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Senior Procurement Manager - Contract Management Office

Sky

Cambridge

Hybrid

GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Job summary

Sky, a leading media and entertainment brand, seeks a Senior Procurement Manager to lead the International Intake program for supplier requests and oversee contracting. You'll work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with various teams to enhance procurement processes. Join Sky to take part in an exciting career with rewarding benefits, including private healthcare and a generous pension package.

Benefits

Generous pension package
Private healthcare
Discounted mobile and broadband
Access to Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Qualifications

  • Expert knowledge of contracting and legal principles.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
  • Comfortable challenging the status quo and owning solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead International Intake program for non-U.S. supplier requests.
  • Perform supplier diligence screens and manage contracting activities.
  • Develop market testing strategies for onboarding new suppliers.

Skills

Contracting principles
Negotiation strategies
Excellent presentation skills
Influencing skills
Process improvement
Creative thinking

Education

Training in consulting or audit
Six Sigma certification

Job description

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

The Comcast Enterprise Procurement team spans Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky, proactively managing a trusted supplier network across the globe to protect our business and drive long-term value. We utilize expertise, scale, and a deep-rooted understanding of our business to navigate the global marketplace—balancing value, risk, and social responsibility to deliver for our clients, our suppliers, and the communities we serve. Our team accelerates transformation and innovation by bringing together the right people, products, and services, creating the technologies and experiences our brands are known for. We create connections across Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky to generate greater value for our business and opportunities for our teammates—today and in the future.

In partnership with the Legal, Compliance, Security, and Privacy teams, the Comcast Enterprise Procurement team recently centralized and standardized our contract intake and refresh processes, providing request visibility to category leads, enabling holistic supplier risk reviews, and driving adherence to standard contract terms. We are now looking to expand these processes and principles throughout Comcast's Sky and NBCUniversal entities.

This position of Senior Procurement Manager, Contract Management Office will primarily focus on leading the International Intake program for Comcast's non-U.S. supplier requests, along with supporting U.S.-based agreements. Responsibilities include performing intake assessments, coordinating diligence reviews, developing negotiation strategies, and executing contract negotiations.

Additionally, this role will explore program expansion opportunities across Sky.

The Contract Management Office is a key enabler to product and project delivery, designed to balance a customer experience and delivery mindset with due diligence, risk mitigation, and contracting expectations.

What You'll Do:
  • Partner with requestors to review new supplier needs and develop market testing strategies to validate the need to onboard a new supplier.
  • Perform supplier diligence screens to inform contracting strategies.
  • Ensure supplier terms are aligned with engagement risks.
  • Lead end-to-end contracting activities.
  • Manage inflight request portfolio to ensure alignment with BU timing expectations.
  • Partner with category leads to develop, maintain, and enhance supplier segmentation and categorization strategies to drive program operations.
  • Recommend process and provision changes to streamline operations.
What You'll Bring:
  • Expert knowledge of contracting and legal principles.
  • Familiarity with Procurement across multiple spend categories and related agreements.
  • Excellent presentation skills with the ability to influence and inspire others.
  • Comfortable challenging the status quo and owning solutions.
  • Training in consulting, audit, and process improvement (e.g., Six Sigma).
  • Curiosity, desire, and willingness to learn.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
  • Creative thinking and ability to articulate a vision across the organization.
  • Ability to work inclusively in a diverse environment.
Team Overview:

Procurement

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

The Rewards:

There's a reason people talk about Sky! Our rewards include:

  • Sky Q, for the TV you love, all in one place
  • A generous pension package
  • Private healthcare
  • Discounted mobile and broadband
  • Access to Sky VIP rewards and experiences
How You'll Work:

We offer a hybrid working approach, combining office and remote work for flexibility. Details will be provided during recruitment.

Your Office Base:

Osterley

Located near Syon Lane train station, with shuttle buses, bike facilities, and showers. On campus, enjoy restaurants, cafes, a gym, cinema, car wash, and beauty salon.

Inclusion:

At Sky, we value who you are and your potential. We support flexible working, are a Disability Confident Employer, and encourage applications from all candidates. We will make reasonable adjustments to support you; please inform your recruiter early.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an exciting career with us. Successful applicants will undergo a criminal record check. We look forward to hearing from you.

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