What is the opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity to drive the strategy and governance framework for managing third party suppliers with exposure to the Group Executive

Transformation leadership to drive stronger commercial outcomes with third party vendors

This is a 12 month contract opportunity

In this role you will

• Responsible for providing commercial insights on the spend with third party providers, developing governance frameworks and strategies to drive value for money on third party spend

• Engage with Group Procurement, business and finance stakeholders to ensure delivery of initiatives and realisation of financial benefits

• Utilising spend data cubes and reporting to drive insights and identify trends

• Tracking and reporting of initiative progress and benefit realisation as part of the F4F team, with timely identification of emerging risks and opportunities, to ensure targets are met

• Manage deadlines to ensure efficient and effective delivery of initiatives

What will make you stand out

• You have a fantastic track record of interpreting financial and business information to influence and challenge the key drivers of business performance, including costs

• Strong networking skills, with the capability to establish and build excellent working relationships and the flexibility to operate effectively up and down in a matrix environment;

• Your stakeholder management and interpersonal impact and is second to none

• You have a great ability and desire for pro-active teamwork to deliver business objectives;

• Strong delivery focus with ability to meet challenging deadlines, and multiple priorities

• You have a keen eye for business with ability to align change with wider strategic goals

• Desire to lead and influence change in support of business objectives

Essential Qualifications

There are no specific qualifications or minimum educational requirements needed for this role.

More about the team

The Fit for Future (F4F) team sits within Group Finance and is responsible for driving the Group's strategic cost programme, working collaboratively with Divisions and Programmes on the identification of initiatives and the delivery of our strategic cost saving ambitions.

This is a hybrid role and can be done anywhere in the Republic of Ireland with the primary office location as Dublin. Travel will be required for in-person collaboration -exact frequency to be agreed with manager. #LI-HYBRID #IJ-HYBRID

Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 25 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.

Your wellbeing is important to us; we have an employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

Flexible working matching promise

We know how important flexible working arrangements are to our colleagues and we promise to try to match your current flexible working arrangement in this new role (all existing working arrangements considered!)