Manager - Major Projects Advisory - Procurement and Commercial Strategy

1 week ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom KPMG-UnitedKingdom Full time
Job description

The team

KPMG's Major Projects Advisory (MPA) team works with industry-leading organisations, helping to solve some of the biggest challenges in infrastructure. As a true market leader, we boast an impressive client base across the commercial and public sectors, delivering lasting results on projects and programmes which are household names.

We focus on providing clarity to Boards, Executives and SRO (Senior Responsible Owner) at major public and private sector organisations, on the delivery of their projects and programmes. We work on some of the UK's most strategically important programmes, and across all infrastructure sectors including transport, natural resources, energy, power and utilities, corporates, oil & gas, defence, health, housing & education.

Our team comprises specialists with deep construction industry experience, from working for project owners, contractors, engineering consultants and others in the UK and overseas.

On the back of continuing growth, we are once again investing in our team and boosting our numbers, which means you will be joining one of the fastest growing areas of the firm at a time of real significance.

The role

This role is for an innovative professional at manager level with major project and programme procurement experience. This role will work alongside our existing team to use their lived experience of the full project and programme lifecycle in the construction industry and their procurement / commercial acumen to solve complex problems.

You will be providing advice to a broad range of clients on many different matters, helping them to achieve successful outcomes through planning and implementing innovative and robust procurement and commercial interventions.

The MPA team in the UK are based in London, Birmingham and Manchester. This role will be based in one of these locations but will require travel to client locations throughout the UK and occasionally overseas.

The team member

This role is ideally suited to those with post-qualification experience in procurement and commercial management / quantity surveying. This experience will have been gained on very high-value, complex major projects and programmes. The role requires experience with the following attributes:
A good understanding of procurement in construction and project contexts, across the whole lifecycle of an assetExperience in developing and implementing procurement, supply chain and market management initiatives such as procurement strategies, alliancing agreements, market analysis, and modern methods of construction enablementA good understanding of procurement law and regulationsFamiliarity with industry-standard contract forms such as the NEC suiteA good understanding of issues which impact project performanceAbility to set out a clear approach to tackling a new challenge in the most efficient mannerClear, concise, fact-based reportingA relevant professional qualification, such as MCIPS or MRICSIn addition to the above, experience in some of the following areas would also be of benefit to the candidate in the environment that we work in:
Project / programme managementProject / programme controlsEarned value managementCost management, estimating and benchmarkingRisk managementClaims, disputes and dispute avoidanceGovernance and control of projects
The role will also include the end to end lifecycle of managing client engagements, using KPMG systems, for which comprehensive training is provided):
Management of project teams to deliver client engagementsLooking after financial aspects of an engagement with support and under supervisionEnsuring we keep clients informed of costs and time incurred, in addition to raising invoices and recovering fees, operating within approved risk processesThe role will be client facing and have direct impact on the reputation and perception of KPMG
In addition to the technical requirements of the role we also expect the right candidate to:

Be capable of working alone or within a team, including quickly building rapport and delivering with new teamsProvide clear and concise advice to clientsMaintain your requirements for continuing professional development

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