Senior Procurement Manager - Production and Broadcast

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As Senior Procurement Manager in the Production category looking after OB Truck, Post-Production, Graphic and Broadcast you will be creating and leading the strategic sourcing direction 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.

This position will report to the Procurement Head of Production of Sky Group.

What you’ll do:

• Work with and report to the Enterprise Procurement Head of Production to deliver against Group Procurement objectives across the Sky Group, Comcast and NBCU.
• Leverage a deep understanding of the factors, dynamics, and industry challenges regarding Production and Broadcast 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.
• Maintain stakeholders’ relationships, with appropriate regular communication, ensuring clear understanding and alignment between their strategic production plans and Procurement’s direction.
• Develop and manage an ecosystem of strategic suppliers to achieve optimal partnerships to drive and deliver tangible results.
• Mitigate risks associated with the current market and Production trends.
• Deliver defined savings targets and cost transformation programs across all spend categories under management, leveraging synergy opportunities across the wider organization with a vigorous approach towards TCO. Work closely and proactively with the business to identify new savings opportunities and efficiencies across managed spend.
• Be capable of evaluating all options against all relevant factors i.e. technical, commercial, logistical, risk etc and recommending the best option to the business.
• Drive standardized and centralized 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.
• Be able to work closely with procurement and business colleagues across the wider Group (team members are currently in UK, US, DE, India and ITA).

What you’ll bring:

• 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.
• Industry Expert: The depth and breadth of expertise in Production and Broadcast
• 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.
• Relationship Management Skills: The ability to collaborate with others and build relationships across multiple business units across international geographies.
• Communication: Effective written and oral communication skill.

Experience:

• Experience in Production, Broadcast and Infrastructure or Software is considered a plus
• Good knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint

Team Overview

The Sky Procurement team is approx. 70 strong, based in London, Milan, Munich & Livingston. Procurement is coordinated as a single group team across Sky, organised around the following 6 categories:

• Broadcast, Infrastructure & Production

• Software & Content Licensing

• Network Technologies

• Professional Services

• Marketing, Media and Digital

• Business/Corporate Services, Travel

In addition, we have a Centre of Excellence providing support to strategy, suppliers, tools, analysis & reporting.

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 exclusive 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:

Recognised as an ‘Inclusive Top 50 Employer’ and a ‘Times Top 50 Employer for Women’, we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working!

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

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Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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