Procurement Analytics & Insights Senior Manager

Nationwide’s procurement function is undergoing a significant and successful transformation, ensuring we deliver the best possible outcomes for Nationwide and our Members. Our operating model combines category alignment with strong business partnering, focused on achieving business and member value enabled by our Strategy & Performance team.

We are seeking an innovative and strategic Senior Manager to lead our Procurement Management Information (MI) & Insights function. This role is pivotal in empowering the Procurement team with deep, data-driven insights that enable increased value delivery, informed decision-making, risk management, and process improvement. Leveraging the capability of the Nationwide Data Lake, you will set the strategic direction for procurement analytics, identify future trends, and lead initiatives that harness AI capabilities and knowledge management to transform how data informs procurement.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll be located at our nearest regional hub. There will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration events in one of our office sites. This is anticipated to be once per month in London or Swindon. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. 

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What you’ll be doing

You will lead and develop a team of data and insights specialists, providing coaching, mentoring, and career development whilst leveraging the Nationwide Data Lake and advanced analytics tools to deliver significant insights that support strategic decision-making and operational excellence.

By owning and managing the generation of all procurement MI & Insights you will ensure accuracy, relevance, and actionable outcomes by defining and implementing the strategic roadmap for procurement data and insights. 

You’ll monitor emerging trends in data analytics and procurement technology to keep Nationwide at the forefront of insight-driven transformation and steer innovation through AI-driven analytics and predictive modeling to identify opportunities, manage risk, and optimise processes. By using your established knowledge management practices, you’ll ensure insights are captured, shared, and embedded across the procurement function.

This role will give you the opportunity to collaborate with senior stakeholders to influence decisions and shape procurement strategies through data-led recommendations.

About you

For this role, you will have:

• Proven experience in data analytics, MI generation, and insights leadership within a large, complex organisation

• Expertise in data platforms, business intelligence tools, and advanced analytics techniques

• The ability to lead and develop high-performing teams

• Deep understanding of procurement processes and how data can drive value and efficiency

• A track record of delivering strategic insights and enabling transformation through data

• Knowledge of emerging technologies, particularly AI, and their application in analytics and knowledge management

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind

• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand

• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development

• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• 30 days holiday, pro rata

• Access to private medical insurance

• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement

• Access to an annual performance related bonus

• Training and development to help you progress your career

• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme

• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death

• Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness

• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.