P3M Project Manager (Procurement) - Management Consultant

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead delivery of procurement workstreams within transformation programmes
• Manage day‐to‐day engagement with vendors and third parties, ensuring SOW deliverables, SLAs, and handoffs are met, while proactively challenging timelines and removing blockers
• Support supplier onboarding, supplier relationship management, and contract lifecycle activities
• Run tender events and RFPs, evaluate supplier responses, lead commercial negotiations, and support contracting activities
• Align business SMEs, product owners, technical SMEs, and external partners to ensure coordinated delivery
• Track workstream costs, change requests, data, and spend analytics, and support forecasting and approvals
• Apply knowledge of source‐to‐contract and procure‐to‐pay processes to shape project deliverables and outcomes.
• Engage procurement leadership (e.g., CPO, category leads, legal, and finance stakeholders) to ensure alignment and decision‐making
• Build and manage project plans, governance artefacts, RAID logs, and reporting
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across procurement, finance, operations, and IT
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and benefits realisation
• Support and facilitate P3M workshops with client stakeholders
• Provide clear and structured updates to senior stakeholders and steering committees
• Manage project-level change without disrupting business operations
• Contribute to client proposals, thought leadership, procurement transformation propositions, and wider practice development activities, with increasing ownership depending on experience
• Coach and support junior consultants in delivery roles
• Skills and Competencies
• Strong understanding of programme and project management methodologies
• Awareness of procurement operating models and process design (S2C / P2P)
• Experience engaging procurement leaders and cross‐functional stakeholders such as legal, finance, and category teams
• End‐to‐end procurement process expertise
• Sourcing and commercial negotiation capability
• Understanding of responsible procurement practices, including sustainability, supplier risk, and regulatory considerations
• Experience in regulated procurement is advantageous but not mandatory
• Proven experience delivering procurement transformation initiatives
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong planning, organisational, and delivery management capabilities
• Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Exposure to or familiarity with leading S2P platforms (e.g., Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer, Ivalua) is advantageous
• Proficiency in project management tools
• Adaptability and willingness to work across different client environments
• PM / P3M certifications are advantageous but not mandatory
• Previous consulting experience is advantageous
• Why Join BIP UK?
• Be part of a global, innovative, and collaborative team.
• Opportunity to work with industry leaders and shape the future of consulting.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Professional development and career growth opportunities.
• A culture that values diversity, inclusion, and employee well-being.