Procurement Consultant - All Levels (Security Cleared)

Turner & Townsend; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Career development opportunities

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking a Senior Procurement Consultant to join their Contract Services team in the UK. The role involves providing procurement strategy advice, managing major projects, and supporting business development efforts. Ideal candidates will have strong procurement experience and the ability to work independently. The company promotes an inclusive environment and encourages applications from diverse backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading and/or supporting strategic procurement projects.
• Background in tender preparation and key document development.
• Experience in supplier engagement activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist procurement strategy advice to clients.
• Manage and collaborate on end-to-end procurement services.
• Support post-contract Contract Management of major projects.

Skills

Strong experience leading/supporting projects in strategic procurement

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Cross-sector experience with Utilities/Defence and Security

Education

Preferably a degree related to construction, civil engineering, quantity surveying, law or procurement

Tools

Standard model contract approaches (NEC4)

Job description

Senior Procurement Consultant (Security Cleared)

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. We provide programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions, supporting clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources.

Due to increased workloads and securing additional clients across both Public and Private sectors, we have a new opportunity for a Senior Procurement Consultant to join our growing Contract Services team within our UK offices.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:

• Work on some of the most exciting large‑scale projects in the country
• Deliver advice and make a difference on flagship projects
• Challenge themselves in a market‑leading global business
• Work with an outstanding team of procurement specialists and other specialist consultants including claims management and dispute resolution
• Develop their career within an entrepreneurial, motivated, and growing team

This role will be a part of our growing Contract Services team and will play a significant part in the continued expansion of our services in this exciting period of growth, including Sustainable Procurement, Transformation, Renewables, Digital Procurement and Net Zero Strategies.

Key expectations:

• Provide specialist procurement strategy advice to Public and Private sector clients
• Manage and collaborate with a team on end‑to‑end procurement services for major projects or programmes
• Support clients in post‑contract Contract Management of major projects
• Support the development of the procurement services provided by T&T
• Support business development and marketing of the Contract Services team’s service proposition
• Support the delivery of both team and wider business targets
• Support on bid preparation and proposal documentation and support the work‑winning capability of the Contract Services team

Qualifications and experience:

• Strong experience leading and/or supporting projects in a strategic procurement environment
• Background in tender preparation, processes and development of key documents in relevant sectors
• Experience in supplier engagement activities, from market engagement through to contract award
• Cross‑sector experience with Utilities/Defence and Security/Public Contract Regulations or equivalent; ability to lead and develop key procurement strategies or complaint documentation
• Experience using standard model contract approaches, with a particular emphasis on NEC4
• Experience in Alliancing/Partnership Contract arrangements
• Experience in post‑contract Contract Management, advising clients on commercial and contractual matters, especially under NEC4
• Working towards or willing to work towards MCIPs accreditation
• Preferably a degree related to construction, civil engineering, quantity surveying, law or procurement
• Preferably experience working in the Defence and/or Infrastructure sectors
• Ideally hold Security Clearance (SC) – currently valid or could be reinstated
• Ability to develop supply chain intelligence strategies
• Understanding of commercial principles and modelling, experience developing commercial models covering a range of complexity
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Adaptable and taking personal responsibility to succeed the right way
• Confident, independent, able to work with autonomy without need for supervision
• Be able to manage multiple activities and stakeholders
• Ability to collaborate and develop and/or manage a team to achieve desired outcomes

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 for all employees. 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. Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e‑mail accounts are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.