Strategic IT Infrastructure Procurement Lead

Sky; Isleworth; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Sky TV including Sky Sports

Pension with up to 9% employer

Private healthcare

Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance

Sky product discounts

Sharesave and Tech schemes

Sky VIP rewards

Job summary

Sky is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead strategic sourcing and supplier management for Technology Infrastructure spend across Sky, Comcast and NBCUniversal. You will interact with stakeholders in Technology, Finance and Legal, across the UK, Italy and the US, to drive category programs and governance.

The role focuses on optimizing value from IT hardware, software and related services, with a global perspective.

Qualifications

• Proven procurement experience across IT hardware and technology categories.
• Experience developing category plans and using data to drive decisions.
• Familiar with RFPs, large-scale renewals and supplier governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing and supplier management for Infrastructure hardware, End User Computing, and security categories.
• Develop category strategies aligned to technology roadmaps and business priorities.
• Lead negotiations, sourcing events, renewals and supplier selections.
• Build stakeholder relationships across Technology, Finance and Legal.
• Analyse spend and market data to identify cost optimisation and risk actions.
• Prepare commercial recommendations and business cases for senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with global Infrastructure Procurement teams, including Cloud, AI and Data Centre
• Manage VAR relationships and governance for Sky UK & Italy

Skills

Procurement experience

IT Hardware

Infrastructure

Technology

Job description

Sky is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead strategic sourcing and supplier management for Technology Infrastructure spend across Sky, Comcast and NBCUniversal. You will interact with stakeholders in Technology, Finance and Legal, across the UK, Italy and the US, to drive category programs and governance.

The role focuses on optimizing value from IT hardware, software and related services, with a global perspective.