Developer, Vendor Management

Santander ,
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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Why apply for this role? It's a great time to join the Vendor Management team in Milton Keynes on our transformation journey, building process automations, business applications, data visualisations and other exciting innovations. If you have a strong mix of interpersonal and technical skills, then we want to speak to you. If you have an inquisitive attitude, if you are always looking for ways to make your work more efficient, if you've automated and re-engineered a process using your technical skills, then we want to speak to you. If you are proficient at least one programming language, and not scared of learning new things on the fly, then we want to speak to you. If you use your own judgement to identify and explore a problem, developing a solution that adds value; If you combine a technical capability with project management skills with the presentation to senior stakeholders and you've been able to sell your innovations, then we want to speak to you. If that's you, we would like to offer you the opportunity to develop all those skills and to involve yourself with the latest technologies across a breadth of applications including PostgreSQL, Hadoop, Python, MicroStrategy and SQL, and with the freedom to explore alternatives. If you want to work in a fast-paced, ideas focused, skills incubator with a strong focus on colleague development and career progression, then join us and help to shape a transforming workforce. What you'll be doing Supporting the senior management team to design and develop new digital solutions, using your judgement and experience to decide the best approach. Reducing vendor costs, improving vendor performance for customers and reducing risk. Leading projects and driving strategic digital initiatives. Recommending changes, automations and optimizations to policies and procedures. Managing relationships between the business, Finance, Procurement and IT. Encouraging the development and uptake of digital tools. What we're looking for Experience on transformational programs and working with many different stakeholders including IT and third-party vendors. Proficient in at least one programming language. Able to design and maintain a relational database. The ability to perform analysis and present your findings in a compelling way. Able to talk someone round to your way of thinking. Good Excel & Powerpoint skills. What else you need to know You'll be based in one of our biggest offices in the UK, right in the heart of Milton Keynes. It's conveniently located only a short walking distance from Milton Keynes Central rail station and Shopping Centre. Offering an onsite gym, restaurant, coffee shop and banking facilities, the atmosphere is a vibrant one. With plenty of opportunities to socialise and get involved in local community and charity work How we'll reward you As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs. Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus Pension with generous contributions of up to 12.5% from Santander, depending on your own contribution and length of employment with us 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year £6,000 car allowance per year Company funded individual private medical insurance Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover Share in Santander's success by investing in our Sharesave and Partnership shares plans For more information about our wide range of benefits and family friendly policies visit our website. Why Santander? At Santander, with only a small action or a simple idea, you can achieve great things. You can improve the daily life of more than 140 million people. You can collaborate with a friendly team of more than 200,000 employees. It doesn't stop there. You'll also be part of a vibrant organisation that's been reinventing itself for more than 160 years. One that invests millions of pounds in training its people every year. One that helps more than 2 million people every year with social programmes. We call it TheSantanderEffect. Equal Opportunities Santander are an equal opportunities employer. When we talk about diversity, we don't just want to pay lip service. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our people. It's important to us that we create an inclusive culture where everyone counts, and we particularly welcome applications from different underrepresented groups. For more information on our commitment to equal opportunities, please visit our diversity page here. What to do next If this sounds like a role you're interested in, then please apply on the link below. Due to high volume of applications we may need to close this role earlier than the advertised date, so recommend submitting an application as soon as possible. This job was originally posted as www.cwjobs.co.uk/job/89907676

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