Associate Procurement Director - Consultancy

1st Executive Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the UK is seeking an Associate Procurement Director to drive transformation across Infrastructure and Real Estate sectors. In this senior role, you will influence major organisations, lead a team of specialist consultants, and provide expert procurement strategy guidance. Ideal candidates are experienced in strategic procurement with strong stakeholder management skills. This is an exceptional opportunity for those thriving in fast-paced environments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering strategic procurement on major programmes within infrastructure or complex environments.
• Expert procurement strategy guidance for public and private sector clients.
• Experience managing end-to-end procurement services ensuring high-quality outputs.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of best-in-class procurement and contract advisory services.
• Manage and oversee end-to-end procurement services for successful client outcomes.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of specialists.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Stakeholder engagement

Team management

Vendor management

Business development

Contract negotiation

Job description

Associate Procurement Director - Consultancy

Location: Anywhere in UK

Excellent opportunity to join a leading organisation as an Associate Director to help lead the next phase of our growth. This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior role at the heart of a high-performing consultancy, driving transformation across the Infrastructure and Real Estate sectors.

As an Associate Director, you will:

• Influence major organisations and shape some of the country's most significant and complex programmes.
• Deliver impact across multiple industries, categories, and markets.
• Build innovative, future-focused procurement and contract solutions.
• Lead, develop, and inspire a team of specialist consultants operating at the forefront of the profession.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, market-leading environment and want to be part of a consultancy that champions excellence and innovation, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of best-in-class procurement and contract advisory services across major programmes and flagship projects.
• Provide expert procurement strategy guidance to both public and private sector clients.
• Manage and oversee end-to-end procurement services, ensuring high-quality outputs and successful client outcomes.
• Shape and grow the procurement and contract services offering, including emerging areas such as Sustainable Procurement, Transformation, Renewables, Digital Procurement and Net Zero strategies.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of specialists.
• Cultivate strong, long-term client relationships and oversee all related deliverables and commercial outputs.
• Lead business development initiatives, including shaping proposals, developing bids, and contributing to strategic growth objectives.
• Support and drive the achievement of wider team and business targets.

Core Competencies

• Proven experience delivering strategic procurement on major programmes within infrastructure, defence, energy or similarly complex environments.
• NEC, JCT or public Sector experience in high demand
• Strong capability in leading end-to-end procurement activities, including tendering, evaluation, negotiation and commercial development.
• Ability to develop high-quality procurement strategies and category approaches across a range of direct or indirect spend areas.
• Strong team, client and vendor management experience
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to business development, including bid and proposal leadership.
• Security Clearance (SC) is advantageous, though not required

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