Principal Consultant - Capital Procurement

The opportunity

As a Principal Consultant at Proxima in our Capital Procurement practice, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, leading complex, high-value engagements and shaping transformational outcomes. You will combine deep subject matter expertise with strong leadership, influencing both client strategy and delivery while developing Proxima’s people and capabilities.

This is a senior, hands-on role for consultants who thrive in ambiguity, enjoy leading teams, and want to have a lasting impact on clients and the firm.

What you’ll do

Lead complex client engagements

• Lead large, complex procurement and transformation programmes across multiple workstreams

• Translate client vision into practical, executable solutions

• Ensure delivery excellence across all outputs, aligned to Proxima’s client-ready principles

Partner with senior stakeholders

• Build trusted relationships with senior and executive-level client stakeholders

• Navigate ambiguity and competing priorities to maintain momentum and outcomes

• Act as a strategic advisor, shaping long-term client roadmaps

Engage and collaborate with stakeholders

• Work directly with senior client stakeholders to gather requirements and align objectives.

• Communicate findings clearly and professionally with team members and senior client stakeholders.

• Lead workshops, working sessions, and day-to-day client interactions.
• Lead supplier negotiations for complex commercial programs.

Develop people and capability

• Coach, mentor, and develop consultants across levels

• Actively contribute to Proxima’s apprenticeship culture

• Set standards for quality, collaboration, and delivery

Grow Proxima’s intellectual capital

• Lead and contribute to IP, asset, and methodology development

• Actively engage in Communities of Practice

• Support business development and identify growth opportunities

Work in a global, flexible model

• Operate in a hybrid environment, balancing client, home, and office-based work.

• Travel as required to support client delivery and team collaboration.

What you bring

Experience and expertise

• Significant consulting experience in capital procurement, gained within a Client, Consulting or Supplier environment, ideally across more than one.

• Proven track record leading large, complex, Capital programs
• Practical understanding of CapEx environments and major project delivery.
• Familiarity with NEC4 and/or FIDIC contractual frameworks

• Strong commercial and strategic acumen

Leadership mindset

• Ability to lead teams and influence senior stakeholders

• Confidence operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments

• Strong coaching and people-development capability

Consulting approach

• Structured problem-solving and storytelling skills

• Executive presence, credibility, and integrity

• Ownership-driven, delivery-focused mindset