Junior Procurement Buyer

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January 31, 2026 (16 days left to apply) job requisition :
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**** About the Business
**** Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation.
Quilter oversees £134.8 billion in customer investments (as of September 2025). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments:
Affluent and High Net Worth.
Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business.
High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning – offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.
At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues.
Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!#
**** About the Role
**** We are strengthening our buying and supplier management capability and are looking for an early‑career professional to support end‑to‑end sourcing activity across a variety of categories. In this role, you will help deliver compliant, value‑for‑money outcomes while contributing to a positive stakeholder experience. You will gain hands‑on learning through structured mentoring, guided practice, and access to formal development opportunities—including support toward CIPS qualifications where appropriate.
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* Key responsibilities:

*** Deliver light‑touch sourcing activity, including competitive quotes and proposal evaluations, supporting negotiations to achieve value, quality, and risk control.
* Support supplier due diligence (financial, information security, ESG) and ensure accurate onboarding in core systems.
* Manage purchase‑to‑pay tasks such as raising/receipting POs, maintaining catalogues, and promoting compliance with preferred suppliers and contracts.
* Maintain accurate spend and contract data; create simple dashboards and highlight saving or leakage opportunities.
* Draft and maintain standard procurement documents (NDAs, SoWs, change notes) and track key obligations and milestones.
* Act as a first point of contact for routine procurement queries, escalating appropriately and helping colleagues follow the correct buying process.
* Adhere to Procurement policy, governance, and audit requirements to support safe, fair, and compliant purchasing.
* Contribute to process and template improvements that simplify and enhance the buying experience.#
**** About You
***** Foundational procurement/commercial experience gained through purchasing admin, category support, supplier management, finance/AP, supply chain, commercial contracts, internship, or placement.
* Working knowledge of the buying lifecycle, from need definition to sourcing, contracting, PO management, and supplier performance.
* Strong numeracy and basic Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP) to analyse spend and present insights clearly.
* Organised and detail‑focused, maintaining accurate trackers, clean records, and meeting deadlines.
* Effective communicator with the ability to build rapport, ask good questions, and work constructively with stakeholders and suppliers.
* Good judgement and integrity, knowing when to escalate and following governance and confidentiality requirements.

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