Head of Procurement - Operational Real Estate - #1672799

Head of Procurement – Operational Real Estate

London

£Generous salary + excellent bonus & benefits

This is a rare and unique opportunity to join a market leading consultancy focusing on operational real estate (Hotels, PBSA, BTR, PRS) as the head of their new Procurement division. Due to a recent acquisition this consultancy is now able to satisfy their investor and owner/occupier clients demand for Procurement services.

You will be part of the leadership team which will facilitate a smooth merger process, continue to service the existing Procurement client base of the acquired business as well as taking the service to the existing clients of the business that has acquired the market leading procurement consultancy. You will be leading a team of 4 specialists.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Developing a clearly defined procurement strategy for Hard and Soft FM programmes


• Identifying clear objectives for each client’s procurement project and creating evaluation criteria that reflects the objectives


• Request and collect bids and relevant vendor data for analysis


• Compare and contrast bids, negotiate best pricing and evaluate whether the scope of services meets the client’s needs


• Work with legal consultants to ensure contract documents are correct and enforceable


• Attend client meetings, site visits and contractor meetings to ensure engagement


• Tailoring bespoke services

This role would suit someone with real estate procurement experience, who has had direct reports previously. The ideal candidate will have worked with owners of operational assets previously, but this is not essential. The business has exciting plans for scaling further and going into new markets, ensuring this opportunity will continue to be interesting and exhilarating. If you are interested in seeing a full job spec and would like a confidential discussion about this role then please do get in touch – ****@rialtoproperty.co.uk