Commercial Procurement Manager - SSR

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Job Title: Commercial Procurement Manager - SSR

Procurement, Procurement

Permanent - Full Time, Permanent - Full Time

Job Closing Date: 13/07/2025

THE ROLE JOB DETAILS

Band: D
Contract Type: Permanent
Department: Procurement
Location: Any major BBC hub (UK based)
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 13th July 2025

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 the offer stage.

JOB PURPOSE

The Commercial Procurement team is repositioning itself to become a strategic enabler for the BBC, partnering with divisions across the group. Safety, Security & Resilience (SSR) deliver staff safety, physical security and personnel security to support the production of distinctive and world-class programmes for TV, Radio and Online.

The Commercial Procurement Manager will partner with stakeholders to influence the appropriate sourcing approach by: driving third party commercial strategy whilst navigating risk; operating Independently, whilst leading junior staff across a pipeline of defined category projects; ensuring BBC standards are met and public procurement regulations are followed; owning governance processes to ensure approval routes are navigated efficiently and effectively, resulting in the best outcome for the BBC.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & IMPACT

• Identifying key stakeholders in your category of spend. Developing and maintaining the key stakeholder relationships, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Preparing strategic presentations and reports for category stakeholders, providing data-driven insights and spend management recommendations to drive buy-in and support on annual pipeline plans.
• Delivering procurement projects against plans within category from initiation to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.
• Identifying and mitigating project risks, escalating issues as necessary to senior management.
• Maintaining good relationships with key suppliers, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and ethical standards and public procurement regulations.
• Analysing market trends and data to identify cost-saving opportunities and provide actionable decisions.
• Developing and implementing strategic category and sourcing plans that align with business goals.
• Establishing the process to navigate approval and governance processes, ensuring timely clearances and stakeholder support for category plans and execution.
• Coordinating with internal category stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Monitoring and reporting on procurement performance metrics to ensure continuous improvement for specific categories.
• Collaborating with suppliers to drive performance innovations and optimal commercial outcomes.
• Conducting performance reviews and providing continual feedback to junior staff to foster their professional development.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Ability to manage business critical security contracts.
• Ability to negotiate commercial change and drive cost optimisation from security providers.
• Have an in-depth understanding of procurement process in a public regulated environment.
• Hold relevant project management skills that enable the successful end-to-end delivery of procurement projects.
• Demonstrate significant interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain relationships at all levels of the organisation.
• Demonstrate experience and the ability to analyse data and apply to market context and trends to provide actionable commercial insights for the BBC.
• Have experience in procurement software and tools.
• Have a proven background of successfully delivering cost optimisation.
• Hold experience of supplier/contract management with the ability of managing key supply issues and developing relationships to foster innovation.

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.

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: , registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.