Procurement Manager - Cloud, Infrastructure & Analytics

Why this role matters

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

Benefits

• The opportunity to have access to your leadership team. They are based on site.
• The opportunity to have scope and impact on what you do and to shape the culture of the team.
• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office per week - with state-of-the-art offices within Grand Canal Plaza in Dublin 2.
• The opportunity to earn an annual bonus (10%)
• BT Sourced Pension Scheme – up to 6% BT contributions.
• Life Assurance from 1st day of employment – 4 x salary.
• We provide healthcare cover & permanent health insurance (income continuance).
• Access to excellent training tools, programmes and communities to help you connect, learn and grow.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays and an opportunity to buy up to five more days every year.
• 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 fund raising too