Procurement Manager - Cloud, Infrastructure & Analytics
Function: Procurement and Supply Chain
Unit: Finance & Business Services
Location: Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland
Salary: Attractive salary and benefits
Closing Date: Thursday 28th November 2024
Dublin-based with flexible smart working
Are you ready to lead and revolutionize the procurement process on a global scale? At BT, we're seeking more than just a Procurement Manager; we're on the lookout for an innovator, a strategic thinker, and a visionary leader.
Our mission is to redefine procurement from the ground up, making it simpler, more digital, and inherently sustainable. To achieve these ambitious goals, we're assembling a diverse team of the brightest minds. In the Services Procurement Team at BT Sourced, your impact will be substantial. You are part of a team that manages over EUR 2.3 billion of BT Group's expenditure, spanning critical areas such as Facilities Management, Energy, Marketing, Professional Services, Resourcing, Fleet, and Logistics. This role isn't just about managing categories; it's about shaping the future of procurement in a way that supports BT's wider strategic objectives, contributes to sustainable practices, and harnesses the power of digital transformation.
The Procurement Manager is responsible for driving and delivering the procurement plan and activities in BT’s Category Management, Strategic Sourcing & Proc. Business Partnering practice. This role develops and implements procurement frameworks, policies and procedures. This role holds strong relationships with key suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure procurement competency and continuous value delivery.
This particular role will focus on sourcing activities related to a wide variety of BT’s strategic partners in the domain of IT infrastructure (Software/Hardware/Services), Data Analytics, IT Cloud services (such as Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Azure). Relevant IT sourcing experience is recommended.
What you'll be doing
* Accountable for the creation and delivery of category plans and sourcing activities.
* Manage and deliver category spend and performance, develop and deliver category plan and long term values and implement business improvements.
* Build and maintain category expertise, apply 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.
* Drive and deliver end-to-end sourcing projects including complex contractual and pricing models.
* Develop and deliver policies and frameworks underpin products and service delivery.
* Maintain internal and external networks, to ensure buy in and improvements of customer value and Total Cost of Ownership.
* Manage relationships with key suppliers, negotiate commercial and contractual arrangements.
The skills you'll need
* Significant experience within the procurement function, with strong sourcing skills and the ability to collaborate and deliver through high performance teams.
* Strong expertise in IT Cloud, Infrastructure and Analytics, particularly around supplier capabilities, commercial models, product lifecycles and partner programmes required to deliver portfolio and customer requirements.
* Demonstrates a track record of decision making capability and deliver against key metrics.
* Strong relationship management skills & ability to influence decision making with senior stakeholders within a matrixed environment.
* Ability to manage complex, strategic and commercial requirements between BT and Suppliers, deliver projects and results on time and in full.
About us
BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet. Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.
We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’
This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.
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