Procurement Manager

2 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Sky Group Full time
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.

" Our vision for Procurement is to deliver the best possible supplier contracts and relationships over the short & longer term (cost, quality, risk, innovation, sustainability) by:
  • Building brilliant relationships with the business to understand business strategy & stakeholder plans;
  • Demonstrating expert knowledge of a category's suppliers & market developments, reflected in brilliant category plans;
  • Fairly managing suppliers & negotiating to deliver the best outcomes (leveraging our Enterprise/Regional scale & prestige); and
  • Leveraging our global scale to deliver locally."
As the Procurement Manager for Media you'll help develop the procurement strategy for the media category, alongside the Senior Procurement Manager; implement robust Supplier Relationship Management of our agencies and push them to deliver positive outcomes for Sky. You'll work hand in hand with the media team and closely with our agencies and media owners to identify opportunities to drive efficiency and effectiveness in Sky's media activity.

What you'll do:
  • Work with and report to the Senior Media Procurement Manage to deliver against Enterprise Procurement objectives across the Sky Group, Comcast and NBCU.
  • Own one of the biggest Media category budgets in the market, working with the media team and media agency to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of that spend.
  • Collaborate with and influence marketing stakeholders across Sky Group: in UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy, as well as with Procurement colleagues at Comcast and NBCU.
  • Work closely with Sky digital marketing stakeholders to help drive innovation, effectiveness and efficiency in Sky's digital activity.
  • Manage Sky's media auditors to measure the performance of our media agencies.
  • Negotiate with agencies, media owners and other media suppliers to help maximise the output of Sky's media activities.
  • Deliver Supplier Relationship Management: managing our agency contracts, KPIs and feedback sessions.
  • Keep abreast of the opportunities and challenges faced in the Media industry, using this knowledge to introduce innovation and challenge current business processes.
  • Provide strategic commercial input to a broad range of initiatives, including Sky-wide cost-saving programmes.
  • Help develop and deliver procurement initiatives and best practice, including support for the wider Group procurement vision.
  • Support the broader marketing procurement team with renewals, RFPs and team projects.
  • Liaise with industry bodies to understand evolving trends in the market to apply to Sky.
What you'll bring:
  • Strong communication skills and an ability to bring people together.
  • Proven experience in media (media agency, media owner, client side etc) and/or in marketing procurement.
  • Comfortable building relationships with an ability to manage difficult conversations and negotiations.
  • Ideally experienced in understanding and negotiating contractual terms.
  • A natural thirst for learning and problem solving.
Team overview:

Procurement

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
How you'll work:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

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, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town and Ealing Broadway tube stations. There's also plenty of parking, bike shelters and showers.

On campus you'll find six subsidised restaurants 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 open to discussing where and when you do your job, as long as we can balance your needs with those of our customers.

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.

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.

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