience

• A 2.1 degree in either a commercial (Business, Finance, Management etc.) or academic subject would be useful but is not essential.
• Highly numerate, comfortable interpreting detailed data and producing simple and logical presentations.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Comfortable working within a team.
• Highly organised.
• Delivery and results focused.
• Commercial work experience would be useful but is not essential.

What will you get for this role?

• Annual salary between £21,200 - £26,200 depending on skills, qualifications and experience.
• Generous defined contribution pension scheme.
• Annual performance related bonus and pay review.
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days.
• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family (some exclusions apply).
• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme.

Oh and by the way…

At Aviva we always ‘Care More'. It's our thing. We're all about our people – that's you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you need to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we're very open to that. We'll even try to bend work around your further studies or hobbies where we can.

We care deeply about welcoming people no matter where they're from, how old they are or what disability they have. We encourage applications from every age, race, ethnicity, disability, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or caring responsibility. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you!

As part of that we interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Just send us an email once you've applied, and we'll make sure we interview you.

If you like the sound of all that, we'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you need an alternative method of applying, please give Megan Douglas a call on: 0121 234 7665 or send an email to: megan.douglas@aviva.com.

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria' we mean you must provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.