Associate Director (Procurement) - Renewable Energy Capital Programmes & Projects
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Reporting to an established Renewable Energy Procurement lead, you will be helping our clients to deliver major capital programmes and projects for green technologies to provide more sustainable energy sources for customers and the community at large. We have opportunities for people with a passion for renewable energy and major capital programmes and project to join our expanding Procurement team within Contract Services, across our UK offices, as we respond to the increasing demand for our services from our clients.
Successful candidates will have the opportunity to develop their career, skills, and knowledge through working with industry leading organisations across the UK and globally, making a tangible impact on large-scale flagship programmes and projects, challenging themselves in a market leading global professional services business and collaborating with an outstanding team of specialist procurement consultants.
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 in the construction sector. Our Team received a Procurement Excellence Programme Award demonstrating excellence in our procurement and supply chain activities.
The Opportunity
This role will provide the opportunity to further your capital procurement and consultancy experience, working with highly skilled teams to deliver industry leading programmes and projects advice to large global brands and on some of the most exciting transformational energy investments.
Main Responsibilities
* To lead procurement engagements across multiple programmes, projects, and commissions, helping clients progress towards better green, sustainable outcomes across numerous renewable energy asset types.
* To deliver and continually improve clients’ performance and meet targets across key capital procurement themes.
* Drive the development of the renewable energy procurement services provided by T&T
* To lead and drive the business development for renewable energy procurement and the marketing requirements of the wider Contract Services capability.
* To provide hands-on leadership and drive in the delivery of both team and wider business targets in T&T encompassing Business Generation, Service Excellence, Operational and People-based growth objectives.
* To be a business leader, coach and developer of talent and an exemplar of Turner & Townsend’s leadership behaviours
Skills & Experience
* Knowledge and experience with embedding excellence into end-to-end procurement activities, with core skills in end-to-end procurement, supply chain management and/or contract management.
* Major capital programmes and projects procurement strategy and implementation across the entire procurement lifecycle
* Contract management; supply chain intelligence; supplier evaluation strategies
* Supply chain management; contract terms, negotiation, and award
Industry Knowledge (desirable)
* Hydro-Electric, Onshore and Offshore Wind, Tidal, Energy from Waste, Hydrogen, Solar
* Carbon Capture, Net Zero, Biofuels, Geothermal, Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
The Offer
At T&T we pride ourselves on professionally developing our teams, offering a unique opportunity to rapidly progress their career within an entrepreneurial and growing team. This is achieved through a mixture of delivering large-scale projects while being supported by project teams and leaders, mentoring, and coaching from industry-leading professionals, specific procurement training and development delivered both online and face to face, and becoming trusted experts in major programmes and projects capital procurement.
Turner & Townsend encourages a Hybrid method of working to provide a practical work and life balance. We support individuals to achieve MCIPS status for CIPS and provide regular Professional Development to further skills and knowledge. Further opportunities are available to travel nationally and internationally to service and manage key commissions for our blue-chip client portfolio.
Qualifications
To deliver value for our clients we are looking for a mixture of the following:
* Degree related to Procurement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Business Management or similar (preferably).
* Working towards or aiming for at least Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply.
* Security Clearance (SC) – currently valid or could be reinstated (not essential).
Experience
* Wider procurement consulting experience gained from either client, contractor, or professional services organisation.
* Experience of responsible sourcing areas including human rights, environment, health and safety, anti-bribery & corruption, and labour practices.
* Good understanding of UK and international energy sector, related technologies and regulatory environments is desirable.
* Experience of successful supplier engagement.
Behaviour
* Confident, independent, and able to work autonomously without supervision.
* Ability to manage work, business development, and career development activities.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills; experienced in compiling reports and research documentation.
* Client-facing with strong stakeholder collaboration and good IT/data skills.
* Driven to get results and able to work within a team to achieve outcomes.
Additional Information
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, where applicable. This role may involve national and international travel to service key commissions.
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