Sr. Manager, Procurement

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

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. Over the past two years, in partnership with the Legal, Compliance, Security, and Privacy teams, for Professional Service, Software, Construction, Benefits, and Marketing agreement requests, Comcast has centralized and automated contract intake, drove adherence to standard contract terms, and released new policies. We are now expanding the program to cover all Comcast buying categories creating an integrated request, contacting and management experience by: - Simplifying and integrating the contracting ecosystem - Leveraging intelligence-powered supplier segmentation rules engines - Integrating supplier risk methodologies and assessment repositories - Simplifying contract authoring by expanding use of clause libraries - Proactive agreement refresh management - Expanding obligations and compliance management In additional to establishing the centralized intake program for new suppliers, existing agreement updates and changes are too processed via this channel. This position of Sr. Manager, Contract Management Office will lead a team of procurement and contracting professionals focused on ensuring current provisions are maintained within existing supplier agreements. This role will also be responsible for maintaining and updating the supplier refresh criteria matrix and in partnership with stakeholder teams (e.g. Legal, Compliance, Security), to develop and execute on the refresh wave plan. The Contract Management Office is a key enabler to product and project delivery and is designed to balance a customer experience and a delivery mindset with necessary due diligence, risk mitigation and contracting expectations. Once the program is fully implemented and the expected results are achieved, we will look to expand to other Comcast geographies and entities like NBCU and Sky.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholder groups to update and maintain agreement update criteria

• Establish refresh wave plans and update as prioritization changes

• Lead a team of professionals assigned to update key provisions or master agreements

• Develop negotiation strategies to ensure agreements are updated with little business disruption

• Track and escalate risk throughout the agreement refresh process

• Partner with stakeholders to identify alternative suppliers when needed

• Recommend process and provision changes to further streamline and optimize operations.

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

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.

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

7-10 Years