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Procurement Manager - Resourcing

Job Req ID:  47107
Posting Date:  21 May 2025
Function:  Procurement and Supply Chain
Unit:  Finance & Business Services
Location: 

Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland

Salary:  Competitive + Excellent Benefits

Closing Date: Wednesday 4th June 2025

Why this role matters

The Procurement Manager is responsible for developing, driving and delivering the procurement strategies and activities within BT’s Category Management. You will be responsible for delivering category strategies, developing and maintaining relationships with key internal stakeholders and key suppliers and will ensure procurement competency and continuous value delivery. The categories for this role are Contingent Temporary Workforce, Executive Recruitment and Permanent Hire & Permanent Hire Attraction.

What you'll be doing

  • Develop and execute category plans and sourcing activities, in collaboration with stakeholders and suppliers.
  • Build and maintain category knowledge, apply best practices around sourcing approach, supplier selection, total cost of ownership and negotiation tactics.
  • Deliver business improvements, category plans and savings through planning and execution of sourcing, bid support, supplier management and risk management activities.
  • Ensure bids, sourcing and commercial activities, including contractual terms and conditions, service definitions and SLAs.
  • Adhere to required procurement processes and activities, in line with other procurement teams.
  • Drive and deliver end-to-end sourcing projects including complex contractual and pricing models.
  • Co-ordinate with regional category teams, to deliver service and performance targets.
  • Collaborate with other procurement teams to deliver brilliant outcomes for BT and our customers.

The skills you'll need

  • 3-5 years’ experience within the Procurement function, with tactical procurement skills, and the ability to deliver value and results for BT.
  • Strong business knowledge in relevant category, particularly around supplier capabilities, commercial models, product lifecycles and partner programmes required to deliver portfolio and customer requirements.
  • Demonstrates a track record of value adding capability and deliver against key metrics.
  • Effective 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.
  • Demonstrates effective continuous improvement skills and a willingness to learn new skills.

Benefits

  • 10% on target bonus
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays and an opportunity to buy up to five more days every year plans 
  • 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 provide healthcare cover & 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 fund raising too

About us

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.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

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