Lloyds Banking Group: Sourcing Manager – Marketing & Legal (Procurement) in Bristol, UK

As a category sourcing manager in procurement, you’ll lead delivery of sourcing category projects and aligned supplier management activities. You’ll create strong collaborative partnerships with senior customers to influence business priorities and understand future trends and requirements. You’ll lead on all activities in line with all relevant Group policies and within Group risk appetite. This role is a permanent position within Lloyds Banking Group

• Operating as a member of the Marketing and Legal category sourcing team, with a team of expert sourcing professionals, contributing to the ongoing development of the category vision and purpose, supporting the continued advancement of the function
• Supporting our Marketing and Group Corporate Affairs (GCA) colleagues with their commercial needs through the delivery of great sourcing strategies to meet their business goals
• Developing and nurturing critical relationships with key partners, driving commercial thinking by challenging what we have always done to deliver greater commercial value for the organisation
• Maintaining an effective and up to date understanding of the marketing, legal and professional services category, looking after critical supplier relationships to seek early access to new and innovative product developments, allowing you to build and deliver to support the Group’s transformation