Procurement Graduate Trainee - 12 month FTC

Please note that this role is based in theUnited Kingdom. In order to enable us to meet statutory and regulatory obligations of theUnited Kingdom immigration system you must have the appropriate immigration permission needed to work and reside in theUnited Kingdom for the duration of the employment.

This role is a 12-month fixed-term role.

To be considered for this role you must submit your CVas well as aCover Letter explaining whatrelevant skills and specific interests you have for this position.

In addition your Cover Letter should answeroneof the following questions (please ensure that your Cover Letter is no more than 500 words in total inclusive of the answer to one of the following questions):

• What challenges do Film studios face OR;
• What do you know about Procurement

Only applications that attach both documents will be considered.

Join our dynamic Global Sourcing team at Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our procurement strategies!

Based in our vibrant London office you will be part of a dedicated team that supports seven key categories of goods and services including Technology Professional Services Corporate Services/Facilities Travel Marketing Production and Content Distribution.

As a Procurement Graduate you will work cross-functionally in an agile sourcing model serving as a trusted advisor on enterprise-wide projects that drive value cost savings process improvement and supplier excellence. Your main focuses will be on Marketing Production Professional Services and Content Distribution.

We are looking for candidates who have experience in analysing data sets identifying trends and opportunities and presenting data in a suitable format. While an understanding of procurement and related activities such as spend/proposal analysis negotiation and Request for Proposal (RFP) processes is advantageous it is not required. Flexibility and the ability to connect with different teams are essential as you will collaborate with colleagues across various countries and departments.

What youll do:

You will assist with and take ownership of several projects to help ensure our partners procurement requirements are met. This will include:

• Capturing stakeholder requirements
• Designing and running Request for Proposal (RFP) processes
• Engaging and negotiating with potential vendors
• Analysing and evaluating vendor proposals
• Presenting to and engaging with collaborators
• Awarding business to vendors and drafting the related contract documents.

As the Procurement Graduate Trainee you will work with a variety of team members across internal business units (such as the Motion Picture Group (MPG) and Home Entertainment and TV Distribution) as well as those in different territories (EMEA LATAM North America).

What you have:

• Completed Bachelors Degree
• You are Research-focused and analytical
• Ability to analyse data sets (e.g. supplier proposals) to find trends and useful observations and provide options/recommendations based on the data
• Curiosity to ask questions an appetite to gain new skills/knowledge
• A thoughtful and motivated team player
• Enjoy working with cross functional teams
• Structured with the ability to prioritise whilst delivering numerous projects to the expected quality and required timescales.
• Presentation skills with the ability to present complex analysis and data to a range of stakeholders in succinct and engaging way
• Personable and persuasive communicator when building relationships internally and externally across different seniority levels
• Have strong numerate literacy and great attention to detail when carrying our procurement processes and analysing vendor proposals
• Some experience with Microsoft 365 applications e.g. Excel Word PowerPoint etc.
• Ideally have an affinity for movies television entertainment media and content creation.

What youll learn:

• A strong understanding of the end-to-end procurement process in a large international production company.
• How to support various Request for Proposal (RFP) processes. For example capturing information from suppliers to evaluate proposals carrying out analysis of pricing proposals compiling decks to compare proposals etc.
• Learning to analyse Supplier Spend data and presenting this in well-structured PowerPoint slides
• Project management skills
• Assisting with the delivery of projects to a high standard and to varying timescales
• Specific industry and market knowledge (e.g. Entertainment & Film)
• Specific category knowledge (e.g. marketing production)
• Stakeholder management learning to interact with a wide range of business collaborators:
• Negotiation skills and an understanding of contracts.
• Financial acumen e.g. understanding of key cost drivers and the impact on total cost

Hiring Process

• Application Deadline: Submit your application by Sunday 27th July 2025.
• Assessment Centre: If your application is successful you will be invited to attend our assessment centre face to face in our London Paddington office on Wednesday 20th August 2025. (Please note that this date is fixed and we are not able to accommodate separate interviews. This is to maintain a fair process for all candidates. You must be able to travel to our office at your own expense for the assessment centre).
• Final Interviews: Final stage interviews will be conducted via Teams calls no longer than two weeks after the assessment centre.

If you require any reasonable adjustments with any part of the recruitment process including the application or interview process please contact us at Please put Reasonable Adjustment Request in the subject line of the email.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is committed to equal opportunity in all its employment practices policies and procedures. No worker or potential worker will therefore receive less favourable treatment due to their race age creed sexual orientation colour nationality ethnic origin disability religion gender marital status or Trade Union membership (if applicable).

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