Senior Procurement Consultant
Job details
Turner & Townsend is a leading global consultancy, with around 3,000 employees in the UK and over 6,000 globally. We are a growing organisation and recently ranked number 1 in the Times PWC Top Track 250. This is a dynamic and innovative company, quick to respond to market trends and with a reputation for quality. At T&T we’re passionate about making the difference. 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. Every day we help our major global clients deliver challenging and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide. Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world. 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, transport, power and utilities.
Job Description
Background: Due to increased workload and securing of new clients across the Public and Private sectors, we have new opportunities for Senior Procurement Consultants to join our growing Contract Services team in our UK offices being based in our Johannesburg office. Successful candidates will havethe opportunity to:- Work with some of the most exciting large-scale project in the Country,
- Deliver advice and make a difference on flagship projects,
- Challenge themselves in a market leading global business,
- Develop their career in an entrepreneurial, motivated and growing team,
- Work with an outstanding team of specialist procurement and other specialist consultants.
- 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.
- 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.
Qualifications
To deliver for our clients, we are looking for a mixture of the following: Experience and Qualifications:- Experience of leading and/or supporting projects in a strategic procurement environment.
- A strong background in tender preparation and development of respective documents in relevant sectors (including design and preparation of the process and key documentation).
- Experience of leading and/or supporting in supplier engagement activities, to include market engagement through to contract award.
- Cross sector experience with Public/Utilities Contract Regulations or equivalent.
- Experience of using a range of standard form contracts including NEC and JCT, developing terms, negotiation and award.
- 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 Defence, Utilities, Infrastructure (roads, rail etc) sectors
- Security Clearance (SC) – currently valid or could be reinstated.
- Ability to develop procurement strategy within a project or programme context.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Understanding of commercial principles and modelling.
- Delivery of strategy and/or development of documentation in a capital project or programme environment.
- 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 Information
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 ofTurner & Townsend and arenot 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. #J-18808-LjbffrApply safely
To stay safe in your job search, information on common scams and to get free expert advice, we recommend that you visit SAFERjobs, a non-profit, joint industry and law enforcement organization working to combat job scams.