Senior Supply Market Management Analyst - Programme Advisory (PA) in Whitehall

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.

Our Supply Market Management (SMM) capability operates across our Programme Advisory services and provides specialist, insight-led advice to help clients understand, shape and engage supply markets to support better investment decisions, procurement strategies and delivery outcomes.

Due to continued growth across our Infrastructure and Real Estate sectors, Turner & Townsend has an opportunity for a Senior Supply Market Management Analyst to join our growing Procurement and Contract Services capability. This role is suited to an experienced analyst who can independently lead complex analytical activities, deliver high-quality market insight, and act as a key contributor to client-facing Supply Market Management commissions.

The Senior Supply Market Management Analyst will play a critical role in delivering robust supply market intelligence, supplier analysis and evidence-based insight to support major infrastructure programmes and complex procurement strategies. Working closely with SMM Managers and Associate Directors, the role holder will take responsibility for defined analytical workstreams, support client engagement, and help translate technical analysis into clear, practical recommendations. The role also provides opportunities to mentor junior analysts, contribute to methodological development, and build credibility as a trusted part of client delivery teams.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of supply market assessments, analysis and insights for defined categories, programmes or workstreams.
• Undertake detailed supplier capability, capacity, financial and pipeline analysis to identify market risks, resilience and opportunity.
• Develop and maintain supply market models, maps and datasets, ensuring analytical robustness and data integrity.
• Produce high-quality reports, dashboards and presentations, communicating complex analysis clearly to client and internal stakeholders.
• Support the planning and delivery of market engagement and market-sounding activities, including analysis of feedback and outcomes.
• Work directly with clients and project teams to explain findings, test assumptions and refine recommendations.
• Coordinate inputs from multiple data sources and stakeholders to build coherent, evidence-based insight.
• Provide day-to-day guidance and informal coaching to junior analysts, supporting quality and consistency of outputs.
• Collaborate with procurement, commercial, cost and project management colleagues to integrate market insight into wider strategies.
• Contribute to the development of tools, templates, and best practice within the Supply Market Management community.

Turner & Townsend offers a clear and supported development pathway within a fast-growing specialist discipline. You will benefit from exposure to major, high-profile programmes and blue-chip clients, structured development toward Manager-level roles, and opportunities to contribute to the growth and maturity of the SMM practice.

To deliver for our clients, we are looking for a mixture of the following:

Qualifications:

• Demonstrable experience in supply market analysis, procurement, commercial, or infrastructure advisory roles.
• Proven track record of delivering analytical outputs that inform procurement or investment decisions.
• Experience working on infrastructure, construction or regulated-sector programmes is highly desirable.
• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline (e.g. business, economics, engineering, construction or supply chain).
• Professional membership (e.g. MCIPS) achieved or actively working toward.

Skills:

• Strong analytical and critical thinking capability, with confidence working with complex datasets.
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems and develop coherent, evidence-based conclusions.
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint, with experience using or exposure to Power BI or similar tools desirable.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present analysis to non-technical audiences.
• Solid understanding of procurement lifecycles, routes to market and supply market dynamics.
• Good organisation and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Behaviors:

• Curious, insight-driven and evidence-led.
• Comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy, while knowing when to escalate.
• Collaborative and supportive team contributor.
• Professional, credible and client-focused.
• Proactive in identifying improvement opportunities and developing capability.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.