Marketing Procurement Manager

Our vision for Procurement is to deliver and secure strong supplier ecosystems to deliver business results today and in the future by:

• Building brilliant relationships with the business to understand business strategy & stakeholder plans;
• Demonstrating expert knowledge of a category's suppliers & market developments, reflected in brilliant category plans;
• Fairly managing suppliers & negotiating to deliver the best outcomes (leveraging our Enterprise/Regional scale & prestige); and
• Leveraging our global scale to deliver locally and globally as required
What you'll do
• Category leadership & sourcing strategy: Lead the PR & Social category and sourcing strategies that improve value and ROI across Sky and Comcast. Ensure outcomes-based implementation of commercial elements of spend with agencies, promoting the highest standards of ethics and compliance. Deliver benefits through strong demand management, relationship management and contract execution
• Business partnering: Act as a trusted partner to the global marketing teams supporting the evolution of Sky & Comcast's marketing transformation across their portfolio. Bring an understanding of marketing, digital and technology to inform decisions and enable effective collaboration
• Market intelligence: Build and maintain a strong understanding of the agency and partner ecosystem, GenAI innovation and emerging technologies. Provide external benchmarks and market insight to inform strategy and drive value.
  
  Category Management & Subject Expertise: Marketing, digital and MarTech/GenAI experience. Commercial experience is essential for this role
• Desire to Succeed: A curious, diligent and forward thinking highly motivated individual, keen to develop knowledge in the new technologies and advancements in this space for the future and become a recognised expert within the Marketing and Media Procurement team
• Negotiation Skills: Confident leading and supporting negotiations on complex deals covering the elements of commercial, services, and contract terms across Sky & Comcast
• Team player: Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally, influence senior stakeholders, and operate effectively in transformation contexts characterised by ambiguity and pace
• Results-focused: Be solution driven and agile to achieve the best value for business
Desirable skills and experience:
• Procurement experience preferable
  
  Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology conglomerate that ranks as one of the world's largest telecommunications and entertainment companies. Headquartered in Philadelphia, it operates through two primary divisions: Connectivity & Platforms and Content & Experiences.
The Procurement team work holistically as an Enterprise Procurement team across these businesses'., Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and workspaces, there's plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants and cafes. You can re-energise at our gym, catch the latest films at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. Our Osterley Campus is just a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station, or you can get one of our free shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations. Plus, there's free onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles., We're Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news and arts through innovative products and services. Working with us means you'll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day. All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues and society.

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to life at Sky: the perks. Here's a taster:
• Free Sky TV, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema
• Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution
• Private healthcare with mental health support
• Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance
• Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect
• Sharesave and Tech schemes
• A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences
How you'll work We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the ofice per week.