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.

We are seeking a Procurement Manager to join our Corporate & Business Procurement team. Reporting into the Head of CSG Procurement, you will implement the procurement strategy on Customer Experience across SKY UK & Ireland, partnering with key suppliers and senior stakeholders, you will help SKY bring their customers the joy of a better experience.

What You'll Do:

• Lead the way: Help to develop and deliver the sourcing strategy for contact centres, using your commercial knowledge and Sky's global reach to get the best deals and partnerships.
• Negotiate big deals: Manage major agreements with key suppliers, making sure they fit with Sky's long-term goals and targets.
• Find savings: Analyse spending, spot opportunities to save, and develop smart sourcing strategies to achieve cost savings and drive efficiency across your spend area.
• Build relationships: Create and manage strong relationships with internal stakeholders and key suppliers.
• Manage risk: Stay ahead of industry trends, market changes and handle potential risks.
• Work across teams: Partner with colleagues across Europe and the wider Sky Group (including Italy, Germany) and with our Comcast US counterparts.

What You'll Bring:

• Category Management: Demonstrable experience in category management processes, ideally with some exposure to Servies and/ or Offshoring categories.
• Desire to Succeed: An ambitious and highly motivated individual, keen to develop your knowledge in a specialised category and become a recognised expert.
• Negotiation Skills: Confident leading or supporting negotiations on complex deals covering the elements of commercial, service, and contract terms.
• Team player: Excellent at building relationships with different teams across the globe, and with proven experience of supplier relationship management.
• Results-focused: Driven to achieve cost savings and make things more efficient and improve the suppliers' performance to our customers.

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 best-in-class 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 outstanding 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:

At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more passionate about who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working. We are 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 to your recruiter as early as you can.

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. 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.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advertisement at any time once we have received a sufficient number of applications.