Business Procurement Manager (Data Solutions)

BT Group; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% on target bonus

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Hybrid working

BT Sourced Pension Scheme - 6% BT

Job summary

BT Group is seeking a dynamic Procurement Manager for Data Solutions to drive sourcing for networking products and services, manage supplier relationships and support governance across global customers. You will influence strategic suppliers, manage risk, and ensure procurement standards align with ESG goals in a high-impact role.

The role covers collaboration with Sales, Risk, Legal and Finance, and offers hybrid working arrangements with BT’s offices.

Qualifications

• Procurement and strategic sourcing experience within a procurement function.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to lead negotiations.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building across Sales, Risk, Legal and Finance.

Responsibilities

• Support and execute category strategies for networking products and services.
• Run sourcing initiatives including RFPs, negotiations, and contract management.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to deliver value.

Skills

Procurement experience

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Job description

About the role

We’re seeking a dynamic Procurement Manager to join our Data Solutions procurement team which covers networking products and services with managed spend of over £500m per annum. This is a high-impact role where you’ll drive innovation, manage supplier relationships, and ensure our business, and those of our customers, remain at the cutting-edge of networking solutions. Your influence and impact will span some BT’s most strategic suppliers while supporting our biggest global customers, giving you an end-to-end view and stake in how the business really works.

What you’ll be doing

As the Procurement Manager for Data Solutions, you will:

• Support and execute category strategies for networking products and services, aligned with business goals and risk management priorities.
• Run sourcing initiatives including RFPs, negotiations, and contract management for assigned Data Solutions vendors and requirements.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across Sales, Risk, Legal, and Finance to understand needs and deliver value.
• Monitor market trends and emerging technologies to ensure the company keeps up with innovation and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, global procurement standards, and external regulations.
• Champion sustainability and diversity in the supply base, aligning with our strong corporate ESG goals.
• Support risk assessments and contribute to incident response planning from a supplier perspective.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Procurement and strategic sourcing experience: Experience working within a procurement function, with strong sourcing skills and the ability to manage sourcing activity from initial requirements through to supplier selection, negotiation and contract management.
• Commercial acumen and negotiation: Strong commercial awareness with the ability to evaluate supplier proposals, identify opportunities to deliver value and lead effective commercial negotiations.
• Stakeholder management and communication: Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders across Sales, Risk, Legal and Finance and deliver through high-performing teams.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• IT or networking procurement experience: Previous experience procuring IT or networking products and services within a complex organisation.
• Understanding of networking technologies: Knowledge of networking technologies, market dynamics and the relevant vendor landscape, with an awareness of emerging industry developments.
• Contracting, risk management and supplier governance: Experience supporting contract negotiations, managing supplier risk and maintaining effective supplier governance arrangements.
• Experience working in a global matrixed environment: The ability to manage competing priorities and collaborate effectively with global teams within a fast-paced, matrixed organisation.
• Relevant professional qualifications: A relevant professional qualification, such as CIPS, CISSP or a similar accreditation, would be beneficial.

Our Package

• 10% on target bonus
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays and an opportunity to buy up to five more days every year
• Hybrid working, with state-of-the‑art offices within Canal Plaza
• BT Sourced Pension Scheme - 6% BT contributions
• Life Assurance from 1st day of employment - 4x salary
• We provide healthcare cover and permanent health insurance (income continuance)
• Access to excellent training tools, programmes and communities to help you connect, learn and grow.
• And we like it when our people do good things so there will be the opportunity to take time off for volunteering and we'll help with your fundraising too.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital‑intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer‑first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.