Job Introduction

Procurement is responsible for managing an external spend of £1.6bn, using around 12,000 suppliers annually. Our strategy is to optimize supplier engagement to deliver value for money, simplify processes, raise service levels, manage commercial risks and develop successful internal and external relationships while ensuring our procurement activities are carried out in a sustainable way.

This role sits within our Procurement Operations team who are responsible for the systems and processes which allow us to purchase from and make payment to our suppliers. The team responsibilities include: supplier onboarding, management of supplier master data, invoice query management, PO creation, electronic invoicing, catalogues and information held on both our internal (Buy/Book/Order) and external (Supplying the BBC) websites.

Role Responsibility

Acting as a key support resource in the BBC Procurement Operations team, working with our Finance BPO partner and internal business areas ensuring we engage effectively externally and across the BBC to deliver timely and accurate payments and information. You'll provide operational support to our outsourced provider in relation to a wide range of operational Procurement queries,  including producing reports and analytics for both internal and external consumption. You will support system development and testing and develop subject matter expertise on Accounts Payable solutions such as Opentext.

The Ideal Candidate

To succeed in this role, you will be a proactive, outcome focused individual with a good understanding of Accounts Payable and experience of working with outsourced service providers. With strong interpersonal and communication skills, you will be comfortable developing relationships with internal stakeholders and third party providers across a wide range of people, levels and functions. You will have a good understanding of SAP ECC6 and SAP Opentext and be a strong excel user in relation to formulae and pivot tables.

Package Description

Band: B 
Contract type: Permanent 
Location: Flexible 

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 offer stage.

• Excellent career progression â€“ the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities â€“ our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

The situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak is developing quickly and the BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across the BBC, while continuing to protect our services. To reduce the risk access to BBC buildings is limited to those essential to our broadcast output. From Wednesday 18th March until further notice all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

Mae’r sefyllfa gyda’r coronafeirws yn datblygu’n gyflym, ac mae’r BBC yn awyddus i barhau i sicrhau diogelwch a lles pobl ar draws y BBC, gan barhau i warchod ein gwasanaethau hefyd. I leihau’r risg, dim ond y bobl sy’n hanfodol i’n hallbwn darlledu fydd yn cael mynediad i adeiladau’r BBC. O ddydd Mercher 18fed Mawrth ymlaen, bydd pob asesiad a chyfweliad yn cael ei gynnal o bell, nes rhoddir gwybod yn wahanol. I gael mwy o wybodaeth, ewch i https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

About the Company

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here