Head of Procurement - BBC Studios & Content

at  BBC

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION

Band: F Band
Contract type: Permanent
Location: This role can be based from any of our UK offices
Salary: £95000 - £110000
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
Benefits – we offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

DISCLAIMER

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Managing a large team and a influencing a budget of up to £500m, the Head of Procurement will develop and implement procurement strategies for their business areas, to drive value from the supplier ecosystem whilst managing relevant spend categories pan-BBC. They will act as trusted partner to senior stakeholders in their business areas, embedding procurement best practice as the BBC moves to deliver it’s Value for All Strategy.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Business partners senior stakeholders in key BBC division (s), accountable for the delivery of shared commercial business objectives,
• Acting as an integral part of the stakeholder business division leadership team for a full procurement service (Sourcing through to Supplier Management)
• Develops and owns strategy for appropriate key spend categories across all BBC Business areas, bringing market insights into the procurement function and stakeholder community.
• Translates business challenges and opportunities, prioritising into commercial led value delivery, where appropriate, feeding requirements and into relevant category strategies owned by other members of the Procurement Senior Leadership Team.
• Leads on complex sourcing activities and negotiations where required to support strategic procurement deliverables.
• Management of key divisional suppliers and associated risks, working closely with Procurement Third Party Risk Management and Sustainability leads to proactively report on risks within the divisions supplier ecosystem.
• Understands business budget and how Procurement supports its commercial channels, aligns with FBP on savings opportunities and budgetary risks, delivering significant commercial value by using various procurement techniques with the supplier ecosystem.
• Owns the activity and savings opportunity pipeline and reporting for business division, ensures resource alignment against key priorities.
• Acts as a role model , coaches and develops a high performing, commercially astute, business partnering focused team.
• Keeps abreast of industry trends and best practices in procurement through external research and peer networking and incorporating them into the BBC procurement strategy.
• Procurement ownership of internal Service Level Agreements where applicable, agreeing and reporting on Key Performance Indicators including savings that demonstrate output.
• Works closely with Head of Procurement Enablement to ensure Procurement systems, data, and Accounts payable strategy is clear to and aligned to Business areas requirements.
• Play a key leadership role across their area of Procurement, the business area they partner with and the broader Procurement team, role modelling our values and leadership behaviours.
• As part of the Procurement Leadership team plays a key part in developing the procurement strategy and team culture as foundations for a high performing team.