Procurement Enablement Manager - Special Projects

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Finance

Permanent - Full Time

GB

BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST

Job Closing Date: 06/03/2025

Job ID: 021451

Salary: £41,500 - £55,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Band: D

Contract Type: Permanent

Further info: Closing date for applications is 23:59 on Thursday 6th March 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.

• 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 negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

The Procurement team is repositioning itself to become a strategic enabler for BBC. Procurement Enablement will form a key part in this transformation, delivering enablers for Procurement and its stakeholders.

The Procurement Enablement Manager for special projects will play a key part in this, owning the delivery of enablers to procurement and stakeholders. Is the primary lead for multiple improvement and transformational projects, ensuring on time delivery of process changes. Is the primary expert and manager of procurement enablers. Is able to manage multiple projects, identify and mitigate project risks and present progress to the leadership team.

Working for the Process Owner for source to order, the role has the responsibility to deliver multiple procurement enablers, driving efficiencies, compliance, cost optimisation and stakeholder engagement. To identify areas to utilise new technologies to improve processes and drive standardisation.

• Develop and manage detailed project plans to ensure timely and successful delivery of procurement enablement projects.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to understand project requirements, manage expectations and ensure alignment with organisational goals.
• Identify, assess and mitigate risks associated with enablement projects to ensure successful outcomes.
• Lead and coordinate project teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performing working environment.
• Monitor project performance, track progress against milestones and implement corrective action as needed.
• Prepare and deliver regular project status reports, ensuring transparency and effective communication with stakeholders.
• Ensure all projects comply with organisational policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.

• Demonstrated ability to plan, execute and close projects on time, within scope and budget.
• Experience in Procurement and/or P2P operational management and process improvement.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, Waterfall or hybrid approaches.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders at all levels, including clients, team members and executive leadership.
• Proven ability to identify potential risks, develop mitigation strategies, and respond proactively to challenges.
• Experience in managing team dynamics and resolving conflicts to maintain productivity and morale.
• Ability to balance project deliverables with overall business priorities to achieve maximum impact.
• Experience in implementing, managing or optimising Procurement systems and processes.
• Experience in leading change management efforts to support the adoption of new systems, tools or processes.
• Proven ability to drive strategic initiatives, such as sustainability programs or process simplification projects, through process and system improvements.
• Proven ability to align special projects with broader organisational goals and present project progress to senior stakeholders and management.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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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.

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