Principality Building Society
Senior Buyer
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BELONG – There’s no place like Principality
At Principality, belonging isn’t just a value — it’s how we work every day. As a colleague, you’re already part of a supportive and inclusive community where your wellbeing, individuality, and life outside of work are genuinely respected. This internal opportunity is a chance to continue your journey with us, build on your experience, and grow your career within Principality.
We know that great work happens when people feel connected — to each other, to our purpose, and to the communities we serve. That’s why we focus on balance, invest in wellbeing, and encourage continuous learning and development across the organisation.
Why consider this opportunity?
This role offers an opportunity to further develop your skills and make a meaningful contribution within Principality, while continuing to benefit from the culture and ways of working you already know:
- Flexible hybrid working – Our established hybrid approach supports flexibility while maintaining collaboration. This role includes a minimum of 8 days per month based in our Cardiff office.
- An inclusive and supportive culture – We’re proud to be recognised as one of the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers (ranked 27th in 2025), reflecting our ongoing commitment to inclusion and belonging for all colleagues.
- Purpose-led work – Our continued recognition for customer satisfaction, including Double Gold Awards at the Fairer Finance Awards 2025 for Savings and Mortgages, reflects the impact colleagues make every day.
- Strong colleague engagement – Engagement scores consistently above 85% demonstrate the positive environment we strive to maintain together.
- Wellbeing support – Our Belong benefits package continues to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing throughout your career with us.
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These achievements are built by our people and reflect our shared commitment to supporting one another and delivering for our members. When it comes to belonging, there truly is no place like Principality — and this role is an opportunity to continue growing as part of it.
We are looking for a Senior Buyer
You will join our Procurement Team on a 12-month FTC and play a key role in delivering effective, commercially focused and well-governed procurement activity across Principality.
You will work closely with senior stakeholders, project teams, specialist functions and external suppliers, supporting procurement activity from sourcing and tender management through to contract drafting, implementation and ongoing supplier management.
What you’ll be doing:
- Managing IT procurement activities with expertise and analytical skills
- Developing risk-mitigating and value-adding sourcing strategies
- Conducting competitive tendering and evaluation processes
- Drafting and implementing IT contracts
- Supporting and advancing our strategic and transformational objectives
- Improving processes to deliver efficient service to internal customers
What we’re looking for:
- Proven experience delivering IT procurement initiatives at Senior Buyer level (or equivalent), managing end-to-end sourcing and commercial activities across technology categories
- Strong track record of leading procurement workstreams within complex, high-value, or business-critical IT projects, balancing commercial, operational, and risk considerations
- Demonstrable success in negotiating technology contracts and securing sustainable commercial outcomes
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility and communicate effectively with business, technology, risk, and senior leadership stakeholders
- Desirable: Experience supporting digital transformation or strategic technology programmes
- Desirable: Experience within a Financial Services or other highly regulated environment, although industry experience is not essential for the right candidate.
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Qualifications required:
- CIPS accreditation
Why join us?
This is a role where you can make a meaningful impact by helping the organisation buy well, manage supplier risk effectively and deliver value through strong commercial decision-making. You will work with a broad range of colleagues and stakeholders, contribute to important projects and help develop procurement knowledge across the business.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications.
If you have any questions in relation to this role, please contact the recruitment team at recruitment@principality.co.uk
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