Procurement Associate Director

1st Executive Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading procurement consultancy in the UK seeks an experienced professional to lead major procurement programmes. This role emphasizes creating innovative procurement strategies aligned with regulations and involves significant client interaction. Candidates should have strong experience in regulated procurement and managing teams. The position offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Bonus

Car allowance

Healthcare

Qualifications

• Strong background in regulated procurement, including PCR 2015.
• Proven ability to manage and develop teams.
• Expertise drafting tender strategies and commercial documents.

Responsibilities

• Lead major procurement programmes across public and private sectors.
• Develop innovative procurement strategies that drive value.
• Act as a senior point of contact for clients, building trusted relationships.

Skills

Leadership in procurement programmes

Analytical thinking

Client relationship management

Team management

Commercial strategy development

Job description

£70000 - £85000 per annum + bonus, car allowance, healthcare

Contact:

Sally Davis

Contact email:

[e-mail]

Job ref:

692271-271125_1764261706

Published:

1 day ago

Expiry date:

2025-12-27

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead major procurement programmes across public and private sectors.
• Develop innovative, compliant procurement strategies that drive value.
• Shape sourcing approaches, tender documentation, commercial models and evaluation frameworks.
• Provide expert guidance on NEC, JCT and other major contract forms.
• Ensure procurement activity is aligned with regulations including PCR 2015.
• Act as a senior point of contact for clients, building trusted relationships.
• Oversee delivery of commissions, ensuring excellence across outputs and deliverables.
• Support clients through complex commercial, contractual and procurement challenges.
• Provide clear intelligence, insight and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Lead and mentor a specialist team of consultants and procurement professionals.
• Create a high-performance culture with strong accountability and delivery standards.
• Support career development, training, coaching and performance management.
• Develop new service lines across transformation, sustainability and digital procurement.
• Create thought leadership, market intelligence and best-practice framework

You will have:

• Strong background in regulated procurement, including PCR 2015.
• Leadership of procurement on major infrastructure, real estate, utilities, defence or public-sector programmes.
• Expertise drafting tender strategies, commercial documents and evaluation models.
• Experience managing client relationships and delivering commissions at senior level.
• Proven ability to manage and develop teams.
• Knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts.
• Strong track record working with multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, commercial and strategic thinking capability.
• Ideally experience in Defence, Utilities, Infrastructure (rail, highways) or Energy.
• Business development experience, including bid writing and work winning.
• Cross-sector exposure spanning public and private environments.
• Experience creating supply chain intelligence, SRM frameworks or commercial modelling

This is an excetional oportunity to lead national and international projects with significant scope for progression within a growing division. The team are ollaborative, inclusive and offer a hybrid working environment to support work life balance.

If this opportunity excites you and aligns with your experience, send your CV today to be have a chat and to learn more......