Consulting Director P&SC - Capital Programme Procurement

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.Role accountabilities:Develop, grow, and lead the Business Advisory team in Procurement & Supply Chain - Capital Programmes, including setting objectives and managing performance, to ensure that the team has the resources and capability to achieve the business plan.Work with senior colleagues across the Arcadis business to refresh and reinforce our solutions for supporting clients to achieve value, on time and budget, from supply chains across their capital programme lifecycles.Establish and agree key performance targets and financial budgets for the solution in order to optimise business performance in line with set objectives.Lead key relationships with clients and monitor account performance including taking appropriate action to ensure that client expectations and Arcadis’ commercial objectives are met or exceeded.Lead teams to shape and win complex bids that can be delivered profitably and that respond to identified client issues.Lead the delivery of large, complex consulting commissions, ensuring client satisfaction, effective project management and good communication and collaboration between Arcadis colleagues.Support the continuous improvement of existing Arcadis propositions in Procurement & Supply Chain - Capital Programmes, including as a subject matter expert.  Further enhance their attractiveness to clients and delivery efficiency, and hence business performance.Bring trusted-advisor relationships with Board and executive-level client representatives and use these to develop and land integrated and innovative propositions that meet client and market needs. Consistently lead teams in an inspiring and motivating manner, which embodies Arcadis Leadership principles, including the attraction and development of diverse pools of talent.Act as a key member of the global leadership team for the Capital Programme, Procurement and Supply Chain practice, including collaboration with teams based outside of the UK, and a key role in growing the Arcadis brand in this field. Dimensions of the job:Financial Accountability: Compliance to Arcadis internal processes and business performance targetsSales Target: expected to personally lead 1-2m of fee generation from identification of sales opportunity, plus bid management, supporting the Business Advisory group deliver and/or exceed planned revenue and ebitda. Solution development: establishes a fully market recognised, and competitive solution set for through life Capital Programme procurement and supply chain management, which is attractive to clients across the built environment.Business Area Accountability: Typically carries out at least 2 organising to win roles such as accountability for commissions, specific clients, and/or internal community roles.Management / Leadership Responsibilities: Directly manages 4-6 people Level 9 or below. Part of the P&SC leadership team with an ambition of headcount of 40+ by end 2024, and revenue in excess of 6m pa.Utilisation:  As determined by specific Organising to Win roleQualifications & Experience:A lead expert within the procurement & supply chain with extensive experience within the Capital Programmes discipline, including extensive senior delivery and/or consulting experience, for large and complex capital programmes and portfolios.   Significant experience of procurement in a regulated context (PCR, UCR etc) Further expertise in a relevant business sector would also be attractive, as would a working knowledge of the main contract suites typically used for capital programmes.Experience of managing business relationships up to board level.Directly influence client behaviours and investment decisions, dealing effectively with high risk, high value executive client situations.Recognised by major (current or potential) clients as a procurement & supply chain subject matter expert, with significant demonstrable experience in a Capital Programmes context. Brings a relevant network of economic buyers within UK clientsConversant in the client challenges addressed by Arcadis solutions, with the ability to bring relevant global expertise to clients.Ability to generate cross-sales from across Arcadis, through relationships with senior colleagues.Bachelors/Masters degree or equivalent, in a relevant disciplineRecognised external accreditation/qualification aligned to Business Advisory and/or the Procurement & Supply Chain capability/service line (e.g., MCIPS, MCA, RICS and/or relevant engineering professional institution.) Why Arcadis?We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.Together, we can create a lasting legacy.Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & BelongingWe want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.#LI-LP1 #LI-HYBRIDJob SummaryJob number: 18081Date posted : 2023-10-17Profession: ConsultingEmployment type: Full time