Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand.
A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.
What You'll Do
* Lead the way: Help to develop and deliver the sourcing strategy for contact centres, using your commercial knowledge and Sky's global reach to get the best deals and partnerships.
* Negotiate big deals: Manage major agreements with key suppliers, making sure they fit with Sky's long-term goals and targets.
* Find savings: Analyse spending, spot opportunities to save, and develop smart sourcing strategies to achieve cost savings and drive efficiency across your spend area.
* Build relationships: Create and manage strong relationships with internal stakeholders and key suppliers.
* Manage risk: Stay ahead of industry trends, market changes and handle potential risks.
* Work across teams: Partner with colleagues across Europe and the wider Sky Group (including Italy, Germany) and with our Comcast US counterparts.
What You'll Bring
* Category Management: Demonstrable experience in category management processes, ideally with some exposure to Servies and/ or Offshoring categories.
* Desire to Succeed: An ambitious and highly motivated individual, keen to develop your knowledge in a specialised category and become a recognised expert.
* Negotiation Skills: Confident leading or supporting negotiations on complex deals covering the elements of commercial, service, and contract terms.
* Team player: Excellent at building relationships with different teams across the globe, and with proven experience of supplier relationship management.
* Results-focused: Driven to achieve cost savings and make things more efficient and improve the suppliers' performance to our customers.
The Rewards
* Sky Q, for the TV you
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