Senior Director; m​/f​/d), Private Equity Improvement - Procurement

Description

About Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals. We take a hands‑on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work‑guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity‑are why our people love working at A&M.

The Procurement team is an integral part of A&M's Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) practice, helping deliver world‑class pre‑deal diligence, post‑deal value creation strategy and savings implementation for clients across all industry sectors. The team works across the full deal lifecycle - from buy‑and‑sell‑side commercial/procurement due diligence through to hands‑on delivery of sourcing strategies and savings programmes inside portfolio companies.

We are looking for an experienced, commercially minded procurement leader to join the PEPI Procurement team as Senior Director (m/f/d). This is a senior leadership role: you will own client relationships and engagement delivery, act as a trusted advisor to PE sponsors and portfolio company leadership and play a leading role in growing the practice - through business development, proposition development, and building and mentoring the wider team.

You thrive in fast‑paced, hands‑on delivery environments, working shoulder‑to‑shoulder with client teams on the ground to translate analysis into real, measurable impact - and you are equally comfortable originating and winning new business alongside A&M's Managing Directors and Senior Directors.

• Drive business development for the PEPI Procurement practice: originating opportunities, leading proposal development, and pitching to prospective clients and PE sponsors
• Work closely with A&M Managing Directors and Senior Directors across PEPI and other service lines to identify, shape and win new engagements, and to cross‑sell procurement into wider A&M relationships
• Build and maintain a personal network across the private equity, corporate and advisory community to generate a sustainable pipeline of procurement opportunities
• Represent PEPI Procurement in cross‑service‑line collaboration with other A&M practices (e.g. Transaction Advisory, ODD, CFO Services, Restructuring)

• Lead the procurement workstream on buy‑and‑sell‑side commercial/operational due diligence engagements: shaping the procurement opportunity assessment, quantifying benefit ranges and value levers, and directing the analytical pathway and evidence base that supports investment recommendations
• Own end‑to‑end delivery of post‑deal procurement value creation programmes: setting the sourcing strategy, structuring the delivery approach, overseeing execution, and signing off realised savings with client and PE sponsor stakeholders
• Operate as a hands‑on, delivery‑focused leader who thrives in fast‑paced environments - working side by side with client teams on the ground, embedding into their day‑to‑day operations to drive real, sustained impact rather than staying at the strategy level
• Act as the senior day‑to‑day client contact, building trusted relationships with C‑suite, portfolio company leadership and PE deal teams
• Ensure the quality, rigor and commercial impact of all client deliverables, and manage engagement economics, risk and timelines

• Lead, develop and mentor a high‑performing team of Analysts, Associates, Senior Associates and Directors, building procurement capability…