Procurement Manager at BT

Job description

Purpose

The role holder is responsible for the provision of a world class procurement service that delivers competitive advantage to the BT Group.

• To develop and maintain knowledge of product domain in which they operate including market dynamics and product life cycles.
• To lead Domain team(s) to determine the appropriate approach to Market, the optimum commercial models and supplier relationships for a product/service or element of a domain.
• To work closely with internal business partners to understand their requirements, mapping these to the BT strategy and driving the "One-BT" agenda.
• To develop procurement plans appropriate to their product and services deliver maximum commercial advantage to BT to include selection and application of appropriate procurement processes for a particular product and or service.
• To negotiate appropriate commercial and contractual arrangements with suppliers and for all products and services in their control, including loading information onto appropriate systems.
• To manage their supply base to ensure delivery against contractual and commercial commitments and “In Contract” supplier performance and ensure business benefit is realised.
• To take personal ownership for utilisation of contracts, ensuring order channel strategy enables internal business partners to order items efficiently and contracts reflect customer requirements for their duration.
• May be responsible for managing the time phased delivery plan that brings together the “forecast” and “Inventory policies” to produce a commitment schedule to industry.
• May be responsible for analysing demand history in combination with customer forecasts and other market intelligence to provide an accurate forecast of future demand.
• To streamline supply chain processes on behalf of business partners, pro-actively seeking out and owning process efficiencies within BT end to end supply chains to increase their efficiency and effectiveness.
• To manage the team within budget parameters.
• May have wider financial and/or systems responsibilities.
• May have responsibility for managing and coaching a team.
• Business Impact
• Works with a high degree of autonomy.
• Contributes to the definition of processes, policy and business strategy.
• Responsible for high value/risk contracts.
• Authority/Decision Making
• As defined within the Procurement Authority levels set out within the BT Group Corporate Procurement Policy. apply, whatever part of the business you’re in.

Requirements

• Relevant Qualification
• Min 10 years Procurement experience
• Telco experience
• Sound leadership skills and excellent relationship management skills.