Within the M&E estate BT spends over £100M in Capex per annum supporting BT network and maintaining our brilliant service. This role is to lead the team ensuring we have a robust supply chain and that suppliers perform to the required standard and held to account when needed. It also building partnerships with key suppliers to allow BT to move at pace and innovate ahead of the market by close working relationships. This role is hybrid (3 days in office) in one of the following locations: This role requires ability to travel anywhere within the UK for client meetings
* Please note formal interviews will take place in the New Year due to festive annual leave*
Accountable for contractor on time delivery to SLAs and alignment with committed commercial budgets across the allocated suppliers as well as maintaining and designing a reporting structure to clearly measure this.
Ensure that suppliers understand BTs policies and standards and therefore meet regulatory and legal requirements, where there is a lack of adherence to this, this role would deal with the escalation and implementation of remedial action to bring supplier back in line with these standards.
Perform an advisory technical role for contract services and insurance claims, interfacing between the Policy, Procurement, Legal, Group Risk, Suppliers, M&E and Field teams to drive service.
Programme of works owned and delivered by exception to underpin insurance and warranty claims.
Stakeholder Management: Able to establish and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships and facilitates mutually beneficial negotiations to develop solutions.
Minimum of 2 years experience in a commercial related role.
Set up contracts, manage contracts in life against SLA & KPI's and contract exit
Strong MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
Strong networking skills inside and outside of the business
On target 10% on target bonus
~ BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
~ From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
~25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
~24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
~World-class training and development opportunities
~ Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.
BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.
Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK’s best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country’s biggest infrastructure companies.
Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.
Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.