Commercial Procurement Manager

3 weeks ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Turner & Townsend Full time
About Us

Turner & Townsend is a leading provider of commercial and cost management services to the Ministry of Defence and strategic Defence suppliers in the UK. Our team has a wide range of key clients across various sectors, including Health, Local Authorities, Higher Education, Highways, Utilities, Rail, and Defence.

We play a crucial role in supporting the defence of the United Kingdom, while ensuring our clients achieve better outcomes.

Role Overview

We are currently seeking Commercial and Procurement Managers interested in working within the UK Defence Sector to be part of our growing Defence Team. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to be involved in and contribute to some of the most exciting and interesting challenges that face the UK Defence Sector today, in both the Public and Private sector.

As a Commercial / Procurement Manager at Turner & Townsend, you will work directly with our Defence Clients supporting them in delivering outcomes in disciplines such as Sourcing and Procurement, Contract Management, Supply Chain Management, Business analysis and problem solving, Tendering and Stakeholder Management.

The role is a flexible working role, with ~60% of your time working from a client site, near to one of our regional offices.

About You

We are looking for passionate people to join our organisation who have a positive outlook, are seeking development opportunities for their career both personally and professionally.

As a candidate for this role, you will not only have commercial experience built from a career in the Defence Sector (or a similar, relevant sector), but you will also want to be part of a high-functioning team focussed on delivering world-class outcomes to our ever-growing network of Defence clients.

Required Experience and Skills
  • Commercial experience of Procurement, Contract Management or Contract Placement (sourcing), in single source and competitive markets, preferably within Defence.
  • Ability to identify the most suitable commercial approach to a given circumstance, including assessing the potential trade-offs and the level of risk mitigation required to achieve the best outcome.
  • Understanding and applying programme, portfolio, and project management tools.
  • Supporting the delivery of procurement and tendering processes, applying commercial expertise and judgement, accordingly.
  • Understanding and applying tools to monitor supplier performance through Contract Management, including Earned Value Management, cost analysis, and contract related management information systems.
Desirable Experience
  • A background in Government Procurement processes, such as Single Source and Competitive.
  • Defence and Security Public Contracting Regulations (DSPCR) and Public Contract Regulations (PCR)
  • New Engineering Contract (NEC), FIDIC and/or Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) contract knowledge and experience.
Qualifications
  • Professional qualification(s) in Commercial Management, Business, Law Project Management or a similar relevant discipline.
  • Hold or are working towards CIPS level 4.
  • Must have or be able to attain UK MoD Security Clearance-UK Passport Holder

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