About AXA:
AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them. As the sixth-largest insurance company in the world, we provide a wide range of services, including health, car, home, and business insurance. We support millions of customers worldwide, helping them navigate life's uncertainties with confidence.
AXA Global Healthcare offers global healthcare support and protection to individuals and businesses in more than 200 countries, building on over 55 years of experience through its international hubs.
Job overview:
In this role, you'll lead procurement efforts, build and maintain strategic relationships with suppliers, and provide expert advice to your stakeholder groups. Your goal is to ensure that the delivery of goods, services, and works is effective, compliant, and offers the best value for money. You'll work closely with the Finance team, supporting senior Finance management by developing procurement strategies, negotiating contracts, and making sure all activities adhere to regulations and company policies. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to make a direct impact on procurement excellence and build strong supplier partnerships while working within a collaborative and compliant environment.
Key responsibilities:
- Establish and document procurement frameworks and processes across AXA Global Healthcare to ensure they are clearly documented, agreed upon, and consistently applied.
- Lead market analysis through tender specifications, RFPs/RFIs, and develop procurement advisory papers and reports for approval by senior Finance management, ensuring timely delivery, high-quality specifications, stakeholder satisfaction, and cost savings.
- Lead commercial and contract negotiations, drafting documentation for new engagements, renewals, and work orders, with success measured by supplier performance scores, contract compliance rates, demand optimisation, and resolution of issues within agreed timelines.
- Oversee the due diligence process, ensuring robust documentation and evidence for all new engagements, with success measured by cost savings, contract renewals in line with procurement standards such as MCPF and compliance with procurement policies GORP and GVRF.
- Retender all term contracts, adopting strict procurement procedures and company policies to ensure compliance, with measures including negotiation success rate, reduction in contractual disputes, cost reduction opportunities, and achievement of service credits.
- Perform regular monitoring of existing relationships and partnerships to ensure adherence to agreements, review financial performance, and escalate concerns to senior Finance management, with success measured by contract expiry and renewal rates and proactive issue resolution.
- Lead Third Party Risk Management initiatives, establishing documented best practices to improve the control environment for third parties in compliance with regulatory requirements.
Work arrangements:
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events.
We’re also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.
We know that some candidates may be discouraged from applying if they don't meet every requirement. If you’re excited by this job and the prospect of working at AXA but you’re not sure you tick every box, we’d still encourage you to apply.
Your skills & experience:
- Demonstrated strong procurement expertise across a wide range of categories including IT, Networks, Digital Assets, and Applications, with the ability to manage end-to-end procurement processes for diverse requirements.
- Proven negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build strategic relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders across various functions.
- Solid analytical and market research capabilities, with the ability to interpret legal and contractual documents effectively.
- Experience leading procurement projects, demonstrating strong project management skills and the ability to deliver results on time and within scope.
- Relevant industry- standard procurement qualifications such as CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or equivalent certifications.
- Extensive experience in procurement, contract negotiations, and supplier relationship management within corporate or regulated environments, successfully managing complex procurements across a range of categories.
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
To apply, click on the ‘apply now’ button, you’ll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to Bessie.Norris@axa-uk.co.uk.
We encourage you to apply for this opportunity as soon as possible, as we may close this advert earlier than the listed closing date.
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