Strategic Procurement Leader

4 weeks ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Turner & Townsend Full time
Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Associate Director to join our Contract Services division in the UK offices. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to drive change in large organisations, engage on and influence large-scale flagship projects, and impact across multiple industries and categories.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Provide specialist procurement strategy advice to Public and Private sector clients.
  • Lead and manage end-to-end procurement services on major projects or programmes.
  • Lead and support the development of the procurement services provided by Turner & Townsend.
  • Lead and develop a team to achieve successful outcomes for our clients.
  • Manage client relationships and related commission outputs and deliverables.
  • Lead and support business development and marketing of the Contract Services team's service proposition.
  • Lead on bid preparation and proposal documentation and support the work-winning capability of the contract services division.
  • Support the delivery of both team and wider business targets.

The Opportunity:

The individual will work and lead our highly skilled team delivering best-in-class strategic procurement and contract advice, including end-to-end procurement services to some of the larger brands and on the most exciting programmes and projects. This role will be a part of our growing Contract Services team and play a significant part in the continued expansion of our team and our services in this exciting period of growth.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • Experience in and/or knowledge of regulated procurement, in particular Public Contract Regulations 2015 with an awareness of the Green Paper and potential changes to the public procurement regime.
  • Leading strategic major procurement projects or programmes for Public and Private sector clients.
  • A strong background in tender preparation, development, and management ideally including negotiation.
  • Commission, client relationship, and people management.
  • Experience of developing and using various forms of contracts with particular focus on NEC and JCT.
  • Cross-sector experience with a strong public procurement background is highly desirable.
  • Have achieved, working towards, or willing to work towards MCIPs accreditation.
  • Business generation including bid development.
  • Preferably possess a degree related to construction, civil engineering, quantity surveying, law, or procurement.
  • Preferably possess experience working in Defence, Utilities, Infrastructure (roads, rail, etc.) sectors.
  • (SC) Security Clearance – currently valid or could be reinstated.

What We Offer:

Turner & Townsend will offer the right candidate a distinct opportunity to progress their career within an entrepreneurial, defined, and growing division. This will be achieved through a mixture of leading the delivery of large-scale projects, creating innovative solutions and service offerings, elevating the T&T Contract Services team, working with blue-chip organisations, and becoming a trusted and visible expert with Turner & Townsend and the Market.

Further opportunities are available to travel both nationally and internationally to service and manage key commissions for our blue-chip client portfolio. Turner & Townsend encourages a Hybrid method of working to provide a practical Work/Life balance that recognises the challenges that life brings.

We are keen to ensure that our team is delivering Best Practice in our Procurement Practices and therefore we will be encouraging and supporting individuals to achieve Chartered Status for CIPS and then onto Fellowship status, regular Professional Development and development will be available to further the team's high standards.

Additional Information:

T&T is a leading global property consultancy, with around 3,000 employees in the UK and over 6,000 globally. We are a growing organisation with high ambitions and recently ranked number 1 in the Times PWC Top Track 250. This is a dynamic and innovative company, quick to respond to market trends and with a reputation for quality.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this, we promote 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 and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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