Business Senior Procurement Manager

Job Req ID: 61182

About the role

BT Sourced is BT’s AI-Native, digital procurement company, managing global procurement spend in excess of £10Bn. We are redefining procurement through digital innovation, sustainability and strategic value creation.

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Senior Procurement Manager to lead a team of procurement professionals responsible for key procurement categories supporting our Business customers. Accountable for developing and delivering category strategies, this role will drive sustainable value, cost efficiency, and strong supplier performance while managing strategic supplier relationships and supporting the development of competitive customer propositions across BT Business.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a global impact across multiple regions and business units, influencing innovative technology and service strategies while owning critical spend categories and strategic supplier partnerships. Working closely with world-class procurement, product, and commercial teams, the successful candidate will play a key role in shaping business outcomes while benefiting from strong leadership and career development opportunities within a forward-thinking procurement function.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead a team of procurement professionals delivering sourcing and category management activities across technology, software, voice, security and related business services.
• Develop and execute category strategies aligned to business goals, customer requirements and risk management priorities.
• Lead sourcing initiatives including RFPs, negotiations, supplier selection and contract management.
• Build and deliver savings pipelines supporting long-term cost reduction and commercial competitiveness.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across Product, Commercial, Sales, Go-To-Market, Risk, Legal, Finance and operational teams.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships, ensuring performance, compliance, innovation and value delivery.
• Monitor market trends, emerging technologies and industry developments to identify opportunities and mitigate risks.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, governance frameworks and external regulatory requirements.
• Champion sustainability, supplier diversity and ESG objectives within the supply base.
• Support supplier risk assessments, business continuity planning and resilience activities.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Proven experience in technology, software, IT, telecommunications or business procurement within a large organisation.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
• Broad understanding of technology products, services, supplier markets and commercial models.
• Demonstrated expertise in category management, sourcing and supplier relationship management.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Experience in contracting, risk management and supplier governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, matrix environment with global teams.
• Relevant professional qualifications such as CIPS or equivalent are advantageous.

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:

• 15% on target bonus
• Car allowance
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays and an opportunity to buy up to five more days every year
• Hybrid working, with state-of-the-art offices within Canal Plaza
• BT Sourced Pension Scheme - 6% BT contributions
• Life Assurance from 1st day of employment - 4x salary
• We provide healthcare cover and permanent health insurance (income continuance)
• Access to excellent training tools, programmes and communities to help you connect, learn and grow.
• And we like it when our people do good things so there will be the opportunity to take time off for volunteering and we'll help with your fundraising too.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.

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