Senior Procurement Consultant

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthy work-life balance

Flexible working environment

Job summary

A global professional services company seeks a Senior Procurement Consultant in Birmingham to provide strategic procurement advice and manage procurement services for major projects. Candidates should have strong negotiation skills and a background in procurement related to construction or law. This role supports a hybrid working model and offers opportunities to contribute to sustainability in procurement practices.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and/or supporting projects in a strategic procurement environment.
• Strong background in tender preparation and development of relevant documents.
• Experience using standard form contracts including NEC and JCT.
• Cross‑ sector experience with Public/Utilities Contract Regulations or equivalent.
• Experience using standard form contracts including NEC and JCT, developing terms, negotiation and award.
• MCIPs accreditation, or working towards it.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist procurement strategy advice to Public and Private sector clients.
• Manage and collaborate with a team on end‑to‑end procurement services.
• Support the development of procurement services.
• Support business development and marketing of the Contract Services team’s service proposition.
• Support the delivery of both team and wider business targets.
• Support bid preparation and proposal documentation to strengthen the Contract Services team’s work‑winning capability.

Skills

Develop procurement strategy

Excellent communication skills

Stakeholder engagement skills

Understanding of commercial principles

Education

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

Degree in construction, civil engineering, quantity surveying, law or procurement

Job description

Senior Procurement Consultant

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Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

We work with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, transforming together to deliver outcomes that improve people’s lives.

Job Description

With increased workload and new clients in the Public and Private sectors, we are expanding our Contract Services team in our UK offices.

The successful candidate will join a specialist team delivering best‑in‑class strategic procurement and contract advice for large‑scale projects and programmes.

Opportunity

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

Main 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 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 bid preparation and proposal documentation to strengthen the Contract Services team’s work‑winning capability.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and/or supporting projects in a strategic procurement environment.
• Strong background in tender preparation and development of relevant documents.
• Experience in supplier engagement activities, including market engagement through to contract award.
• Cross‑sector experience with Public/Utilities Contract Regulations or equivalent.
• Experience using standard form contracts including NEC and JCT, developing terms, negotiation and award.
• MCIPs accreditation, or working towards it.
• Preferably a degree related to construction, civil engineering, quantity surveying, law or procurement.
• Preferably experience working in Defence, Utilities, Infrastructure (roads, rail, etc.) sectors.
• Security Clearance (SC) – currently valid or could be reinstated.

Skills

• Develop procurement strategy within a project or programme context.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Understanding of commercial principles and modelling.
• Delivery of strategy and/or development of documentation in a capital project or programme environment.

Behaviours

• Adaptable and taking personal responsibility to succeed the right way.
• Confident, independent and 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.

Additional Information

We champion our people to succeed in both work and life, promoting a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

Security Clearance (SC) – currently valid or could be reinstated.

Turner & Townsend encourages a hybrid method of working to provide a practical work/life balance.

Equal Opportunity

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.

Recruitment Fee

It is strictly against Turner & 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.