Senior Procurement Manager - Engineering Materials

Why this job matters

The Senior Manager (SR MGR) is responsible for driving and overseeing the procurement strategy, processes and activities for BT’s Engineering Materials category (which is focused upon the primarily passive products needed do build, test, and maintain the fiber network). The SR MGR will lead a team to deliver the category specific Strategic Sourcing and Stakeholder Management activities, as well as to represent the category within the wider Networks and BT strategies; holds senior level relationships with key suppliers; Will ensure procurement competency and deliver value to BT. Further, the SR MGR plays a key role in the development of BT Sourced employee culture and engagement.

What you’ll be doing

• Drive category spend and performance, develop and deliver category strategy and long term values, in collaboration with stakeholder community and suppliers, leveraging best practice procurement approaches and tactics
• Determine the best approach to market, the optimum commercial models and supplier relationships for a product/service or sub-category to create maximum value
• Provide guidance and input to develop and implement policies and frameworks underpin products and service delivery
• Lead regional and industry category teams, setting regional targets and ensure strategy implementation at a regional level

What are we looking for in our Senior Procurement Manager? You may have a variety of the below;

• Leadership experience within the Procurement function, with strong leadership skills and the ability to lead, and deliver through high performance teams
• Strong business expertise in relevant category, particularly around supplier capabilities, commercial models, product lifecycles and partner programmes required to deliver portfolio and business 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
• Experience in business partnering and supplier relationship management

What’s in it for you? What are the benefits?

Here at BT, our purpose is to Connect For Good and to have a positive impact on people, planet and society. We’re very proud of our accreditations as a Healthy Place To Work (Great Place To Work Institute) and as a Responsible Business leader (Business in the Community/NSAI).

One of our highest priorities is being a diverse, equitable and inclusion organisation, and our aim is to foster a sense of belonging among employees and to support everyone to reach their potential with us.

Benefits of working for BT Sourced include:

• 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, with state of the art offices within Grand Canal Plaza
• Car allowance
• The opportunity to earn an annual bonus (15%)
• 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
• 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

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.