Procurement Manager – Industrial / Data Centres / Life Sciences / Pharma

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services organisation that provides consultancy, delivery, operations and programme management services to Life Sciences, Pharma, Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics sectors globally.

To deliver consistently excellent advice to our clients, we mobilise expert, flexible and entrepreneurial people who are at the very top of their profession and are inspired to deliver to make the difference. We provide world-class learning and development and knowledge management to everyone across the business, at every stage of their career.

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 125 offices worldwide.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend has a new opportunity for a Procurement Manager.

A natural Leader and with the ability to influence at all levels, you will have strong Technical and Management experience in strategic procurement across a range of sectors, with particular expertise in major programme procurement, backed up with experience in delivering commercial and contract management during the delivery.

Main Job Purpose:

• To actively support the development of our Procurement practice, and take the lead role in delivering expert strategic advice and procurement services.
• As the lead on major procurement programmes, you will expertly develop stakeholder relationships whilst guiding and managing the wider team to deliver key objectives.

Qualifications

• Significant strategic procurement and commercial and contracts experience across different sectors, Industrial /Data Centres / Life Sciences / Pharma sectors
• Confident in managing multiple stakeholders and existing client relationships
• Able to lead projects in own right and also effectively work as part of a senior delivery team
• Highlighted experience of building efficient procurement, commercial and contracting strategies, from inception to completion,
• Robust and methodical analytical skills
• A natural gravitas in managing multiple stakeholder relationships, with a ‘making the difference’ approach
• The ability to lead a project and effectively manage delivery teams on major commissions
• To provide high level bid management and client presentations, both internally and externally

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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