Associate Director -Supply Market Management - Programme Advisory; PA)

Position: Associate Director -Supply Market Management - Programme Advisory (PA)
Company Description Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.​Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.​Our

capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.​We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.​Please

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Job Description Due to continued growth across our Infrastructure and Real Estate sectors, Turner & Townsend has an opportunity for a Supply Market Management (SMM) Associate Director to join our growing Procurement and Contract Services capability.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:

Support clients in understanding supply market capacity, risk and opportunity

Lead the development of market management strategies that, through an insight‑led approach, understand, shape and optimise the external supply environment across complex categories and programmes.  Influence procurement and commercial strategies on major projects

Operate as a trusted advisor within multi-disciplinary project teams

Contribute to the continued evolution of Turner & Townsend’s Supply Market Management offering

The role is market-facing and analytical in nature, focused on understanding, shaping and engaging supply markets, rather than operational supply chain delivery.

The Opportunity The SMM Manager will play a key role in delivering best‑in‑class supply market intelligence, supplier strategy and market engagement advice to public and private sector clients.

Working independently or leading small teams, the role holder will support business cases development, investment decisions, sourcing strategies and risk management by providing robust, evidence‑based insight into supplier markets, cost drivers, capacity constraints and emerging trends.

Main Expectations Lead the development of supply market assessments, intelligence reports and insights to inform procurement and commercial strategies

Undertake market and supplier capability analysis, identifying capacity, resilience, innovation and risk across key categories

Shape and deliver market engagement and market‑sounding activities in support of major programmes and regulatory or investment gateways

Provide informed advice on supplier segmentation, relationship strategies and routes to market

Support the development of sourcing strategies through cost driver analysis, benchmarking and market insight

Manage and deliver defined SMM work streams or commissions with accountability for quality, timeliness and outcomes

Engage confidently with clients and senior stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor on supply market considerations

Collaborate with procurement, commercial, cost and project teams to integrate market insight into wider strategies

Coach and support junior colleagues, contributing to capability development within the SMM community

Contribute to internal thought leadership, knowledge sharing and the development of Turner & Townsend’s SMM service offering

The Offer Turner & Townsend will offer the right candidate a distinct opportunity to progress their career within an entrepreneurial, defined and growing division. This will be achieved through a mixture of leading the delivery of projects, creating innovative solutions and service offerings, elevating the Turner & Townsend Supply Market Management team, working with blue chip organisations and becoming a trusted and visible expert with Turner & Townsend and the Market.

Further opportunities are available to travel both nationally and…