Continuous Improvement jobs in United Kingdom

Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Band: D

Contract Type: 22 month Fixed Term Contract

Location: Any major BBC hub (UK based)

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 the offer stage.

The Commercial Procurement team is repositioning itself to become a strategic enabler for the BBC. The Commercial Procurement Manager will partner with stakeholders to influence the appropriate sourcing approach. You’ll drive third‑party commercial strategy whilst navigating risk. Operating independently, whilst leading junior staff across a pipeline of defined category projects.

You will ensure BBC standards are met and public procurement regulations are followed. Owning governance processes to ensure approval routes are navigated efficiently and effectively, resulting in the best outcome for the BBC.

• Identifying key stakeholders in your category of spend. Developing and maintaining the key stakeholder relationships, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Preparing strategic presentations and reports for category stakeholders, providing data‑driven insights and spend management recommendations to drive buy‑in and support on annual pipeline plans.
• Delivering procurement projects against plans within category from initiation to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope and budget.
• Identifying and mitigating project risks, escalating issues as necessary to senior management.
• Maintaining good relationships with key suppliers, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and ethical standards and public procurement regulations.
• Analysing market trends and data to identify cost‑saving opportunities and provide actionable decisions.
• Developing and implementing strategic category and sourcing plans that align with business goals.
• Establishing the process to navigate approval and governance processes, ensuring timely clearances and stakeholder support for category plans and execution.
• Coordinating with internal category stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Monitoring and reporting on procurement performance metrics to ensure continuous improvement for specific categories.
• Collaborating with suppliers to drive performance innovations and optimal commercial outcomes.
• Conducting performance reviews and providing continual feedback to junior staff to foster their professional development.

• Ability to proactively drive commercial benefits from Production resources, using data and technology to identify opportunities holistically across the BBC.
• Ability to collaborate across divisions (including BBCS) and with key partners such as Finance, Sustainability, Legal, Information Security, Responsible AI, etc. to articulate and mitigate risk.
• Shows energy and drive to bring market intelligence and innovation to support strategic business partnering.
• In-depth understanding of procurement process in a public regulated environment.
• Hold relevant project management skills that enable the successful end‑to‑end delivery of procurement projects.
• Demonstrate significant interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain relationships at all levels of the organisation.
• Demonstrate experience and the ability to analyse data and apply it to market context and trends to provide actionable commercial insights for the BBC.
• Have experience in procurement software and tools.
• Proven background of successfully delivering cost optimisation.
• Experience of supplier/contract management with the ability to manage key supply issues and develop relationships to foster innovation.
• Professional certification in procurement (e.g. CIPS, CPSM) (Desirable).

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Employment screening checks will be conducted that include reference checks, eligibility to work checks and, where applicable, safeguarding and adverse media/social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and will be given priority consideration. Priority consideration means for those employees the application will be considered alongside any others at risk of redundancy, before any individuals who are not at risk.

The BBC offers a range of benefits including:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35‑hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss at any point in the application, selection or offer.
• A values‑based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or an orchestra conditions contract.

Find out more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio‑economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

We are a disability‑confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process or to carry out this role, please contact us via email: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk