Procurement Associate Director - global consultancy

1st Executive; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consultancy is seeking an ambitious Associate Procurement Director to join its UK team. This role involves leading major procurement programmes across both public and private sectors, developing innovative procurement strategies, and providing expert guidance on contracts. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and strategic capabilities, as well as experience in regulated procurement. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and significant opportunities for career progression within a collaborative team.

Benefits

Hybrid working environment

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex, high-value procurements.
• Background in regulated procurement, including PCR 2015.
• Proven ability to manage and develop teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead major procurement programmes across sectors.
• Develop compliant procurement strategies.
• Provide expert guidance on contract forms.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Commercial thinking

Strategic thinking

Business development

Tools

NEC contracts

JCT contracts

Job description

Looking for candidates with proven procurement or commercial experience in civil infrastructure, defence, or energy sectors. A leading global consultancy is expanding and seeking an ambitious Associate Procurement Director to join its UK team. Working with major clients across infrastructure, real estate, energy and natural resources, you will help shape and deliver some of the country's most complex and high‑profile programmes. This is an exceptional opportunity to accelerate your career in a high‑growth environment, influence national‑scale programmes, and lead multidisciplinary teams delivering strategic procurement and commercial excellence. You will work with blue‑chip organisations, government departments, utilities, defence clients, and major private‑sector investors – helping them transform outcomes, enhance value and deliver long‑term impact.

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.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering or leading complex, high‑value procurements end‑to‑end.
• 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 exceptional opportunity to lead national and international projects with significant scope for progression within a growing division. The team is collaborative, inclusive and offers a hybrid working environment to support work‑life balance.

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

We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role; candidates must already have the right to work in the UK.