Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager is responsible for helping to drive and deliver the procurement strategy in Voice & Core Networks Category, including overall creation of sourcing strategies, execution of sourcing activities, establishing strong collaborative partnerships and driving procurement best practice continuously.

The role holder will develop and implement sourcing strategies, tender execution and contracting under procurement framework, policies and procedures. This role holds strong relationships with key suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure procurement competency and continuous value delivery.

• Responsible for the deliver of sourcing activities against cross team category plans.
• Feed into the build and maintenance of cross team category expertise, applying best practices around sourcing approach, supplier selection, total cost of ownership and negotiation tactics.
• Identify business improvements leveraging the commercial, design and process to minimise the total cost of ownership.
• Collaborate with business unit teams to execute and deliver category plans and sourcing activities against key metrics.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver the business objectives and key transformational programmes.
• Drive and deliver end-to-end sourcing projects including complex contractual and pricing models.
• Manage relationships with key suppliers, negotiate commercial and contractual arrangements.
• Work within a team matrix of procurement / sourcing professionals to deliver brilliant outcomes for BT and our customers.

• Experience within a procurement function, with strong sourcing/procurement skills.
• Strong business expertise in relevant category, particularly around supplier capabilities, commercial models, product lifecycles required to deliver customer requirements.
• Demonstrates a track record of decision making capability and deliver against key metrics.
• Strong relationship management skills and ability to influence decision making with senior stakeholders within a matrixed environment.
• Ability to manage complex, strategic and commercial requirements between BT and suppliers.

• 10% on target bonus
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays and an opportunity to buy up to five more days every year
• Hybrid working, with state-of-the-art offices within Canal Plaza
• BT Sourced Pension Scheme - 6% BT contributions
• Life Assurance from 1st day of employment - 4x salary
• We prodive healthcare cover and permanent health insurance (income continuance)
• Access to excellent training tools, programmes and communities to help you connect, learn and grow.
• And we like it when our people do good things so there will be the opportunity to take time off for volunteering and we'll help with your fundraising too.

BT Group was the world's first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK's most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.

Over the next two years, we will complete the UK's largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.

While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK's best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country's biggest infrastructure companies.

Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.