I.T Procurement Manager

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe's leading entertainment brand. Our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work - a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join us and work within our Group Procurement team. As a Procurement Manager, you will be assisting with the strategic sourcing direction for Enterprise Software related spend categories within Sky's Group Procurement function which operates across Sky Group and now also Comcast/NBCU. The role will involve interaction with other departments at a global and local level including various Technology areas, Finance and Legal.

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.

What you'll do:

- Working with the Global Software and Content Licensing Procurement team to assess and deliver against Group Procurement objectives across the Group including Sky / Comcast / NBCU.
- Supporting the team and helping to deliver local and group wide deals across diverse geographies including key markets USA, UK, Italy and Germany.
- Contribute to Procurement strategies for the agreed Software categories.
- Owning and leading data gathering and analytics for the team on spend information, contract data, market analysis and other required data and reports.
- Build and maintain key team member relationships, with appropriate regular communication, ensuring clear understanding and alignment between their strategic technology plans and Procurement's direction.
- Able to handle critical issue processes across matrix teams to ensure there is good alignment.
- Be able to produce deal documents summaries, quality presentations and reports on a regular basis at a CFO and Procurement Director level, demonstrating a flexible approach to driving financial and non-financial benefits to all business areas.
- Provide strategic commercial input to a broad range of initiatives, including Sky-wide cost-saving programmes.
- Through collaborating closely with the appropriate business areas, be willing to own negotiations with suppliers driving the most benefit to Sky.
- Understand the factors and challenges faced in the IT industry and be able to use this knowledge to introduce innovation and challenge current business processes.

What you'll bring:

- Proven Procurement experience specifically including the development of category plans and the data analysis to feed into the plans.
- Procurement processes, knowledge and experience of running sourcing activities including RFPs and large scale renewals.
- Good understanding of Sky, our platforms and products, and the wider competitive context within which the Sky business operates.
- Experience of working in an analyst role and within a procurement team.
- Experience in a global / pan-European function, leading varying demands and needs within a single project.
- Be a great teammate.

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 collaborators our partners to curate the most effective and efficient customer-led operating model. High ethical standards are embeded 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.

Your office base:
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:
We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we've been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we've committed £30million to support the fight against racial