Associate Director (Procurement) - Renewable Energy Capital Programmes & Projects
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Company Description
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.
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.
Job Description
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 projects to join our expanding Procurement team within Contract Services, across our UK offices.
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.
Main Expectations
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 , 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.
We are looking for individuals with knowledge and experience with embedding excellence into end-to-end procurement activities, in addition core skills-sets and experience across end-to-end procurement, supply chain management and/or contract management. This includes a mixture of the following:
Major capital programmes and projects procurement strategy and implementation through the entire procurement lifecycle.
Contract management.
Supply chain intelligence.
Supplier evaluation strategies.
Supply chain management.
Contract terms, negotiation, and award.
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 whilst being supported by project teams and leaders, mentoring, and coaching from industry leading professionals.
Turner & Townsend encourages a Hybrid method of working to provide a practical work and life balance that recognises the challenges that life brings.
Qualifications
To deliver value for our clients we are looking for a mixture of the following:
Preferably has a degree related to one of the following: Procurement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Business Management, or similar disciplines.
Has achieved, is working towards or is willing to work towards at least Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply.
Experience
Wider procurement consulting experience gained from either client, contractor, or professional services organisation.
Experience of key 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.
Behaviours
Confident, independent, and able to work autonomously without need for supervision.
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
Experienced and confident in compiling reports and research documentation.
Confident in a client facing role and collaborating with stakeholders.
Good IT skills and a real interest in tools, systems, and data.
Driven to get results.
Ability to collaborate and work within a team to achieve desired outcomes.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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