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Job Summary

The Comcast Enterprise Procurement team spans Comcast, NBCUniversal and Sky, proactively managing a trusted supplier network across the globe to protect our business and drive long-term value. We utilize expertise, scale, and a deep-rooted understanding of our business to navigate the global marketplace – balancing value, risk, and social responsibility to deliver for our clients, our suppliers, and the communities we serve. Our team accelerates transformation and innovation by bringing together the right people, products and services and create the technologies and experiences that our brands are known for. We create connections across Comcast, NBCUniversal and Sky to generate greater value for our business and opportunities for our teammates – today, and in the future.

Comcast is seeking Sr. Manager, Enterprise Procurement to advance our Comcast Contingent Solutions program in support of Comcast’s global expansion initiative.

Job Description

In partnership with our Finance, Legal, Compliance, Security, and Privacy teams, Comcast Enterprise Procurement has established US based contingent labor and services procurement program. We are currently looking to further expand our program to all Comcast geographies creating a centralized Source-to-Pay (S2P) experience.

The Sr. Manager. Enterprise Procurement plays a pivotal role in further advancing our industry leading program into a global contingent labor workforce solution to centrally orchestrate sourcing, contracting, risk and compliance controls, and vendor management activities.

The role is responsible for leading a team of cross departmental individuals driving global sourcing, procurement, and planning operations’ goals and objectives. This role requires strategic thinking, strong negotiation skills, and a deep understanding of market dynamics to optimize procurement strategies and drive cost efficiencies.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead Comcast’s contingent labor program including oversight of Managed Services Partner and Vendor Management System operations.

• Provide thought leadership, develop, and execute contingent labor strategies and Vendor Management strategies, and advancing Source to Pay (S2P) experience to next generation Procurement.

• Partner with Procurement category leads and program boundary partners to enhance systems and processes, strategies to drive workforce optimization, compliance controls.

• Support strategic, global, cross-functional operations and programs including managing expectations with stakeholders, identifying risks, and clearly communicating to internal and external stakeholders.

• Mentor and advance a team of professionals supporting contingent labor sourcing, contracting, resource management, and business processes.

• Leverage data analytics to generate actionable insights, drive continuous improvement, and enrich the program experience.

• Manages vendor/supplier relationship and interfaces with key executives on supplier issues.

• Coordinates and reports procurement activities, plans and results with key representatives across several departments.

• Assesses market conditions that may effect procurements, continually. Anticipates and formulates alternative solutions based upon market changes.

• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated Client-side professional services and contingent labor category management work experience overseen global contingent labor program in excess of $750M.

• Experience in leading Global VMS solution implementation with multi-currency, multi-geography, multi-entity, and cross border payment complexity.

• Deep functional knowledge on Vendor Management System (VMS) technologies such as Beeline, AgileOne, Fieldglass, and boundary systems such as Oracle Financials, Fusion, and Workday.

• Creative thinking and the ability to articulate a vision to teams across the organization.

• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-volume work environment, ability to deal with ambiguity.

• Advanced presentation skills with the ability to exert influence and inspire others.

• Brings balance between collaboration, influence, and leadership.

• Curiosity, desire, and willingness to learn.

• Comfortable challenging the status quo and proposing and owning solutions.

• Ability to be inclusive and work in a diverse environment.

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.

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.

Skills:

Management Strategy; Vendor Management Systems (VMS); Results-Oriented; Sourcing and Procurement; Negotiation; Procurement Strategies; Contingent Labor

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 to eligible employees. 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 (https://jobs.comcast.com/benefits) on our careers site for more details.

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

10 Years Job Family Group: Finance & Accounting