Associate Director (Procurement) - Renewable Energy Capital Programmes & Projects

Associate Director (Procurement) - Renewable Energy Capital Programmes & Projects

Turner & Townsend

Bristol, United Kingdom

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.

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 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.

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 from through the entire procurement lifecycle;
• Contract management;
• Supply chain intelligence;
• Supplier evaluation strategies;
• Supply chain management;
• Contract terms, negotiation, and award.

Experience in one or more of the following technologies (including, but not limited to) is desirable but not essential:

• Hydro-Electric;
• Onshore and Offshore Wind;
• Tidal;
• Energy from Waste;
• Hydrogen;
• Solar;
• Carbon Capture;
• Net Zero;
• Biofuels;
• Geothermal;
• Combined Heat & Power (CHP).

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;
• 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 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;
• Be able to manage work/business development/career development activities;
• 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.

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