Marketing Procurement Manager

Overview 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 Responsibilities 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 How you'll work We have 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 office per week. #J-18808-Ljbffr