Group Procurement Manager

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Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 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.

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As a Group Procurement Manager of CPE, you will work closely with the Head of Sky CPE Procurement to drive key initiatives for critical product categories across Comcast Cable and Sky CPE (Customer Premises Equipment i.e. set top boxes, modems, extenders, etc.) in UK, Europe, and US, with a focus on strategic components (memory, WiFi, SoCs, etc.). Driving end-to-end ownership of the procurement cycle, including analysing market dynamics and company needs; developing and implementing sourcing strategy; selecting, negotiating, and contracting with suppliers; and leading supplier performance and relationships. The role will involve cross-functional partnerships across North America and Europe, using our global scale to drive optimal supply for supply assurance, pricing, innovation, quality, and time-to-market.

What you'll do:

- Develop comprehensive short
- and long-term category strategies by using insights from analyzing the various industries and markets, assessing cross-company leverage, and collaborating with key partners.
- Drive category initiatives (such as RFx or tailored negotiations) by leading strategic deal analysis, driving selection and negotiation processes, documenting savings, and employing strong project management skills in collaboration with internal and external partners across Comcast Cable and Sky.
- Establish, negotiate, and implement strategic contracts (supply, support, development, etc. agreements). to assemble agreed terms.
- Ensure management of strategic supplier ecosystem to achieve optimal supply (for pricing, innovation, quality, time-to-market, etc.) across various categories for CPE.
- Drive up-to-date and accurate mapping and reporting of pricing, volumes, spend, and savings across various platforms to drive regular executive reporting with input from Procurement, Demand Planning, and Finance across Comcast Cable and Sky.
- Support strategic efforts around roadmap planning, strategic supplier ecosystems, industry trends, and driven market dynamics related to cross-category planning and execution across CPE.

What you'll bring:

- Category Ownership & Commercial Skills: To own and drive multiple projects and categories, using data and information from various systems and/or people, driving commercial processes such as bids, negotiations, contracting, ensuring partner and executive alignment, etc.
- Analytical Expertise & Communication: Conducting and communicate financial analyses - manipulating raw data, drawing fact-based conclusions, and then distilling such information into compelling, executive-level presentations.
- Industry Insights: Analysing industry and market trends and present clear insights and approaches to such trends.
- Relationship Management Skills: The ability to collaborate with others and built 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 improve procurement's contribution to the wider company's goals and objectives.

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 exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

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.

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