Procurement Sourcing Delivery Manger

Join Liberty Blume as a Procurement Manager

We’re looking for a Procurement Manager to join us at our office in London UK. This is a hybrid role with 3 days in the office and 2 days from home. As a Sourcing Delivery Manager for Liberty Blume, your primary responsibility will be to deliver sourcing activities for our customers from both inside and outside the Liberty Global group, which ranges from driving sourcing processes (RFI, RFP, RFQ) to renegotiation of existing contracts and contracting.

The Procurement categories we get involved in vary per customer, creating a dynamic environment for the Sourcing Manager as you can get involved in a wide variety of Procurement categories. A Sourcing Delivery Manager could be linked to a specific department at the customer (e.g. Technology, IT, Marketing, Contact Center) for a period of time or the remit could be more fluid and cut across different customer departments simultaneously.

As Manager Sourcing Delivery, you will work closely together with the Sourcing Strategy team. During Sourcing Strategy development, this role will provide customer-specific input, while during the Delivery stage of the process, the Sourcing Delivery Manager will keep the Sourcing Strategy lead informed and align where needed on the negotiation strategy and use their category/supplier insights to increase the result.

Key Accountabilities

• Finetune requirements with the internal customers and prepare the Request for Information/Request/Quotation documents in our online Sourcing tool.
• Lead the set-out tendering process ensuring an equal playing field for all suppliers involved amongst others by preparing an objective evaluation framework.
• Analyse the supplier responses from a commercial Total Cost of Ownership perspective and together with the internal customer from a business/technical perspective.
• Prepare the negotiation strategy to optimize the results and conduct the negotiation round(s). Where possible leverage technology to speed-up this process and/or enhance the result.
• Drive the contract approval process in our Contract management system.
• Calculate the Procurement value delivered on your sourcing activities and supervise the result (e.g. price reduction, costs avoidance, TCO improvement).
• Engage in case of disputes (e.g. performance, breach, commercials).

Knowledge & Experience

Preferred Education/Qualifications:

• Academic background (minimum Bachelor): preferably in business administration, or finance/procurement or equivalent experience.
• Validated experience in procurement.
• Preferably experience in an international/multi-country/service environment.
• Demonstrated experience of working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment, with a strong focus on customer service.

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent communication and networking skills, relates effectively to people at all levels of the organization and with the supply base.
• Ability to deal well with ambiguity and excellent change management skills to drive improvement.
• Can-do mentality, pragmatic, drives for excellent results.
• Sourcing experience (e.g. competitive bidding processes, running effective tendering processes, Negotiation Preparation, Negotiation Execution, Supplier Screening and Selection, Total Cost of Ownership Analysis) is valued.
• Confident negotiator.
• Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data.
• Proficiency in using procurement technology tools and systems, particularly supplier collaboration tools.
• Sophisticated skills in MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint).
• Proficient (oral & written) in English.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary + Bonus **where applicable**
• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%
• Access to our car benefit scheme
• Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us
• The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team

Who we are

Liberty Blume, a Liberty Global company, is a rapidly growing business services provider, specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency, scale and value to our customers through Business, Procurement and Financial Solutions. If you’re curious, customer-centric and enjoy being one step ahead, join us on our scale-up journey and unlock your freedom to grow!

Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive environment and accommodating all candidates. We’re eager to hear from you, no matter your background.

Our Story

We’re building Tomorrow’s Connections Today, bringing people together through the power of our technology. Liberty Global is a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications and an active investor in cutting-edge infrastructure, content and technology ventures. With our investments in fibre-based and 5G networks, we play a vital role in society, currently providing over 85 million fixed and mobile connections and rolling out the next generation of products and services, while readying our networks for 10 Gbps and beyond.

We’re creating national champions, combining the best broadband and mobile networks under brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, Telenet in Belgium, Sunrise in Switzerland, Virgin Media in Ireland and UPC in Slovakia. Liberty Global Ventures, our global investment arm, has a portfolio of more than 75 companies and funds across content, technology and infrastructure, including strategic stakes in ITV, Univision, Plume, Lionsgate and the Formula E racing series.

Our scale enables us to transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments, creating a dynamic family of brands united in the pursuit of innovation and excellence. And we’re prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and communities, while reducing our impact on the environment. We are using technology as a force for good; for our people, our partners and the planet.