Senior Consultant - Major Capital Projects
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Deliver defined workstreams across complex client engagements
Diagnose delivery issues, translating analysis into practical actions and support client decision making
The role focuses first on UK capital projects with scope to work in other sectors over time
- Full-time
- Mid-Senior Level
- From £72k + up to 20% annual performance related bonus
- 25 days holiday
- Hybrid working
- Health insurance
- Death in service
HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT
Client Delivery
- Lead defined workstreams within complex client engagements, including major capital projects
- Deliver work to agreed objectives, scope, and performance measures
- Identify delivery, productivity, or performance issues and develop actions to address them
- Plan and run workshops as well as structured working sessions to support alignment and decisions
Analysis and Insight
- Analyse quantitative and qualitative information to identify risks, issues, and improvement opportunities
- Develop evidence-based recommendations for practical implementation
- Present findings and recommendations to client teams and leadership
Client Engagement
- Work with client stakeholders at different levels to support delivery and decisions
- Maintain oversight of progress, risks, and dependencies across assigned areas of work
Innovation and Adaptability
- Apply appropriate tools, methods, and industry practices to client challenges
- Adapt approaches to suit different sectors, project environments, and constraints
People
- Provide day-to-day direction & coaching to team members ensuring work meets the required standard
ABOUT YOU
- You have at least five years experience delivering work in consultancy or a comparable role
- You are comfortable owning defined areas of work within complex projects
- You build trusted relationships that result in sustained client satisfaction
- You can identify delivery or performance issues and turn analysis into practical action
- You have experience working on capital projects, such as transport infrastructure or major construction
- You can work across different client contexts
STAND OUT EXPERTISE
- MBA or other postgraduate qualification
- Advanced data analysis or visualisation capability (e.g. Power Query, Power BI)
- Experience contributing to proposals, bids, or business development activity
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Senior Consultant - Procurement & Strategic Sourcing
SENIOR CONSULTANT
As a Senior Consultant specialising in Procurement and Strategic Sourcing, you will join a CIPS award winning organisation, where you will lead and deliver high-impact value creation programmes for clients across a range of industries and spend categories.
You will take on responsibility to free capacity for the Principal Procurement Specialist Lead.
- Full-time
- Mid-Senior Level
- From £72k + up to 20% annual performance related bonus
- 25 days holiday
- Hybrid working
- Health insurance
- Death in service
HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT
Deliver Measurable Client Outcomes
- Lead end-to-end procurement and strategic sourcing workstreams
- Deliver cost savings, cash benefits, and commercial improvements
- Plan and run sourcing activity, from requests for information to supplier selection
- Identify opportunities across cost reduction, demand management, supplier optimisation, and contract improvement
- Baseline benefits and support tracking and realisation
Data-Driven Insight & Problem Solving
- Identify opportunities through spend analysis, market assessment, and stakeholder engagement
- Use data to test assumptions and challenge thinking
- Build evidence-based recommendations that stand up to scrutiny
- Present findings in a clear and practical way
- Turn insight into actions clients can deliver
Strengthen Client Relationships
- Lead day-to-day engagement with client stakeholders
- Support decisions through clear options and trade-offs
- Address delivery issues early and propose solutions
- Maintain alignment through clear, consistent communication
- Build trust through delivery and follow-through
Drive Innovation and Adaptability
- Apply proven approaches to new and unfamiliar problems
- Adapt tools and methods to fit the client context
- Bring external insight and market awareness into the work
- Support client response to changing conditions with practical actions
Contribute to Business Growth
- Support proposals, pitches, and client discussions
- Shape solutions that are clear, credible, and deliverable
- Identify opportunities to extend or deepen client engagements
- Contribute to repeat work through delivery
ABOUT YOU (MUST HAVES)
- You have at least five years experience delivering work in consultancy or a comparable role
- Proven commercial acumen and the ability to drive cost-reduction initiatives and negotiations
- Experience across multiple spend categories and complex stakeholder environments
- Very competent excel skills with the ability to turn data into insights.
- Ability to apply technical procurement knowledge
STAND OUT EXPERTISE (DESIRABLE)
- MBA or advanced commercial qualification
- CIPS qualification (Level 4–6) or equivalent preferred
- Advanced use of data and analysis tools such as Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or Python
- Experience supporting bids, proposals, or commercial shaping
- Experience developing or improving internal methods, tools, or playbooks
- Ability to work cross sector
