Business Procurement Manager (Data Solutions) at BT Group

BT Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% on target bonus

25 days annual leave + bank holidays (

Hybrid working

BT Sourced Pension Scheme - 6%

Life Assurance 4x salary

Healthcare cover

Training tools and communities

Volunteering time

Job summary

BT Group is seeking a dynamic Procurement Manager to join our Data Solutions procurement team, covering networking products and services. This high-impact role involves driving category strategies, vendor negotiations, and contract management for a multi-hundred-million annual spend.

You will collaborate with Sales, Risk, Legal and Finance to deliver value. We offer a comprehensive package including a bonus, generous annual leave, hybrid work, and pension contributions.

Qualifications

• Procurement experience with end-to-end sourcing and contract management.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• IT or networking procurement experience is desirable.
• Understanding networking technologies and market dynamics.
• Experience in global matrixed environments and supplier governance.
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g., CIPS, CISSP) are a plus.

Responsibilities

• 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 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 ESG goals.

Skills

Procurement

Strategic sourcing

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Job description

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

Job Location: IRL Dublin - Grand Canal Plaza

Advertised Salary: Competitive with great benefits

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

• 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.
• 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.