Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Due to increased workloads and securing additional clients across both Public and Private sectors, we have a new opportunity for a Senior Procurement Consultant to join our growing Contract Services team within our UK offices.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work alongside a highly skilled team delivering best‑in‑class strategic procurement and contract advice, including end‑to‑end procurement services to our key account clients covering transformational programmes and projects.

They will play a significant part in the continued expansion of our team and our services in this exciting period of growth, such as Sustainable Procurement, Transformation, Renewables, Digital Procurement and Net Zero Strategies.

Responsibilities

• Work on some of the most exciting large‑scale projects in the country.
• Deliver advice and make a difference on flagship projects.
• Challenge yourself in a market‑leading global business.
• Work with an outstanding team of procurement specialists and other specialist consultants including claims management and dispute resolution.
• Develop your career within an entrepreneurial, motivated, and growing team.
• Provide specialist procurement strategy advice to Public and Private sector clients.
• Manage and collaborate with a team on end‑to‑end procurement services for major projects or programmes.
• Support clients in the post‑contract contract management of major projects.
• Support the development of the procurement services provided by T&T.
• Support business development and marketing of the Contract Services team’s service proposition.
• Support the delivery of both team and wider business targets.
• Support on bid preparation and proposal documentation and support the work‑winning capability of the Contract Services team.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience leading and/or supporting projects in a strategic procurement environment.
• Strong background in tender preparation, processes and development of key documents in relevant sectors.
• Experience of leading and/or supporting supplier engagement activities, including market engagement through to contract award.
• Cross‑sector experience with utilities/defence and security/public contract regulations or equivalent, and ability to lead and develop key procurement strategies and/or commercial documentation.
• Experience of using a range of standard model contract approaches, with a particular emphasis on NEC4.
• Experience in alliancing/partnership contract arrangements.
• Experience in post‑contract contract management, providing advice to clients on commercial and contractual matters, with emphasis on NEC4.
• Willingness to work towards MCIP accreditation.
• Preferably a degree related to construction, civil engineering, quantity surveying, law or procurement.
• Preferably experience in defence and/or infrastructure sectors.
• Ideally hold Security Clearance (SC) – currently valid or could be reinstated.
• Ability to develop supply chain intelligence strategies.
• Understanding of commercial principles and modelling and experience in developing commercial models covering a range of complexity.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Adaptable and takes personal responsibility to succeed the right way.
• Confident, independent and able to work with autonomy without need for supervision.
• Ability to manage multiple activities and stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate and develop and/or manage a team to achieve desired outcomes.

Benefits & Development

Turner & Townsend encourages a hybrid method of working to provide a practical work/life balance that recognises the challenges that life brings.

We support individuals to achieve chartered status for CIPS, and provide regular professional development opportunities.

We are the first consultancy to be recognised by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) for excellence in procurement processes.

We provide opportunities to travel both nationally and internationally to service and manage key commissions for our growing global client portfolio.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Application Process

If this sounds like a challenge you’d like to hear more about, please submit an application for our recruitment team to review.