Senior Commercial Procurement BP

BBC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The BBC in London is seeking a Senior Procurement Business Partner to lead procurement across a broad portfolio within BBC Commercial. You will guide complex decisions, secure value from supplier spend, and manage a team delivering outcomes aligned with BBC objectives.

You will influence decisions at all levels, work across diverse areas, and develop your leadership and commercial expertise while driving tangible value for the BBC.

Qualifications

• Senior-mid level procurement experience with portfolio or category strategies.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to balance cost, risk and priorities.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with internal/external stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven experience leading and developing a team, with coaching and feedback.
• Analytical skills using spend data and market insight to shape plans.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to translate strategy into a prioritised procurement plan.
• Lead complex sourcing, negotiations, renewals, renegotiations and exits.
• Own outcomes and benefits across the portfolio and track savings.
• Develop major category strategies and inform decisions with insights.
• Collaborate across functions to support compliant, risk-aware decisions.
• Lead, deploy and develop business partners and commercial colleagues.
• Manage performance and foster an inclusive team culture.

Skills

Procurement expertise

Commercial negotiation

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Analytical skills

Education

MCIPS or equivalent

Job description

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 escalated 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.

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.

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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment 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.

For any general queries, please contact: [e-mail]

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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment 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.

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.