Salary: £50,000 – £65,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Band: D

Contract Type: Permanent 

Location: Any major BBC hub (UK-based)

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage, but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at the offer stage.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certifications.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more. 

Job Introduction

The Commercial Procurement team is repositioning itself to become a strategic enabler for the BBC. The Commercial Procurement Manager will partner with stakeholders to influence the appropriate sourcing approach. You’ll drive third-party commercial strategy whilst navigating risk. Operating independently, whilst leading junior staff across a pipeline of defined category projects. 

You will ensure BBC standards are met and public procurement regulations are followed. Owning governance processes to ensure approval routes are navigated efficiently and effectively, resulting in the best outcome for the BBC.

Main Responsibilities

• Identifying key stakeholders in your category of spend. Developing and maintaining the key stakeholder relationships, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Preparing strategic presentations and reports for category stakeholders, providing data-driven insights and spend management recommendations to drive buy-in and support on annual pipeline plans.
• Delivering procurement projects against plans within the category from initiation to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Identifying and mitigating project risks, escalating issues as necessary to senior management.
• Maintaining good relationships with key suppliers, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and ethical standards and public procurement regulations.
• Analysing market trends and data to identify cost-saving opportunities and provide actionable decisions.
• Developing and implementing strategic category and sourcing plans that align with business goals.
• Establishing the process to navigate approval and governance processes, ensuring timely clearances and stakeholder support for category plans and execution.
• Coordinating with internal category stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Monitoring and reporting on procurement performance metrics to ensure continuous improvement for specific categories.
• Collaborating with suppliers to drive performance innovations and optimal commercial outcomes.
• Conducting performance reviews and providing continual feedback to junior staff to foster their professional development.

Are you the right candidate?

• Ability to proactively drive commercial benefits from Production resources, using data and technology to identify opportunities holistically across the BBC.
• Ability to collaborate across divisions (including BBCS), and with key partners such as Finance, Sustainability, Legal, Information Security, Responsible AI, etc, to articulate and mitigate risk.
• Shows energy and drive to bring market intelligence and innovation to support strategic business partnering
• Have an in-depth understanding of the procurement process in a public regulated environment
• Hold relevant project management skills that enable the successful end-to-end delivery of procurement projects
• Demonstrate significant interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain relationships at all levels of the organisation
• Demonstrate experience and the ability to analyse data and apply it to the market context and trends to provide actionable commercial insights for the BBC
• Have experience in procurement software and tools
• Have a proven background of successfully delivering cost optimisation
• Hold experience in supplier/contract management with the ability to manage key supply issues and develop relationships to foster innovation
• Hold a professional certification in procurement (e.g. CIPS, CPSM) (Desirable).

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