Procurement Business Partner at ITV shaping and influencing spend across Marketing and Corporate Services. Collaborating with senior leaders to drive procurement strategies and achieve strategic goals.
Responsibilities
Partner with senior stakeholders across the business with integrity and challenge, balancing local business requirements with group priorities while acting as a trusted commercial advisor.
Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the business areas you support, including operational challenges and strategic priorities, enabling you to act as an internal consultant and influence decision-making.
Build deep, trusted relationships with senior internal stakeholders and strong external relationships with key suppliers, professional organisations and relevant industry networks.
Develop valuable business insights through analysing spend, market trends, benchmarking, competitors, value chains and business demand to inform strategic sourcing decisions.
Work collaboratively with Procurement leadership and business stakeholders to develop and execute strategies that support ITV’s group targets and deliver long-term value.
Provide analytical support and structured problem-solving methodologies to help the business solve complex challenges, focusing on total cost of ownership and innovative market practices.
Lead the procurement workstream on major projects, including developing sourcing strategies, running competitive tender processes, evaluating responses, negotiating commercial terms and supporting contracting.
Manage supplier relationships in partnership with the business, overseeing governance, performance reporting, continuous improvement and capability development.
Work closely with Finance to identify, forecast, validate and track savings delivery.
Support identification, mitigation and monitoring of key third-party risks, ensuring ITV’s Social Purpose standards and targets are upheld.
Contribute to the digital transformation of the business, demonstrating curiosity and practical application of technology, data and Gen I to unlock value opportunities and enhance procurement processes.
Proactively contribute to the continuous improvement of Procurement’s processes, tools and capabilities.
Requirements
At least 4+ years’ experience in indirect procurement within an FTSE 100/250 or similarly complex organisation, with a strong track record in strategic procurement or consulting roles.
Demonstrable experience developing and executing market-leading sourcing strategies and leading complex, high-profile procurement projects.
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