Procurement Director Job ID 228669 Posted 10-Jul-2025 Service line GWS Segment Role type Full-time Areas of Interest Purchasing/Procurement Location(s) London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland About the Role: As a CBRE Procurement Director, you will assist with the overall planning and direction of the procurement function. This job is part of the Procurement function. They are responsible for sourcing and purchasing goods, services, or raw materials from vendors and suppliers. What You'll Do: - Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees. - Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed. - Assist with the creation and implementation of company-wide policies and procedures, playbooks, and other organizational materials. - Enforce sourcing and procurement strategies to support program, corporate, and client goals and objectives. - Develop, communicate, and manage the execution of local and regional sourcing and procurement strategies to support program, corporate, and client goals and objectives. - Design, and develop purchasing information systems. Prepare monthly reports of departmental activities, KPIs, and metrics to present to Sr. Management. - Manage annual procurement budget and supplier base of vendors. - Serve as a liaison between the business and client sourcing, and internal departments. - Resolve vendor disputes and develop organization requirements of goods, services, supplies, and equipment. - Apply a robust knowledge of multiple disciplines, the business, and key drivers which impact departmental and cross-functional performance. - Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Persuade managers and other colleagues to take action while being guided by the organization's functional business plans. Negotiate with external partners, vendors, and customers of divergent interests to reach a common goal. - Identify and solve multi-dimensional, complex, operational, and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department. - Significantly improves and changes existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline. What You'll Need: - Bachelor's Degree preferred with 8-12 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered. C.P.M., C.P.S.M. or N.A.C.M. certifications or eligibility, required. - Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred. - Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems. - Leadership skills to set, manage and achieve targets with a direct impact on multiple department results within a function. - In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. - Expert organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset. - Sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate mildly complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations. CBRE GWS CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies. Find out more (https://www.cbre.com/real-estate-services/directory/global-workplace-solutions) CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)