Manager, Enterprise Procurement
Location
Philadelphia, PA | United States
Job description
Job Summary
Comcast is looking for a Manager to join the Enterprise Procurement team to focus on Construction Labor & Wireless Infrastructure across Comcast Cable and Sky. The Construction Labor category includes Permitting, Fielding, Outside Plant (OSP) Construction, Design and Engineering (NDEA), and Locating. Wireless Infrastructure includes Core, RAN, eSIM/SIM, wireless trials and associated services.
In this role, you will work collaboratively with stakeholders and leadership to develop and champion category strategies that support Comcast’s growth, efficiency, and reliability targets. This role reports to the Senior Director of Fixed Network & Wireless Infrastructure.
Candidates should possess communication and relationship building skills, category management experience, and a commercial mindset. Negotiation experience and stakeholder engagement are important to success in this role. An understanding of communications technology, construction labor and/or wireless industry is beneficial, but not required.
Core Responsibilities
- Support the development and execution of category strategies
- Support data analysis (aggregate data, build business cases, spend analysis, savings tracking, and vendor offer comparisons) and translate data analyses into audience-appropriate presentations to guide decision-making
- Help manage market-facing activities – this includes managing RFPs, master agreements, and SOWs
- Support negotiation strategies; negotiate favorable commercial and contractual T&Cs
- Gain category expertise by understanding market & technology conditions; align/update strategy to meet business needs and mitigate risk
- Assist with managing supplier performance and relationships – this includes giving suppliers feedback on performance, continuous improvement, and innovation; detecting performance issues and determining root causes, and working with internal stakeholders and suppliers to drive an efficient resolution
- Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and strategic business partners
- Work with Comcast procurement systems and tools to effectively manage projects and report results & savings
- Special Projects – Contribute to special projects across the Enterprise Procurement team (supplier diversity, communications, process improvements, learning & development, etc.)
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
- Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
General Candidate Requirements:
- Ability to think logically and deconstruct business problems into smaller, more solvable parts
- Commercial mindset and data analysis skills, including data visualization skills
- Organizational and project management skills to support strategy execution
- Ability to pivot approach when requirements and market conditions change
- Good written and oral communications skills
- Experience interacting with and presenting to leadership and stakeholders at a variety of levels
Employees at all levels are expected to:
- Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
- Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
- Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
- Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
- Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
- Drive results and growth.
- Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
- Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree, with 5+ years related experience. Degree in Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain/Operations, or preferred, but other majors accepted with right work experience
- Consulting, Business Development, Telecom/Cable experience is a plus
- Candidates should be proficient with Excel and PowerPoint
Disclaimer:
- This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.
Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.
Relevant Work Experience
5-7 Years
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.
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