Associate Director (Procurement) - Renewable Energy Capital Programmes & Projects

Turner Townsend; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services company is seeking a Renewable Energy Procurement Lead to guide clients in major projects focusing on green technologies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in capital procurement, project management, and a passion for sustainability, collaborating with highly skilled teams to create significant impacts in the renewable energy sector. Opportunities for career development and hybrid working arrangements are offered.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Support for achieving MCIPS status

Hybrid work model

Travel opportunities nationally and internationally

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement across the entire procurement lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of contract management and negotiation.
• Knowledge of renewable energy technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement engagements for renewable energy projects.
• Improve client performance across capital procurement themes.
• Drive business development in renewable energy procurement.

Skills

Major capital programmes and projects procurement strategy

Contract management

Supply chain intelligence

Supplier evaluation strategies

Supply chain management

Contract terms negotiation

Job description

Reporting to an established Renewable Energy Procurement lead, you will be helping our clients to deliver major capital programmes and projects for green technologies to provide more sustainable energy sources for customers and the community at large. We have opportunities for people with a passion for renewable energy and major capital programmes and projects to join our expanding Procurement team within Contract Services, across our UK offices, as we respond to the increasing demand for our services from our clients. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to develop their career, skills, and knowledge through working with industry leading organisations across the UK and globally, making a tangible impact on large scale flagship programmes and projects, challenging themselves in a market leading global professional services business and collaborating with an outstanding team of specialist procurement consultants.

The Opportunity

This role will provide the opportunity to further your capital procurement and consultancy experience, working with highly skilled teams to deliver industry leading programmes and projects advice to large global brands and on some of the most exciting transformational energy investments.

Main Expectations

• To lead procurement engagements across multiple programmes, projects, and commissions, helping clients progress towards better green, sustainable outcomes across numerous renewable energy asset types.
• To deliver and continually improve clients' performance and meet targets across key capital procurement themes.
• Drive the development of the renewable energy procurement services provided by T&T
• To lead and drive the business development for renewable energy procurement and the marketing requirements of the wider Contract Services capability.
• To provide hands‑on leadership and drive in the delivery of both team and wider business targets in T&T encompassing Business Generation, Service Excellence, Operational and People based growth objectives.
• To be a business leader, coach and developer of talent and an exemplar of Turner & Townsend's leadership behaviours.

Qualifications and Experience

• Major capital programmes and projects procurement strategy and implementation from through the entire procurement lifecycle.
• Contract management.
• Supply chain intelligence.
• Supplier evaluation strategies.
• Supply chain management.
• Contract terms, negotiation, and award.

Desirable Technologies

• Hydro‑Electric
• Onshore and Offshore Wind
• Tidal
• Energy from Waste
• Hydrogen
• Solar
• Carbon Capture
• Net Zero
• Biofuels
• Geothermal
• Combined Heat & Power (CHP)

At T&T we pride ourselves on professionally developing our teams, offering a unique opportunity to rapidly progress their career within an entrepreneurial and growing team. This is achieved through a mixture of delivering large scale projects whilst being supported by project teams and leaders, mentoring, and coaching from industry leading professionals, specific procurement training and development delivered both online and face to face and becoming trusted experts in major programmes and projects capital procurement.

Turner & Townsend encourages a Hybrid method of working to provide a practical work and life balance that recognises the challenges that life brings. We are keen to ensure that our team delivers industry leading practice on our Procurement projects and therefore we encourage and support individuals to achieve MCIPS status for CIPS and regular Professional Development will be available to further skills and knowledge. Further opportunities are available to travel both nationally and internationally to service and manage key commissions for our blue‑chip client portfolio.