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Maxim Recruitment

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

A fantastic Assistant Procurement Manager job based in Edinburgh offering the opportunity to work with a team of talented procurement professionals to deliver excellent strategic procurement and contract advice.

This procurement job includes the opportunity to provide a full procurement service from the beginning of projects to the end with one of your employers most important clients.

There will be opportunities for international and national travel to help and manage commissions.

Hybrid working is available, although the client dictates the working model.

Responsibilities and Duties

Assistant Procurement Consultant duties will include, but not be limited to :

• Provide clients with procurement advice on important projects
• Provide specialist advise to clients in all sectors about procurement strategy
• To manage procurement services from start to finish on large scale construction related projects
• To support development of the company’s services
• To provide procurement support to ensure goals are achieved at a team level
• To support proposal documents and bid preparation work

Desired Skills and Experience

Previous experience across the procurement lifecycle, including strategy development, tender preparation and development.

• Excellent experience of various forms of contracts with particular focus on NEC and JCT.
• Previous experience of providing specialist procurement strategy advice to public and private sector clients
• Contract Management
• Public and/or Utilities Contract Regulations procurement
• Contract drafting; terms, negotiation and award desired, but not essential

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• A degree relating to quantity surveying, law or procurement or equivalent is preferred
• Working towards MCIPS is desirable

Employing Company Overview and Profile

This leading, premium, multi-disciplinary consultancy company works in London with their employees to achieve outstanding results for their clients.

They work globally to complete challenging projects with their dynamic, diverse team.

This creates exciting working environments and great career prospects for ambitious procurement professionals.

Additional Benefits Package and Incentives

• Generous basic salary
• Holiday 25 + 8 days
• Pension – matched contributions up to 5%
• Health insurance