Sourcing and Procurement Senior Consultant - Infrastructure / Energy & Utilities

PA Consulting; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is searching for skilled Sourcing and Procurement Consultants with expertise in Transport & Infrastructure or Energy & Utilities. The role involves tackling significant sourcing challenges, providing strategic advice, and ensuring effective procurement processes. Candidates should have a strong background in procurement within asset-intensive sectors and ideally hold relevant sourcing qualifications. A hybrid work model is adopted, requiring a minimum of 2 days on-site.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Generous company pension scheme

Annual performance-based bonus

PA share ownership

Tax efficient benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic sourcing and/or procurement in asset-intensive sectors.
• Ability to navigate complex procurement processes.
• Evidence of leading change in multifaceted environments.

Responsibilities

• Work on complex sourcing challenges for public and private sector.
• Deliver strategic advice on procurement processes.
• Support clients in achieving business outcomes through innovative sourcing.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Procurement process design

Stakeholder management

Category management

Communication skills

Education

CIPS, MCIPS, IACCM or equivalent sourcing qualifications

Job description

Are you driven by a desire to help organisations to achieve value for money through better procurement and strategic sourcing arrangements? Our Sourcing, IT Strategy & Corporate Services capability are looking for skilled Sourcing and Procurement Consultants with Transport & Infrastructure or Energy & Utilities sector experience. You will have the opportunity to:

Role and Responsibilities

• Work on some of the most significant and complex sourcing challenges facing public and private sector organisations in the UK and internationally.
• Provide a range of strategic advice from transforming organisations' sourcing teams, delivering complex multi-billion-pound procurements, and advising clients on how to embrace technology to accelerate sourcing processes and harness data.
• Support your clients to achieve their desired business outcomes by harnessing deep technical knowledge and applying innovative approaches to sourcing and procurement.

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

Candidate Experience & Qualifications

• Experience in strategic sourcing and/or procurement, including operating model design, procurement process design and supply chain management.
• Expertise in navigating complex procurement processes within asset intensive sectors, including Transport & Infrastructure or Energy & Utilities to deliver successful value for money outcomes.
• Evidence of leading and supporting change or transformation initiatives in multifaceted stakeholder environments.
• Strong delivery experience from working on procurement/commercial and strategic sourcing projects from buyer and/or supplier perspectives.
• Experience in strategic sourcing and/or procurement across works, goods and services is desirable, including procurement of construction works, engineering services and other relevant procurement activities within asset-intensive industries.
• Experience in managing supplier service delivery arrangements or improving supplier and sourcing relationships.
• Experience in category management, cost optimisation and spend management.
• A proven ability to think creatively and commercially to solve complex procurement and sourcing challenges.
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills that translate to exceptional stakeholder management.
• Strong self-starter and growth mindset with excellent communication skills.
• CIPS, MCIPS, IACCM or equivalent sourcing qualifications are preferable.
• Prior consulting experience in a sourcing context is preferable. All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you're unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government's guidance on security vetting before applying.

About Us

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples' working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work. Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world's most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Life at PA here. We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)