Commercial Procurement Manager - Tech

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK media organisation seeks a Commercial Procurement Manager to enhance strategic sourcing and procurement processes across technology. The ideal candidate will manage supplier relationships, analyze market trends, and lead projects to optimize costs while ensuring compliance with regulations. Excellent career progression opportunities and a flexible working environment are provided.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave with option to buy additional days

Defined pension scheme

Discounted health care and gym packages

Excellent training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience of applying SaaS and cloud specific commercial models.
• Knowledge of technology trends and industry developments.
• Experience in procurement software and tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive third party commercial strategy while navigating risks.
• Deliver procurement projects from initiation to completion.
• Maintain relationships with key suppliers ensuring compliance.
• Analyze market trends to identify cost-saving opportunities.

Skills

Ability to drive value from technology sourcing projects

Interpersonal skills

Data analysis skills

Understanding of procurement process

Education

Professional certification in procurement (e.g. CIPS, CPSM)

Tools

Procurement software and tools

Job description

Job Description

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Package Description

Job ID: 23420

Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Band: D

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Any major BBC hub (UK based)

We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at the offer stage.

Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.

Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Job Introduction

Commercial Procurement Manager - Technology

The Commercial Procurement team is repositioning itself to become a strategic enabler for the BBC, partnering with divisions across the group. Technology and Media Operations deliver the technology requirements of the BBC across broadcast, enterprise, and digital, securely and transparently, to the strategy set by the business.

The Commercial Procurement Manager will partner with stakeholders to influence the appropriate sourcing approach by: driving third party commercial strategy whilst navigating risk; operating Independently, whilst leading junior staff across a pipeline of defined category projects; ensuring BBC standards are met and public procurement regulations are followed; owning governance processes to ensure approval routes are navigated efficiently and effectively, resulting in the best outcome for the BBC.

Main Responsibilities

• Identifying key stakeholders in your category of spend. Developing and maintaining the key stakeholder relationships, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Preparing strategic presentations and reports for category stakeholders, providing data-driven insights and spend management recommendations to drive buy-in and support on annual pipeline plans.
• Delivering procurement projects against plans within category from initiation to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.
• Identifying and mitigating project risks, escalating issues as necessary to senior management.
• Maintaining good relationships with key suppliers, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and ethical standards and public procurement regulations.
• Analysing market trends and data to identify cost-saving opportunities and provide actionable decisions.
• Developing and implementing strategic category and sourcing plans that align with business goals.
• Establishing the process to navigate approval and governance processes, ensuring timely clearances and stakeholder support for category plans and execution.
• Coordinating with internal category stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Monitoring and reporting on procurement performance metrics to ensure continuous improvement for specific categories.
• Collaborating with suppliers to drive performance innovations and optimal commercial outcomes.
• Conducting performance reviews and providing continual feedback to junior staff to foster their professional development.

Are you the right candidate?

• Ability to drive value from technology sourcing projects sometimes with very limited competition in the marketplace.
• Detailed understanding of, and experience of applying, SaaS and cloud specific commercial models and contractual terms and conditions.
• Extensive knowledge of using Government frameworks for maximum value and agility.
• Good general knowledge of technology trends and industry developments.
• Have an in-depth understanding of procurement process in a public regulated environment.
• Hold relevant project management skills that enable the successful end-to-end delivery of procurement projects.
• Demonstrate significant interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain relationships at all levels of the organisation.
• Demonstrate experience and the ability to analyse data and apply to market context and trends to provide actionable commercial insights for the BBC.
• Have experience in procurement software and tools.
• Have a proven background of successfully delivering cost optimisation.
• Hold experience of supplier/contract management with the ability of managing key supply issues and developing relationships to foster innovation.
• Hold a professional certification in procurement (e.g. CIPS, CPSM) (Desirable).

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