IT Procurement Administrator

The role

WPA is a health insurance provider with over 125 years' experience in treating our customers as we would wish to be treated ourselves. We have won many awards for our customer service, are the highest rated health insurer on Trustpilot, and are the only Which? Recommended Provider for Private Medical Insurance in the UK.

As a not-for-profit organisation, it's not only our customers we look after, but our amazing workforce who are the key to our success.

You'll feel proud to work for WPA due to our inclusive culture, career progression and generous benefits.

We are seeking an experienced and highly organised IT Procurement Administrator to join our IT department. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in procurement, supplier management and contract administration who enjoys building relationships, maintaining robust processes and ensuring value for money across the organisation.

Working closely with IT leadership, suppliers and stakeholders across the business, you will play a key role in managing the below procurement activities:

Procurement & Supplier Management

• Coordinating IT procurement activities, including raising and managing purchase orders, obtaining quotations and processing procurement requests.
• Acting as a key point of contact for suppliers and internal stakeholders throughout the procurement process.
• Supporting supplier onboarding and maintaining strong supplier relationships.
• Monitoring contract renewal dates and ensuring timely renewals or re-tendering activity where appropriate.
• Maintaining procurement records and ensuring compliance with internal purchasing procedures.
• Supporting negotiations and helping to identify opportunities for cost savings and value improvement.

Contract & Asset Administration

• Maintaining accurate records of contracts, software licences, supplier agreements and IT assets.
• Ensuring procurement and contract documentation is complete, current and easily accessible.
• Supporting contract governance and compliance activities.

Financial Administration & Reporting

• Processing invoices and reconciling supplier payments.
• Monitoring expenditure against budgets and supporting budget forecasting activities.
• Producing procurement, supplier and financial reports for IT leadership.
• Identifying spending trends and supporting effective financial management.

Operational Support

• Coordinating meetings, maintaining action logs and supporting governance activities.
• Arranging travel, training and other departmental requirements.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance procurement efficiency and effectiveness.

What can you bring to WPA?

• Proven experience in a procurement, purchasing or contract administration role.
• Experience managing purchase orders, supplier relationships, invoices and contract renewals.
• Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of procurement best practice.
• Experience supporting budget management, expenditure tracking and financial reporting.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Outstanding attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Previous experience within an IT, technology or technical procurement environment would be highly desirable.

What We Offer

In return, we offer a supportive working environment, opportunities for professional development and the chance to play a key role in delivering effective procurement and supplier management activities that support the wider organisation.

Application support

If you could benefit from having any additional support with your application for whatever reason, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Personnel Services Team in confidence so that we can discuss it further. We are happy to help in any way we can. We are all different, be yourself and thrive.

WPA is a not for profit environmentally friendly organisation whose ethos is treating others as we would like to be treated including our fabulous team, customers, and local community. We hire great people; we believe in everyone and recognise that individual differences is what makes our team stronger.

Closing date: This remains flexible subject to us finding the right candidates, we therefore recommend that you apply at your earliest convenience.