Procurement Director

Role overview

Strategy and sourcing

• Develop procurement strategies for facilities management, asset operations, and recurring operational services.
• Lead categories including facilities management, engineering and asset maintenance, security, cleaning, waste, landscaping, utilities, and operational support.
• Set route-to-market approaches, sourcing models, contract packaging, procurement plans, and commercial structures.
• Lead complex tenders, due diligence, negotiations, commercial evaluations, contract awards, and implementation.

Contracts and supplier management

• Develop contract management frameworks and define service scope, pricing, performance standards, KPIs, SLAs, incentives, remedies, and governance.
• Lead contract mobilisation and transition; manage variations, renewals, claims, disputes, and commercial changes.
• Establish supplier relationships and lead performance reviews, governance meetings, and continuous improvement.
• Work with operational stakeholders to address supplier or contract issues and support uninterrupted service delivery.

Governance and leadership

• Strengthen procurement governance, controls, policies, processes, and reporting; oversee risks, supplier resilience, audit, and compliance.
• Develop procurement dashboards, savings tracking, and supplier performance metrics.
• Lead and develop procurement professionals, allocate resources, and set objectives and development plans.
• Coach teams and represent procurement at senior leadership, steering committee, and governance forums.

Qualifications and experience

• Significant procurement experience in city operations, facilities management, asset operations, or similarly complex operational environments.
• Strong contract sourcing and management experience across facilities management, maintenance, security, cleaning, waste, and operational services.
• Experience managing strategic suppliers and performance against KPIs and SLAs; strong category management, governance, and commercial management.
• Experience developing recurring-services procurement strategies, route-to-market approaches, and commercial models.
• Proven experience managing procurement teams and engaging senior stakeholders.
• Experience in large-scale developments, smart cities, giga-projects, major infrastructure programmes, or mixed-use developments is beneficial.
• Degree in procurement, supply chain, business, finance, law, engineering, or a related discipline.
• Professional procurement qualification such as CIPS or equivalent is preferred.
• The skills section lists 20 years of experience without specifying the experience type.

Skills

• Strategic procurement, category management, facilities management procurement, sourcing, tendering, and commercial negotiations.
• Contract development and lifecycle management; supplier relationship, KPI, SLA, and service credit management.
• Procurement governance, commercial modelling, financial analysis, risk management, and issue resolution.
• Team leadership and stakeholder engagement.