Sourcing Specialist

12-month Fixed Term Contract

About the role

As a Sourcing Specialist, you'll play an important role in keeping Nest's procurement activity running smoothly. Working alongside our Sourcing Business Partners, you'll provide commercial and administrative support across a range of procurement activities, helping colleagues navigate processes, managing stakeholder queries and ensuring procurement activity is delivered efficiently and compliantly. You'll be at the heart of the team, building relationships across the organisation and helping create value for Nest and our members. This is a varied role offering great exposure to the world of procurement and commercial management. You'll support lower-value sourcing activity, manage contract variations and change controls, oversee the procurement helpdesk and tender portals, coordinate team reporting and documentation, and assist with tender processes from initial planning through to contract award. It's an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys organisation, problem-solving and working with a wide range of stakeholders while developing their procurement expertise.

Minimum skills required

• Knowledge of public procurement regulations, including Managing Public Money, PCR 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023.
• Experience working with internal stakeholders and building effective working relationships.
• Experience supporting procurement, purchasing or contract administration activities.
• Confidence using online systems and tools, including tender portals and Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong organisational skills, with attention to detail and an understanding of compliance requirements.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm to develop a career in procurement, sourcing and commercial management.

Flexible and agile working

Everyone's personal situation is different. To make the most out of hybrid working, we've introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):

• hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once - twice a week, or more, as required)
• reduce or vary working hours
• reduce or vary the days worked
• work compressed hours
• job share

Directorate/Department Overview

The Finance Directorate, led by the Chief Financial Officer and their leadership team, is made up of three distinct teams:

• Finance
• Commercial Management
• Procurement

This role would be responsible for delivering core activity within the Strategic Sourcing Team.

Organisational Overview

Nest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country. Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save, our first-class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you’d expect to find in a thriving business. We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, race, religion/belief, ***, sexual orientation or socio economic background. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation. Nest is a Disability Confident Leader, which is the highest level of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have a disability, please declare that you’re applying through the scheme. We aim to offer an interview to those applicants who apply through the Disability Confident Scheme and best meet the minimum criteria. However, there may be some circumstances where this is not possible due to the volume of applications. Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of satisfactory applications. If you have any difficulty in sending your application or need the application pack in an alternative format, or you require any reasonable adjustments please contact .