AECOM
Advisory Consultant - Procurement
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Advisory Consultant - Procurement
Company Description
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers, and other professionals, delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
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As part of the AECOM Advisory business unit, our Strategic Procurement team recognises the critical importance of a thoroughly developed and market-tested procurement strategy—a cornerstone for project success—ensuring the appointment of the right supply chain partners into a commercially aligned relationship based on shared objectives.
We aim to be the leading provider of strategic and technical procurement advisory services in the UK and Ireland, known for excellence, innovation, and enduring client relationships. We collaborate with our clients across all sectors to develop and execute a procurement strategy that meets their defined success criteria. We are successful when our client succeeds.
Your input will be valued. As we expand our service offering and drive continuous improvement, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute and shape our future.
What You’ll Do
As a key member of our Strategic Procurement team, you will:
- Lead or support sector-leading projects and programmes as the strategic procurement subject matter expert.
- Provide tailored procurement advice by aligning with client drivers and project success factors, then guiding them through:
- Designing the optimum delivery model
- Developing the contract strategy
- Crafting the commercial model
- Defining the route to market for their projects.
- Manage the competing procurement process, including:
- Market engagement
- Supplier shortlisting
- Tender document development
- Tender management
- Evaluation & negotiation
- Offer expertise in commercial aspects, category management, and performance management.
- Support work winning activities by contributing to proposal documentation.
- Help develop AECOM’s overall strategic procurement service offering.
- Collaborate with AECOM colleagues to deliver high-value, multi-discipline solutions for clients.
- Challenge yourself in a market-leading business, with opportunities for personal and professional development through team collaboration.
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Qualifications
Essential
- Five years of post-qualification knowledge and experience, with expertise in leading the procurement of complex construction and infrastructure projects.
- Direct experience in managing the procurement lifecycle, from sourcing through to contract management.
- Proven programme and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Strong people skills, with experience in:
- Influencing stakeholders
- Providing trusted advisory support
- Challenging solutions tactfully
- Experience in strategic sourcing, category management, and contract management.
Desirable (but not required)
- Current pursuit—or achievement of—MCIPS or MRICS accreditation.
- Awareness of procuring under UK public sector regulations, including (but not limited to):
- The Procurement Act 2023 (or equivalent).
- Knowledge of standard contracting frameworks, such as:
- NEC (New Engineering Contract)
- JCT (Joint Contracts Tribunal)
- FIDIC (Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils)
- Your message is valuable—and your experience speaks for itself.
Business Overview
Title: Strategist in Procurement
AECOM is a global infrastructure leader, delivering services across the project lifecycle—from advisory and planning to design, engineering, programme and construction management. Our public and private-sector clients trust AECOM to tackle the most complex challenges:
- Transportation, buildings, water
- New energy
- Environmental solutions
For fiscal year 2025, our AECOM Professional Services business reported $16.1 billion in revenue. We operate as a mission-driven team united by our technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities.
AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm.
About AECOM: Your Future Starts Here
Work with a team that won’t just help you grow—it’ll champion you. Freedom to Innovate: We offer flexible, hybrid work options, allowing you to excel whether at an AECOM office, remote location, or client site. You’ll thrive in an environment that values your integrity, entrepreneurial mindset, and pioneering spirit.
A Culture of Equity: We foster a safe and respectful workplace, encouraging everyone to bring their unique talents, backgrounds, and perspectives to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
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Tackling Challenging Work with Equitable Support: AECOM is a publicly traded global firm dedicated to ambitious goals—and to your growth and success. The perks go beyond compensation:
- Access to leading-edge technology and forward-thinking solutions.
- Flexibility and opportunity to take on high-impact work that matters.
- A mindset where individual potential is not just recognised, but developed.
About AECOM
AECOM is more than an infrastructure firm—we are people shaping a brighter future. We remain true to the legacy of our founders, ensuring our current work sustains progress for generations to come.
We envision a world where the places where people live, work, and spend their time, create a deep sense of connection, purpose, and fulfilment. AECOM builds on this vision by crafting futuredesign solutions—applying our deep expertise in people-places-tech tendrils to address people’s needs across the built, digital and governance environments.
Our culture is grounded in: ✔ Stimulating work with dimensions for thought ✔ Unrivalled professional opportunities (from beginner to seasoned expert) ✔ Leadership excellence from grassroots input and public engagement to defending our environment
Join us and be part of the next generation of infrastructure opportunity solutions. With us, the world’s best work has room for you. To learn more about AECOM and our global impact, visit aecom.com. Explore the @AECOM stories on LinkedIn to see what’s next for us on:
Freedom and Fulfillment Opportunity is where you make it. AECOM provides career pathways tailored to your ambitions, set against a backdrop of global mobility, enriching growth experiences, and investment in your advancement. Whether your ambition lies in project delivery, thought leadership, executioning bold strategies or mentoring future generations, we give you the platform, the resources, and the recognition to shine.
Equal Opportunity & Inclusion
AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to diversity, equality and inclusion, ensuring every individual is valued for their prominent diversity contributions.
If you have a disability or long-term condition and meet the minimum/essential criteria for this role, we invite and encourage you to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme, where interviews will be offered.
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