About us

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world.

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 3,200 specialists in consumer, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government, health and life sciences, manufacturing, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists. We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Europe, and the Nordics.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

We are growing our Sourcing team within our Sourcing, IT Strategy, and Corporate Services capability. We are actively recruiting talented people with a passion for sourcing, procurement, and IT transformation across all levels of experience. Our capability helps organisations to source and deliver infrastructure, technology and business services effectively and efficiently. We do so by:

1. Establishing sourcing arrangements that are fit for the future
2. Designing strategic blueprints for modern IT and business services functions
3. Delivering complex transformation engagements.

PA works with organisations to improve their sourcing and procurement operations. We provide a range of strategic advice from transforming organisations’ sourcing teams, delivering complex multi-billion pound procurements, and advising our clients on large-scale IT transformations. We regularly support our clients to achieve their desired business outcomes by harnessing deep technical knowledge and applying innovative approaches to sourcing and procurement.

As a Sourcing & Procurement Consultant at PA you will be given the opportunity to work on some of the most significant and complex sourcing challenges facing public and private sector organisations in the UK and internationally. You will be trusted to work across diverse programmes with our clients, offering a rare opportunity to build unrivalled expertise and experience.

PA offers more than a job. We offer a career in consulting, a stake in our firm, and an environment where individuals and ideas matter.

We would love to hear from you if:

• You enjoy solving complex problems using logic, creativity, and interpersonal skills to find appropriate solutions.
• You are driven by a desire to help organisations to achieve value for money through better sourcing and procurement arrangements.
• You are comfortable engaging with and becoming a trusted adviser to clients at all levels of seniority.
• You are keen to work collaboratively with diverse teams of experts and draw on your own experiences to develop and publicise sourcing, procurement and commercial insight that helps improve public and private procurement.
• You want to be able to shape your own career pathway and support the development of others through leading teams.

Ideally you will have:

• 2 years or more sourcing and procurement experience. Experience in IT Sourcing or IT transformation would also be advantageous.
• For more senior roles prior consulting experience is essential.
• Strong delivery experience from working on procurement/commercial and sourcing projects. Ideally, across a range of sectors.
• Exposure to sourcing cloud or SaaS services, AI or RPA capabilities, application services, data centre and infrastructure, end-user computer and networks services.
• Experience in managing supplier service delivery arrangements or improving supplier and sourcing relationships, including multi-sourcing arrangements
• A proven ability to think creatively and commercially to solve complex procurement and sourcing problems.
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills that translate to exceptional stakeholder management.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• A drive for personal and professional progression.
• CIPS, MCIPS, IACCM or equivalent sourcing qualifications desirable.

It is important that you can demonstrate experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Procurement/commercial strategy and capabilities
• Procurement/commercial operating models
• Sourcing including strategy, procurement, negotiation, transition, operating model, transformation, optimisation and remediation.
• IT sourcing/transformation
• Insourcing and Outsourcing arrangements
• Sale-side/private sector commercial acumen
• Supplier relationship management
• Supplier negotiations
• Contract development & contract management
• Category management
• Supply chain risk management
• Transactional procurement/commercial processes and systems

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Travel allowance
• 25 days annual leave with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Company pension scheme
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Life and Income protection insurance
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)
• Additional optional benefits (Dental, critical illness, spouse/partner life assurance)
   

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that diversity makes us a stronger firm and look to employ people with different ideas, styles and skill sets. This diversity stimulates a rich, creative environment – one in which our people develop, and our clients enjoy enduring results. We’re committed to recruiting, promoting and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PA’s goals, without regard to their sex, race, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [email protected]