Procurement Consultant - All Levels (Security Cleared)

Turner & Townsend

  • Edinburgh
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 16 days ago
Company DescriptionTurner & Townsend (T&T) is a leading global consultancy business serving clients in the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors, with around 4,000 employees in the UK and over 10,000 globally. We are a growing, and innovative organisation who are quick to respond to market trends and have an exceptional reputation for integrity and quality. With our depth of expertise and proactive approach we help our major global clients deliver challenging and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.At T&T we're passionate about making the difference and transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Our three core values are: “Love a Challenge, Stronger Together and Bring out the Best in Everyone”, these bring T&T's purpose and values to life in everything we do, now and in the future. It helps us bring out the best in everyone by sharing clear expectations of what's required of ourselves and others across the business. Our team is dynamic, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and exciting company culture. Our Making the Difference Fund puts our purpose into action through our work with our charitable partners, including Barefoot College International.Our Contract Services team has over 140 employees located in our offices or seconded within client teams across the UK. We deliver services to a range of public and private sector clients with a focus in central and local government, defence, infrastructure, power, and utilities.Job DescriptionBackground: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 on some of the most exciting large-scale projects in the country
  • Deliver advice and make a difference on flagship projects
  • Challenge themselves 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 their career within an entrepreneurial, motivated, and growing team
We are the first consultancy to be recognised by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) for excellence in the procurement processes that it provides for clients within the construction sector. Our Team received the Procurement Excellence Programme Award demonstrating excellence in our procurement and supply chain activities.The Opportunity: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.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, such as Sustainable Procurement, Transformation, Renewables, Digital Procurement and Net Zero Strategies.T&T will be offering the successful candidate a distinct opportunity to rapidly progress their career within an entrepreneurial, defined, and growing team. This will be achieved through a mixture of experiencing large scale projects, developing innovative solutions, working with Blue Chip organisations and becoming trusted experts. With further opportunities available to travel both nationally and internationally to service and manage key commissions for our growing global 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, as well as regular professional development being available to further skills and knowledge.Main Expectations:
  • To provide specialist procurement strategy advice to Public and Private sector clients
  • To manage and collaborate with a team on end-to-end procurement services for major projects or programmes
  • To support clients in the post-contract Contract Management of major projects
  • Support the development of the procurement services provided by T&T
  • To support business development and marketing of the Contract Services team's service proposition
  • To support the delivery of both team and wider business targets
  • To support on bid preparation and proposal documentation and support the work-winning capability of the Contract Services team.
QualificationsSkills and ExperienceTo deliver for our clients, we are looking for an individual with strong experience across the following:
  • Experience of leading and/or supporting projects in a strategic procurement environment.
  • A strong background in tender preparation, processes and development of respective key documents in relevant sectors
  • Experience of leading and/or supporting in supplier engagement activities, to include 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 complaint 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, again with a particular emphasis on experience gained under NEC4
  • Have achieved - or is working towards/willing to work towards MCIPs accreditation.
  • Preferably possess degree related to construction, civil engineering, quantity surveying, law or procurement.
  • Preferably possess experience working in the 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 taking personal responsibility to succeed the right way.
  • Confident, independent, and able to work with autonomy without need for supervision.
  • Be able to manage multiple activities and stakeholders.
  • Ability to collaborate and develop and/or manage a team to achieve desired outcomes.
Additional InformationOur inspired employees share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We are equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.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. We also encourage our staff to strive to 'make a difference' and become involved in various working committees and forums (for example, Inclusion Working Group, Social & Wellness, Learning & Development, Corporate Social Responsibilities and Net Zero Vision).We offer a competitive remuneration package and company benefits which include a generous pension scheme, discounted private life assurance, medical and health insurance for you and your family. Corporate gym membership allowance, parental leave, social events, health and wellbeing assessments, purchasing annual leave, flu vaccinations and employee assistance program.Turner & Townsend value greatly and have a focus on Corporate Responsibilities (CR), this includes a day's leave entitlement to support a local charity or community activity along with the opportunity to participate in several office events that held throughout the year.Turner & Townsend complies with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) which requires public U.S. companies to meet strict reporting and security standards. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, and are to be adhered to where applicable.Please find out more about us at#LI-MS1SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

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