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 frontier 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‑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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