About the role
We're looking for a Category Buyer to join our Procurement team, helping us deliver best value for money while keeping things simple, sustainable, and fully compliant. In this role, you'll manage a high volume of low-value purchasing processes using our GEP spend management tool, negotiating with suppliers, supporting contract activity, and working closely with colleagues across Finance, Legal, and Procurement. It's a hands‑on role where you'll balance cost savings, risk management, and customer satisfaction every day.
Responsibilities
* Leading sourcing activity including RFPs, auctions and negotiations, ensuring best commercial value, risk mitigation and sustainability impact
* Engaging and communicating with internal customers, Category Managers and group stakeholders (Telefonica Global Services, Liberty Global Procurement)
* Supporting contract implementation and ensuring compliance with VMO2's procurement policies and procedures
* Managing multiple projects and processes while delivering a positive customer experience
* Contributing to savings targets, efficiency improvements and sustainability objectives
Qualifications
* Good interpersonal skills and an ability to work with and influence suppliers and internal stakeholders at all levels
* Strong negotiating skills and the ability to lead competitive sourcing processes
* Ability to manage high volumes ofpurchasingactivity against tight SLA targets
* Strong time management and organisational skills
* The ability to work within cross‑functional and/or virtual teams
* Experience of using management information from ERP and Purchasing systems (ideally GEP)
* Basic contract knowledge, with an ability to finalise low‑value agreements where required
* Strong analytical and desktop research skills
* An interest in procurement and studying towards CIPS accreditation
Benefits
You’ll get a bumper reward package bursting with benefits, and loads of extras you can add if you’d like. These are designed to support both you and your loved ones, making sure that you’re covered no matter what life throws your way.
Equal Opportunities
Accessible, inclusive and equitable for all Virgin Media O2 is an equal opportunities employer and we’re working hard to remove bias and barriers for our people and candidates. So, we build equity and inclusion into everything we do, from the policies we craft to the relationships we shape. We support and encourage you to be your authentic self throughout your application journey with us.
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