Procurement Manager - Consumer Product

ZipRecruiter; Reigate; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media and entertainment brand in the UK is seeking a Procurement Manager to join their enterprise procurement team. The role involves strategic sourcing, managing internal stakeholder relationships, and supporting various deals across multiple markets. The ideal candidate will have a proven background in procurement and excellent communication skills. This position offers a hybrid work model and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Generous pension package

Private healthcare

Discounted mobile and broadband

Exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Qualifications

• Proven procurement experience, including developing category plans.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder interaction skills.
• Experience with sourcing activities including RFPs and contract management.

Responsibilities

• Support local and group wide deals across key markets.
• Contribute to Procurement strategy for key spend categories.
• Lead data gathering and analytics for spend information.

Skills

Procurement experience

Data analysis expertise

Excellent communication skills

Stakeholder management

Job description

Overview

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. This role offers an exciting opportunity to join the Comcast Enterprise Procurement team as a Procurement Manager, assisting with the strategic sourcing direction for Consumer Product & Network related spend across Sky Group (UK, DACH and ITA) and Comcast/NBCU in the US. The role involves interaction with other departments at global and local level, including various Technology/Product areas, Finance and Legal.

What you'll do

• Reporting to the Head of Procurement for Content Protection and IoT, you will support the team and help to deliver local and group wide deals across our key markets (USA, UK, Italy and Germany). You will also support other leaders within the Consumer Product and Networks team, in line with the Enterprise Procurement operating model.
• Contribute to the Procurement strategy for the team's spend categories, which include customer premise equipment, content protection technologies and IoT devices.
• Own and lead data gathering and analytics for the team on spend information, contract data, market analysis and other required data and reports.
• Own a pipeline of tactical deals in Content Protection and IoT and support a range of strategic initiatives within the wider category.
• Build and maintain internal partner relationships, with regular communication, ensuring clear understanding and alignment between their strategic technology plans and Procurement's direction.
• Produce deal summaries, create and deliver quality presentations and reports on a regular basis at Director-level, clearly communicating financial and non-financial benefits to stakeholders.
• Provide strategic commercial input to a broad range of initiatives, including company-wide cost-saving programmes.
• Understand the external factors and key challenges faced in the Media industry and use this knowledge to drive innovation and challenge current business processes.

What you'll bring

• Proven procurement experience including the development of category plans, sourcing tools/techniques and data analysis expertise.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to listen to and understand stakeholders' needs while having the confidence to challenge when necessary/appropriate.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of running sourcing activities, including RFPs, contract management, large-scale contract renewals, and stakeholder management.
• Demonstrable understanding of key contract terms such as liabilities, indemnities, intellectual property rights, termination rights etc.
• Good understanding of Sky/Comcast, our platforms and products, and the wider context in which our business operates.
• Experience of working in an analyst role and within a procurement team.
• Experience in a global / pan-European function and an understanding of the challenges this can present.

Procurement

We bring the best from the global market into Sky - we buy technology, marketing, corporate, operational services and editorial production solutions. We are an international team working with our partners to curate an effective and efficient customer-led operating model. High ethical standards are embedded in our team, and we engage our supply chains in creating a sustainable future.

The Rewards

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home. We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base

Osterley – The Osterley Campus is a short walk from Syon Lane train station, with free shuttle buses to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are bike shelters, showers and on-campus facilities including 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, a Waitrose, a subsidised gym and cinema, and more.

At Sky we look at potential, not just CVs. We support flexible working and are a Confident Accredited Employer. We welcome applications from all candidates and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter early.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. To learn more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. If your application is successful, we will ask you to complete a criminal record check, and depending on the role and any convictions, we may withdraw the offer.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advertisement at any time once we have received a sufficient number of applications.