Associate Director - Procurement

Turner & Townsend; North East; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company in the UK seeks an Associate Director to lead strategic procurement services. The role involves managing procurement on major projects, developing innovative solutions, and client relationship management. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in regulated procurement and excellent interpersonal skills. This position encourages a hybrid working approach and offers opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Opportunity for career progression

Support for professional development

Hybrid working approach

Qualifications

• Experience managing procurement projects for public and private sector clients.
• Familiar with Public Contract Regulations 2015.
• Security Clearance (SC) – currently valid or restorable.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement strategy advice to clients.
• Manage end-to-end procurement services on major projects.
• Develop procurement services and manage client relationships.

Skills

Regulated procurement knowledge

Tender preparation and negotiation

Client relationship management

Supplier evaluation strategies

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree related to construction, civil engineering, quantity surveying, law or procurement

Job description

Overview

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Due to increased workload and securing of new clients across the Infrastructure and Real Estate sectors, Turner & Townsend has a new opportunity for an Associate Director to join our growing Contract Services division in our UK offices.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:

• Drive change in the largest organisations in the country
• Engage on and influence large scale flagship projects
• Impact across multiple industries and categories
• Challenge themselves in a market leading global business
• Create new and innovative service offerings to the Market
• Lead and develop an outstanding team of specialist procurement and other consultants

The wider team also includes specialists in procurement and contract strategy, claims management and dispute resolution services.

We are the first consultancy to be recognised by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) for excellence in the procurement processes that it provides for clients in the construction sector. Our Team received a Procurement Excellence Programme Award demonstrating excellence in our procurement and supply chain activities.

The Opportunity

The individual will work and lead our highly skilled team delivering best-in-class strategic procurement and contract advice, including end-to-end procurement services to some of the larger brands and on the most exciting programmes and projects. This role will be a part of our growing Contract Services team and play a significant part in the continued expansion of our team and our services in this period of growth, such as Sustainable Procurement, Transformation, Renewables, Digital Procurement and Net Zero Strategies.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide specialist procurement strategy advice to Public and Private sector clients.
• Lead and manage end to end procurement services on major projects or programmes.
• Lead and support the development of the procurement services provided by Turner & Townsend.
• Lead and develop a team to achieve successful outcomes for our clients.
• Managing client relationships and related commission outputs and deliverables.
• Lead and support business development and marketing of the Contract Services team’s service proposition.
• Lead on bid preparation and proposal documentation and support the work winning capability of the contract services division.
• Support the delivery of both team and wider business targets.

Offer / Benefits

Turner & Townsend will offer the right candidate a distinct opportunity to progress their career within an entrepreneurial, defined and growing division. This will be achieved through leading large scale projects, creating innovative solutions and service offerings, elevating the Contract Services team, working with blue chip organisations and becoming a trusted and visible expert with Turner & Townsend and the Market.

Further opportunities are available to travel nationally and internationally to service and manage key commissions for our blue chip client portfolio. Turner & Townsend encourages a hybrid working approach to support work-life balance. We support Chartered Status for CIPS and related professional development to further the team’s standards.

Qualifications

Experience and Qualifications:

• Experience in and/or knowledge of regulated procurement, particularly Public Contract Regulations 2015, with awareness of potential changes to the public procurement regime.
• Leading strategic major procurement projects or programmes for Public and Private sector clients.
• Strong background in tender preparation, development and management, including negotiation.
• Commission, client relationship, and people management experience.
• Experience developing and using various forms of contracts with focus on NEC and JCT.
• Cross-sector experience with a strong public procurement background is desirable.
• Willingness to work toward MCIPs accreditation.
• Business generation including bid development.
• Degree related to construction, civil engineering, quantity surveying, law or procurement preferred.
• Experience in Defence, Utilities, Infrastructure sectors preferred.
• Security Clearance (SC) – currently valid or restorable.

Skills:

• Ability to lead and develop strategies and documentation for major procurement projects compliant with Public Sector Regulations or equivalent.
• Capability to manage and supervise delivery of others for successful outcomes.
• Strong client relationship building and issue resolution skills.
• Excellent communication, adaptability and a determination to succeed.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to manage stakeholders and develop relationships.
• Ability to develop supplier evaluation, commercial principles and modelling strategies.
• Ability to develop Supply Chain Intelligence and Supplier Relationship Management strategies.
• Ability to manage work, business development and career development activities.
• Attention to detail.

Behaviours:

• Adaptable and takes personal responsibility to succeed.
• Confident, independent and trustworthy, able to influence at all levels.
• Collaborative with ability to develop/manage a team and individuals.
• Encouraging and empathetic, fair and consistent in supporting individuals.

Additional Information

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world. We champion our people to succeed in both work and life, promoting a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

If this sounds like a challenge you’d like to hear more about, please submit an application for our recruitment team to review. For more information, please visit www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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