Procurement Manager - Networks

Job Req ID: 60775

About the role

As a Procurement Manager in the Engineering Field Services & Materials category, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering strategic sourcing initiatives that drive value across BT Sourced. You’ll be at the forefront of category management, supplier strategy, and stakeholder engagement—ensuring procurement excellence and continuous improvement.

This is a high-impact role where you’ll work closely with internal teams and external suppliers to deliver cost savings, mitigate risks, and support business growth. You’ll have the autonomy to lead your own projects while collaborating with a dynamic team of procurement professionals.

What you’ll be doing

Strategic

• Develop and execute category plans aligned with business and supplier strategies.
• Apply best-in-class sourcing practices, including supplier selection, negotiation tactics, and total cost of ownership analysis.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to champion procurement’s strategic value.

Operational

• Identify and deliver cost-saving opportunities through commercial models, contract optimization, and operational efficiencies.
• Lead sourcing activities in alignment with business needs and procurement processes.
• Conduct risk assessments and manage supply chain resilience within the category.
• Potential to have a direct report team.

Key Activities

• Drive sourcing initiatives and tender execution in the Engineering Field Services & Materials category.
• Negotiate contracts and implement procurement frameworks and procedures.
• Present sourcing strategies and recommendations to senior leadership (CEO, CFO, CPO).
• Manage supplier relationships and contractual risks.
• Collaborate across procurement teams to enhance processes and deliver brilliant outcomes.
• Partner with Customer Facing Units to support business objectives.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Strong procurement knowledge and commercial acumen.
• Self-starter with a strategic mindset and a proactive approach.
• Excellent attention to detail, especially in pricing and contract negotiations.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and communicate effectively at all levels.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Experience of understanding and negotiating contract terms.
• Comfortable using digital tools and exploring new technologies.
• Strong relationship-building and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing complex sourcing scenarios and delivering against key metrics.
• Collaborative mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.

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:

• 10% on target bonus
• 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 Grand 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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