Senior Commercial Procurement BP

Bbc; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC Group and Public Services is seeking a Senior Procurement Business Partner to lead the commercial procurement agenda for a broad portfolio. You will guide complex decisions, secure value from third-party spend and manage a team delivering results aligned with BBC objectives.

You will partner with leaders and stakeholders to translate strategy into a prioritised procurement plan, drive major category strategies and ensure compliant, risk-aware decisions across the group.

Qualifications

• Significant senior-mid level procurement or commercial experience across large organisations.
• Strong commercial judgement and negotiation skills for complex sourcing decisions.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven track record of leading and developing a team.
• Analytical skills using spend data and market insight.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to translate strategy into a prioritised commercial procurement plan.
• Lead the most complex sourcing, negotiation, renewal, renegotiation and exit activities.
• Own the commercial outcomes and benefits across your portfolio, including savings and value delivery.
• Develop and lead major category strategies across the BBC.
• Collaborate with Risk, Legal, Finance and other functions to support compliant, responsible decisions and manage risk.
• Lead, deploy and develop business partners and other commercial colleagues, coaching and fostering an inclusive culture.
• Lead and manage a team of commercial procurement managers, setting objectives and performance standards.

Skills

Procurement experience

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Spend data analysis

Education

MCIPS or equivalent

Job description

JOB BAND: E

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Commercial Procurement, BBC Group Finance and Operations

LOCATION: London – hybrid. Minimum of 2 days a week in the office (Thursday is the team day), and as required for business need.

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £75,000–£95,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As a Senior Procurement Business Partner, you will lead the commercial procurement agenda for a broad business portfolio across BBC Commercial, working with variety of business stakeholders to turn business priorities into a forward-looking commercial procurement plan. You will guide complex decisions, secure value from third-party/supplier spend and manage a team that delivers outcomes aligned with the BBC’s strategic objectives.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

You will have the opportunity to influence decisions at all levels, work across diverse areas of the organisation and help shape a collaborative, high-performing function. You will develop your leadership and commercial expertise while supporting colleagues to grow and delivering tangible value for the BBC.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

As a Senior Procurement Business Partner you will:

• Partner with business leaders, budget holders and supplier owners to understand their objectives, challenge demand and investment choices constructively, and translate strategy into a prioritised commercial procurement plan and forward pipeline.
• Lead the most complex sourcing, negotiation, renewal, renegotiation and exit activities, developing recommendations that balance cost, risk, supplier dependency and business priorities.
• Own the commercial outcomes and benefits across your portfolio, including savings and value delivery; monitor and manage pipeline and progress with Finance and business stakeholders, and address competing priorities or escape unresolved trade-offs.
• Develop and lead major category strategies where assigned, connecting priorities across the BBC and using spend analysis, market insight and supplier intelligence to identify opportunities and inform decisions.
• Bring together procurement and other specialist expertise at the right time, working with colleagues across the Group Commercial Procurement, Risk and Supplier Management, Info-sec, DP, Legal, Finance and other relevant functions to support compliant, responsible decisions and manage risk.
• Lead, deploy and develop business partners and other commercial colleagues, setting clear expectations, coaching individuals and supporting a positive, inclusive team culture
• Lead and manage a team of commercial procurement managers, setting clear objectives, allocating work, managing performance and supporting development through coaching and feedback. Create an inclusive, collaborative culture in which people can thrive and deliver results.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Significant senior-mid level procurement or commercial experience, with a track record of developing portfolio or category strategies and delivering measurable benefits across complex organisation and third-party/supplier spend.
• Strong commercial judgement and negotiation skills, with experience leading complex sourcing and contractual decisions, assessing trade-offs and managing competing priorities.
• Experience building trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels and influencing decisions through clear communication, constructive challenge, sound judgement and an understanding of business needs.
• Proven ability to lead, manage and develop a team, set direction, allocate resources and support performance, provide constructive feedback in a collaborative and inclusive way.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using spend data and market insight to shape plans, alongside a sound understanding of procurement governance and risk in a regulated environment.

DESIRABLE

• Experience in media, broadcasting, content production or another complex creative environment.
• Experience working across multiple business areas or leading a significant category across an organisation.
• Professional procurement qualification such as MCIPS, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience of supporting organisational change or developing procurement capability and ways of working.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about the BBC

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

Candidate pack

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: [e-mail]

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.