Senior Procurement Manager - Contract Management Office

Sky; Isleworth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Sky is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to lead the International Intake program within the Contract Management Office. This role involves developing negotiation strategies, managing supplier requests, and ensuring compliance with company standards while driving long-term value across our global supplier network.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Discounted mobile and broadband

Generous pension package

Qualifications

• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-volume work environment.
• Consulting, audit, and process (i.e., Six Sigma) training.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end contracting activities.
• Perform supplier diligence screens to inform contracting strategies.
• Partner with requestors to review new supplier needs.

Skills

Expert knowledge of contracting and legal principles

Excellent presentation skills

Creative thinking and problem-solving

Job description

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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 and create the technologies and experiences that 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 focused on Comcast's non-U.S. based supplier requests along with supporting U.S.-based agreements. This role will be responsible for performing intake assessments, coordinating diligence reviews, developing negotiation strategies, and executing contract negotiations.

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

The Contract Management Office is a key enabler to product and project delivery and is designed to balance a customer experience and a delivery mindset with necessary 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 determine incumbent partner capabilities to validate 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 further streamline and optimize operations.
  
  

What You'll Bring:

• Expert knowledge of contracting and legal principles
• Familiarly with Procurement (multiple spend categories) and related agreements
• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to exert influence and inspire others
• Comfortable challenging the status quo and proposing and owning solutions
• Consulting, audit, and process (i.e., Six Sigma) training
• Curiosity, desire, and willingness to learn
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-volume work environment
• Creative thinking and the ability to articulate a vision across the organization
• Ability to be inclusive and work in a diverse environment
  
  

Team Overview:

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 stakeholders our partners to curate the most effective and efficient customer-led operating model. High ethical standards are embeded in our team, and we engage our supply chains in creating a sustainable future.

The Rewards

There's a reason people can't stop talking about ! Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• 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 best-in-class 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 outstanding 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

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion

At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more passionate about who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working. We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you. To find out more about working with us, search on social media. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing and Supply Chain

• Industries

  Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

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