Senior Procurement Manager - Procurement Intelligence

As the Senior Procurement Manager – Procurement Intelligence you will be leading our pioneering Procurement intelligence capability in our Sky Group Procurement Centre of Excellence. The role will involve partnering with all procurement leaders and their teams in Sky and Comcast/NBCU as well as other functions such as Finance, Data and Technology.

Our vision for Procurement is to deliver the best possible supplier contracts and relationships over the short & longer term (cost, quality, risk, availability, innovation, sustainability). This requires:

• An understanding of business strategy & stakeholder plans, achieved through strong relationships
• An intimate knowledge of a category’s suppliers & market developments, reflected in great category plans
• Supplier management & negotiation experience/ expertise
• Leveraging our global scale to deliver locally

What you’ll do

• Lead the Procurement data visualization team, with responsibility for day-to-day priorities, delivery, coaching, and development of direct reports.
• Own and improve Procurement’s Power BI reporting suite, ensuring dashboards are accurate, intuitive, well-governed, and aligned to business priorities across spend, savings, suppliers, sustainability, diversity, risk, and operational performance.
• Partner with Procurement stakeholders to understand business questions, define reporting and data requirements, translate those requirements into practical BI solutions, and support adoption of dashboards and insights.
• Work closely with the Data, Finance, Technology, and Procurement teams to improve data quality, reporting definitions, source-system alignment, and confidence in Procurement intelligence outputs.
• Support the broader Procurement technology enablement roadmap by identifying opportunities to simplify reporting, reduce manual effort, improve data-driven decision-making, and prepare for future automation and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Contribute to enterprise-wide procurement intelligence initiatives across Comcast, NBCU, and Sky, ensuring local needs and global opportunities are appropriately understood and connected.
• The role will be expected to identify and apply practical AI opportunities within Procurement Analytics, including the use of Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and related tools to improve reporting, insight generation, automation, and user self-service.

What you’ll bring 

Essential criteria:  

• Significant relevant experience in procurement, business intelligence, data analytics, reporting, technology enablement, or a related field.
• Strong experience with business intelligence and data visualization including Power BI in an enterprise environment.
• Experience managing or leading people, including setting priorities, coaching team members, and supporting delivery through others.
• A strong understanding of procurement processes, procurement data, category management, supplier management, or sourcing operations.
• Hands on ability to leverage Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and AI-enabled tools to support analytics automation, insight generation, and self-service reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and translate technical topics into clear business language.
• Ability to work across multiple teams and functions, including Procurement, Finance, Data, Technology, and enterprise partners.

Desirable skills and experience: 

• Strong analytical mindset, with the ability to identify trends, challenge data quality, simplify complexity, and generate actionable insight.
• Desirable experience with Sky’s procurement and reporting landscape, including Ariba, SAP, Power BI, Per Angusta, or similar procurement and analytics platforms.

Benefits and perks

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to life at Sky: the perks. Here’s a taster: 

• Free Sky TV or NOW package, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema  
• Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution
• Private healthcare with mental health support 
• Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance 
• Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect 
• Sharesave and Tech schemes 
• A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you’ll work

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week. 

Your office base 

Osterley

Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and workspaces, there’s plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants and cafes. You can re-energise at our gym, catch the latest films at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. 

Our Osterley Campus is just a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station, or you can get one of our free shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations. Plus, there’s free onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.

Who we are

We’re Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news and arts through innovative products and services. Working with us means you’ll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day. All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues and society.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We're 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 as early as you can.

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. 

To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media.