Manager, Enterprise 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.

Job Description

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 addition to establishing the centralized intake program for new suppliers, existing agreement updates and changes are too processed via this channel. 

This position of Manager, Contract Management Office will be responsible for intake assessments, diligence reviews, contract negotiations for new supplier requests along with leading existing supplier refresh requests.

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.

General Candidate Requirements

• Knowledge of contracting and legal principles
• Familiarly with Procurement and related agreements
• Advanced presentation skills with the ability to exert influence and inspire others
• Comfortable challenging the status quo and proposing and owning solutions
• Curiosity, desire, and willingness to learn
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-volume work environment
• Creative thinking and the ability to articulate a vision across the organization
• Ability to be inclusive and work in a diverse environment

Core Responsibilities

• Partner with requestors to review supplier needs and develop market testing strategies to determine incumbent partner capabilities to validate need to onboard a new supplier
• Perform supplier diligence screens to inform contracting strategies
• Lead agreement refresh and update activity for the assigned portfolio
• Ensure supplier terms are aligned with engagement risks
• Lead end-to-end contracting activities
• Manage inflight request portfolio to ensure alignment with BU timing expectations
• Partner with category leads to develop, maintain, and enhance supplier segmentation and categorization strategies to drive program operations
• Recommend process and provision changes to further streamline and optimize operations.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles;