Marketing Procurement Manager

We are seeking a Marketing Procurement Manager to join our Enterprise Marketing Procurement team. Enterprise Marketing Procurement work as an integrated global team across Sky and Comcast; reporting into the Head of Marketing Procurement, who will implement the PR & Social procurement strategy with a focus on Mar Tech & GenAI transformation across Sky & Comcast as well as contributing to the wider Advertising category globally.

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 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.

What you’ll bring

Essential criteria:

• Category Management & Subject Expertise: Marketing, digital and Mar Tech/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

Benefits and perks

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.

Your office base

Osterley

Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and work spaces, 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…