Procurement Manager

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Enterprise Procurement team and support strategic sourcing and commercial management of technology infrastructure spend across Sky, Comcast and NBCUniversal. You will work with stakeholders in Technology, Finance and Legal across the UK, Italy and the US.

Key responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing, supplier management and category activities for Infrastructure Hardware (Servers & Storage), End‑User Computing, Security Hardware/Software and support services.
• Develop and execute procurement category strategies aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Conduct commercial negotiations, sourcing events, contract renewals and supplier selection exercises.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment with technology roadmaps.
• Analyse spend, contracts and market data to identify cost‑optimisation and risk‑mitigation opportunities.
• Prepare business cases, presentations and negotiation strategies for senior stakeholders.
• Track and report supplier KPIs, lead Quarterly Business Reviews and drive continuous improvement.
• Manage strategic relationships with Sky’s Value‑Added Reseller (VAR) partners and lead renegotiation of reseller agreements and MSAs.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading strategic sourcing and category management for technology infrastructure spend.
• Strong commercial negotiation skills and ability to develop procurement strategies.
• Excellent stakeholder management across technology, finance and legal functions.
• Analytical mindset with experience analysing spend data to drive cost savings.
• Experience managing supplier performance, KPIs and quarterly business reviews.

Required skills