Assistant Director, Procurement & Supply Chain Consulting, Corporate Real Estate and Facilities[...]

-; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Procurement & Supply Chain professional. The role involves developing strategies for Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Management. The ideal candidate will have experience in consulting or a major firm, keen analytical and communication skills, and the ability to manage complex procurement projects. This position supports career development in a high-performing team environment with a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Hybrid working policy

Comprehensive learning and development

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• Experience in Corporate Real Estate or Facilities Management.
• Strong understanding of procurement and supply chain processes.
• Ability to work with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement strategy for major clients.
• Manage multidisciplinary project teams effectively.
• Develop thought leadership in procurement consulting.

Skills

Procurement experience

Supply Chain management

Commercial management

Stakeholder relationship management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Professional qualification (e.g. MRICS, MCIPS)

Tools

Data visualization software (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)

Job description

Job description

Connect to your Industry

This is your opportunity to join the Deloitte Real Estate advisory team (which is part of our wider Infrastructure & Real Estate business unit, within our Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory service line). This blends consulting, finance, construction, digital and property skills to address the most complex challenges in real estate and facilities management.

We are the go‑to strategic advisor to a global network of corporate and public sector clients when it comes to Real Estate and Facilities Management consultancy. We utilise the latest technology and industry insights to help clients optimise their real estate and facilities management operations to achieve their corporate and strategic goals.

We are looking for curious minds who will join one of the largest and most respected real estate advisory teams in the UK. You will be joining a multi‑disciplinary team of chartered surveyors, cost consultants, project managers, engineers, technology specialists and accountants.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each= , foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

We are looking for a professional with Procurement & Supply Chain management experience working to help our clients in multiple industries with a specific focus on Corporate Real Estate or Facilities Management (CRE & FM) category and domain expertise. If you have procured or helped procure (at consultancy capacity) a complex facilities and real‑estate or property management services for a major organisation you would be an ideal candidate for this role. We seek people with curious minds, who would like to take their career forward. Either coming from management consulting or from one of the major FM or RE companies, you’ll be part of a team dealing with industry’s highest profile Occupier consultancy engagements.

In this role you will be expected to support client engagements across a range of industries. Some of these may look like:

• Working alongside the client’s senior Real Estate and Facilities personnel, and leading a team of 3 Deloitte consultants to develop the procurement outsourcing strategy and business case for facilities and estate management activities across 200 locations across the UK for a public sector client.
• For a large pharmaceutical company, creation and implementation of a procurement strategy across RE & FM services across the organisation’s entire real estate portfolio, including:
  • Preparing the business case for change leading the cost benefits analysis of outsourcing RE / FM services.
  • Preparing the go to market and supplier engagement strategy, structuring the sourcing and lotting strategy and bundling options.
  • Leading a team of consultants to prepare tender materials through to supplier negotiations, change and communications management and implementation processes.
  • Facilitating the tender process and facilitating the client‑supplier engagement process.
  • Developing the CRE and FM strategy for the delivery of a high‑profile facilities and workplace services transformation programme.
• Design and establishment of a new target operating model for a client organisation, including the supply chain and service delivery models.
• Conducting options analysis around development of technology and AI solutions for the next generation of FM and RE services for a major Bank, including analysis of the existing technology landscape, workplace applications and identifying value creation through technology and AI in FM / RE.

Four key reasons this opportunity presents an excellent prospect for successful applicants

1. We work with the world's largest and most influential organisations, supporting a cross sector of global private sector organisations (including Financial Services, Energy, Life Sciences, Telecoms and Technology) with significant Real Estate portfolios and Facilities Management requirements.
2. We work on the most relevant, pressing, and complex challenges, helping clients’ Real Estate and FM functions support evolving future of work, disrupt the RE market with AI and adapt to post‑pandemic ways of working, and reduce operational spend.
3. We engage with senior stakeholders of organisations, working across Deloitte functions and engaging with CEOs, COOs, CFOs and HR Directors of FTSE 100 organisations.
4. We are part of a high performing team with opportunities to develop your career in a large professional services firm, supported by comprehensive learning and development and a culture that rewards ambition.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

To be successful in this role you will need to be able to:

Lead project delivery

• Lead large multidisciplinary transformational CRE & FM, workplace and procurement projects.
• Define and challenge client requirements and identify means of solving commercial and real estate problems.
• Be responsible for providing day to day oversight, leadership and support for more junior team members.
• Be a strong team player, capable of fulfilling different roles within project teams.

Undertake business development

• Lead, support and coordinate specific bids and proposals that align with your goals.
• Drive specific initiatives in your desired area of expertise.
• Develop thought leadership / eminence and propositions to drive awareness and eminence.

Support team / community Development

• Manage diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.
• Promote, develop and lead by example the use of AI and technology skillsets in the team.

Support internal initiatives

• Work closely with the Partner/Director group to drive growth of the Deloitte Corporate Occupiers & Real Estate community in the UK and Global network.

Essential Requirements

• Knowledge of corporate real estate and facilities management industry, suppliers, and trends.
• Strategic and tactical procurement and supply chain / commercial management experience either as a consultant or within industry.
• Professional experience working with Corporate Real Estate / Facilities Management functions across private sector industries, either in industry or consulting.
• Professional qualification in a relevant area (e.g. MRICS, MCIPS) welcomed but not a pre‑requisite.
• Demonstrable experience in managing senior stakeholder relationships and supporting business growth opportunities.
• Strong commercial acumen and market awareness, and ability to leverage AI.

Desirable skills and experience

• Excellent analytical skills – desirable but not essential to have data analytics experience (e.g. use of data visualisation software such as Power BI or Tableau).
• Strong communication skills honed through experience in client‑facing roles or similar.
• Excellent presentation and report writing skills.
• The ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• The ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Excellent problem solving and a strategic thinker.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude, eager to contribute and collaborate effectively.
• The ability to travel as required (opportunity to work on assignments overseas).
• Willingness and eligibility to obtain UK security clearance (SC), if required.

Connect to your business - Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory

In an ever‑evolving world, there are no certainties in business. Our teams help clients to navigate risks, process major transactions and deliver transformational change that will future‑proof their business. Join us to make a positive difference.

Infrastructure and Real Estate

Our Infrastructure and Real Estate team supports both public and private sector clients on complex infrastructure, real estate, and capital projects. Typical engagements include urban regeneration, transport, energy and renewables, and occupier advisory to central government and large corporate companies.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your “Immediate Family Members” are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds, etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

Get to know some of our team through our People Series, available through our blog page.

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in London or Manchester with hybrid working. At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Work, Your Way: We call our hybrid working vision Deloitte Works. And it does. We trust you to make the right choices about where, when and how you work. You’ll be able to make decisions about how you work best, to be collaborative, learn from colleagues, share your experiences, build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Having great conversations with your team and your leadership paves the way for great collaborative ways of working.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world‑class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose‑driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers