Senior Procurement Manager - Broadcast & Infrastructure

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.

As Senior Technology Procurement Manager in the Infrastructure category looking after Physical Hardware, Hardware Support Services, Data Centres, Value Add Resellers and Public/Private Cloud, you will establish and drive the strategic direction for Infrastructure within Sky’s Group Procurement function which operates across Comcast Enterprise Procurement (Sky Group, Comcast and NBCU). This role is an individual contributor role, interacting with business units to drive strategic and business as usual activity, including various Product and Technology areas, Finance and Legal.

What you’ll do:

• Work with and report to the Group Head of Broadcast & Infrastructure Procurement to deliver against Enterprise Procurement objectives across Sky Group, Comcast and NBCU.
• Leverage a deep understanding of the factors, dynamics, and industry challenges regarding Infrastructure to structure, establish, and drive category strategies that leverage our global scale. This experience will enable you to lead associated category initiatives (such as RFx, category strategies), including understanding and communicating industry trends, selecting vendors and driving associated negotiations at the most senior level both internally and externally, and executing optimal contracts.
• Develop and manage an ecosystem of strategic suppliers to achieve optimal partnerships to drive and deliver tangible results.
• Manage BAU renewals and capex purchases for the infrastructure categories.
• Mitigate risks associated with the current market and infrastructure trends.
• Deliver defined savings targets and cost transformation programs across all spend categories under management, leveraging synergy opportunities across the wider organisation with a vigorous approach towards TCO.  Work closely and proactively with the business to identify new savings opportunities and efficiencies across managed spend.
• Drive standardised and centralised reporting (e.g., pricing, volumes, spend, savings, contracts, quarterly business reviews, etc.), support relevant category initiatives and coordinate with key stakeholders to drive global contracting across Sky.
• Have the ability to interface and influence across categories and companies. Build, maintain, and influence stakeholder relationships across Sky to ensure clear alignment between procurement and wider business planning.

What you’ll bring:

• Industry Expert: the depth and breadth of expertise in Technology Procurement.  
• Strategic Leadership: the ability to establish and drive the strategic direction for critical categories on a global basis, and to execute sub-initiatives under such higher-level strategy.
• Analytical Thinking: the ability to independently carry out complex analysis and build commercial models to drive data driven leverage in negotiations.
• Category Strategy: experience writing, developing, and maintaining Procurement category strategies. 
• Creative Thinking: The natural inclination to evaluate and challenge business-as-usual practices with an open-minded, “always learning,” and proactive mindset, informed by a deep understanding of the factors and challenges across the infrastructure landscape.
• Relationship Management Skills: The ability to collaborate with others and build relationships across multiple business units across international geographies.
• Company-Minded: The lean-in and hands-on attitude of an “owner, not a renter,” with high standards for work performance, the commitment to always do the right thing, and the vision to maximise procurement’s contribution to the wider company’s goals and objectives. This also includes the capability to thrive in a dynamic setting and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Act as a role model: by coaching and mentoring more junior members of the team.

Team Overview

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 embedded 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 #LifeAtSky! 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 

Where you’ll work:

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 #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

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.