Procurement Project Manager ITV Careers in London

• Workplace: White City, London – hybrid minimum 2-3 days in office per week
• The team

The Procurement department plays a big role in helping bring our ‘Making What Matters’ strategy to life.

We live and breathe operational efficiency and procurement excellence, which in turn helps ITV fund the investment needed to make, deliver, and commercialise impactful content for our audiences.

The role

We’re looking for a Procurement Project Manager to join the team on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract basis.

Reporting to the Director of Procurement Operations, you will work in a small, high-performing team focused on continuous improvement across a broad range of functional and cross-functional topics.

This role provides a great opportunity to work across all parts of a progressive, AI-enabled procurement agenda.

You will help ensure ITV has the right procurement infrastructure and capabilities to deliver our functional strategy and targets, focusing on immediate priorities such as strategic corporate projects, AI capabilities, supplier onboarding, risk management, supply chain sustainability, and functional reporting.

Some of your key day to day responsibilities will include

• Supporting the delivery of major cross-functional business change projects impacting Procurement policies, processes, data, and technology.
• Developing and maintaining AI processes and chat agents that act as key project enablers for the Procurement team and the wider business.
• Leading and supporting capability improvement projects alongside the wider Procurement team, risk teams, Finance (including P2P), and business stakeholders.
• Proactively identifying improvement opportunities through regular engagement with the wider team and business stakeholders.
• Helping deliver ITV’s supply chain sustainability goals, improving scope 3 data, embedding sustainability into processes, and ensuring key suppliers have carbon reduction plans.
• Optimising ongoing development for supplier onboarding, risk management, and self-service capabilities, including related policies and technology.
• Developing and maintaining functional data, dashboards, and reporting to provide the team and wider business with actionable insights.
• Operating BAU support processes, including supplier due diligence, risk management, periodic reporting, and triaging ad-hoc business requests.
• Maintaining a strong knowledge of leading procurement practices, external trends, innovations, and technologies to support our capabilities.
• Providing flexible support to category teams on planning, research, operational, or sourcing activities as required.

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

• Experience in procurement or supply chain management.
• Good understanding of end-to-end procurement processes.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to manipulate large data sets, generate impactful visualisation, and produce clear insights.
• Proven ability to design, mobilise, and successfully deliver continuous improvement projects.
• Hands‑on experience using modern AI tools.
• Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)
• Ability to understand and translate strategic objectives into tangible outcomes.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment, manage competing priorities with multiple stakeholders, and work in an agile way.
• Quick learner who can successfully manage ambiguity and adapt swiftly to change or failure.
• Confident and effective presentation skills.
• Good understanding of supply‑chain sustainability standards, supplier risk management standards, and corresponding reporting requirements.

Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date.

We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.

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