Procurement Transformation Specialist

2 days ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Turner & Townsend Group Full time
Senior Consultant - Transformational Procurement

Turner & Townsend Group is a leading global consultancy business serving clients in the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors. We are a growing, innovative organisation with a reputation for integrity and quality. Our Contract Services team delivers services to public and private sector clients, focusing on central and local government, defence, infrastructure, power, and utilities.

This role involves working on client-facing transformational procurement programmes, leading workstreams, collaborating with stakeholders, and operational procurement teams to deliver sustainable change in procurement operations. The successful candidate will redefine procurement operations to align with our client's wider strategy and vision, leading workstreams in implementing new procurement target operating models that leverage technology for enhanced efficiency.

We are looking for individuals with a blend of procurement and advisory experience in delivering transformational procurement programmes. Key skills include strong procurement and supply chain knowledge, established workstream and project management skills, people management and support skills, solid research, evaluation, and analysis skills, and strong IT and digital skills.

Main Expectations:

  • Supporting and leading workstreams for clients in their procurement transformation initiatives, guiding clients towards modernised and efficient procurement systems.
  • Developing and implementing sustainable procurement strategies and practices, and supporting clients to align with environmental, social, and governance goals.
  • Design and implement procurement target operating models for the future, optimising procurement operations, aligning with digital and commercial strategies.
  • Formulate and execute procurement strategies that drive cost savings and enhance operational efficiencies within client organisations.
  • Support the development of our Transformational Procurement proposition suite and build innovate market eminence and thought leadership.

Skills:

  • Strong procurement and supply chain knowledge, from industry or advisory.
  • Established workstream and project management skills.
  • People management and support skills.
  • Solid research, evaluation, and analysis skills.
  • Strong IT and digital skills and a real interest and curiosity in tools, systems, and data.
  • Procurement and Supply Chain intelligence and innovation.
  • Previous experience in procurement transformation and/or sustainable procurement.

Experience:

  • Wider procurement consulting experience gained from either client, contractor, or other professional services organisations.
  • Experience of key sustainable procurement practices including human rights, environment, health and safety, anti-bribery & corruption, and labour practices.
  • Strong understanding of wider ESG legislative and regulatory environments is desirable.
  • A history of delivering transformative procurement projects, especially related to cost reduction and category management.
  • Experience of leveraging digital tools as part of procurement transformations.

Behaviours:

  • Confident, independent, and able to work autonomously with limited need for supervision.
  • Be able to manage work/business development/career development activities.
  • Be able to support the development of outline proposals and bidding collateral.

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