Procurement Business Partner

The Role

Procurement Business Partner, Marketing and Corporate Services

We’re looking for a Procurement Business Partner to shape and influence ITV’s spend across Marketing and Corporate Services at a time of significant transformation and investment.

Reporting to the Procurement Business Partner for Corporate and Marketing Services, and working closely with senior leaders, you will act as a key strategic partner, shaping commercial decisions on some of ITV’s most critical and high-profile projects.

You will partner with stakeholders across the business with integrity and constructive challenge, confidently balancing local requirements with wider group priorities while helping deliver ITV’s multi-year cost-saving programme and digital transformation ambitions.

The team

The Group Procurement team has a vital role to play in helping achieve ITV’s strategic goals to transform and grow the business. This includes driving the delivery of our multi-year cost-saving programme and making sure ITV gets the best value from the significant investments being made to digitally transform the business.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with senior stakeholders across the business with integrity and challenge, balancing local business requirements with group priorities while acting as a trusted commercial advisor.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the business areas you support, including operational challenges and strategic priorities, enabling you to act as an internal consultant and influence decision-making.
• Build deep, trusted relationships with senior internal stakeholders and strong external relationships with key suppliers, professional organisations and relevant industry networks.
• Develop valuable business insights through analysing spend, market trends, benchmarking, competitors, value chains and business demand to inform strategic sourcing decisions.
• Work collaboratively with Procurement leadership and business stakeholders to develop and execute strategies that support ITV’s group targets and deliver long-term value.
• Provide analytical support and structured problem-solving methodologies to help the business solve complex challenges, focusing on total cost of ownership and innovative market practices.
• Lead the procurement workstream on major projects, including developing sourcing strategies, running competitive tender processes, evaluating responses, negotiating commercial terms and supporting contracting.
• Manage supplier relationships in partnership with the business, overseeing governance, performance reporting, continuous improvement and capability development.
• Work closely with Finance to identify, forecast, validate and track savings delivery.
• Support identification, mitigation and monitoring of key third-party risks, ensuring ITV’s Social Purpose standards and targets are upheld.
• Contribute to the digital transformation of the business, demonstrating curiosity and practical application of technology, data and Gen I to unlock value opportunities and enhance procurement processes.
• Proactively contribute to the continuous improvement of Procurement’s processes, tools and capabilities.

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

• At least 4+ years’ experience in indirect procurement within an FTSE 100/250 or similarly complex organisation, with a strong track record in strategic procurement or consulting roles.
• Demonstrable experience developing and executing market-leading sourcing strategies and leading complex, high-profile procurement projects.
• Hands-on experience delivering large-scale transformation initiatives.
• A keen Interest in Gen AI and naturally curious about how agentic AI will change and enhance procurement.
• Demonstrable experience developing positive working relationships and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Track record of successfully leading and collaborating with cross-functional teams in the delivery of complex and high-profile procurement projects.
• Analytical mindset, with the ability to draw on multiple data points and perspectives to generate insight-led, innovative solutions.
• Ability to translate strategic objectives into tangible, commercially sound outcomes.

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

• Experience in Media or creative procurement is desirable, though not essential.
• Resilient, quick learner, can manage ambiguity and adapt swiftly to change or failure.
• A team player who enjoys building relationships
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, can manage competing priorities and can work in an agile way.
• Customer-focused, with a continuous improvement mindset.