Procurement Assistant

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If you are looking for a career, with genuine opportunities to move up the ladder, then we are a company that wants to help you, guide you and inspire you to achieve your full potential. Our Relationship Management team are looking for a new assistant.

The job will give you some fantastic opportunities to work across different areas, with a variety of people at all levels of seniority.

You will assist the Relationship Manager to develop, manage and advise on relationships with external organisations, overseeing and co-ordinating mutually beneficial relationships built on a firm understanding of one another's policies and strategic priorities.

We are looking for a genuine team player who can work alongside a team of experts and industry professionals.

As part of this role, you will be expected to : -

• Help build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders/third parties
• Help identify and act appropriately to address any stakeholder issues
• Contribute to the overall development and maintenance of more 2 life's reputation
• Have a customer focus
• Support the development and implementation of changes and policies that cater to third party/stakeholder relations
• Be a key contact to manage and deal with daily enquiries by third parties/stakeholders
• Attend, minute, chair or manage governance for more 2 life's third parties which includes conveyancer, surveyors and packagers
• Help develop, maintain and manage service standards and agreements in line with contractual obligations
• Assist business units to effectively consult and engage stakeholders on relevant projects
• Support stakeholder forums, meetings and management information
• Ensure relevant management information is compiled and analysed
• To liaise with key personnel within the business
• To comply with all FCA policies and procedures and any legal and regulatory requirements that the company is obliged to adhere to
• To assist in the delivery of projects where applicable
• Monitor and ensure SLAs are adhered to
• Advising senior management of issues and/or risks to stakeholder relationships as soon as they arise so risks can be managed effectively

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22 days holiday (increasing with length of service) plus bank holidays Auto enrolment pension Life assurance Simply health Fresh fruit Mondays Dress down Fridays EAP

• Ability to build good relationships at all levels (internal and external)
• Being client focused in all activities
• Being proactive and self-motivated
• Experience of working in a fast paced working environment and able to manage multiple high priority tasks

• Previous knowledge of equity release products and industry would be favourable
• Previous experience of mortgage processing or similar environment would be beneficial

The KR Group is a leading financial services group for those both in and approaching their retirement. The Group's main activities are equity release, estate planning, annuities and retirement planning. Subsidiaries of the Group include Key Retirement, Key Partnerships, and more 2 life. Between these companies, we offer products including equity release, retirement planning, and estate planning. Private equity owned by Partners Group, we lead the market in Equity Release. Retired homeowners cashed in more than £3 billion of property wealth in 2017 as the equity release market expanded at a record rate.