Procurement Sourcing Director – Facilities & Real Estate​

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What You'll Do

Enterprise Services (ES) was established in 2022 to provide efficient, resilient, and scalable services to support the evolving needs and complexities of a more digital BCG. ES brings together business-critical operations - such as Procurement & Payables, Global Finance Operations, and Executive Support Services - alongside specialist expertise including Real Estate, Travel, and Meetings & Events. United by a common service mindset, ES enables every BCGer to focus on the work that matters most by giving time and energy back through streamlined, reliable service delivery. In doing so, ES creates cost advantage and strengthens BCG’s market differentiation, while reducing risk through consistent controls and business continuity. Through scalable platforms and globally integrated ways of working across our strategic core global hubs, Enterprise Services enhances agility and helps unlock the potential of those who advance the world.

As a Real Estate & Facilities Sourcing Director, you will lead one of BCG's global sourcing teams within Enterprise Procurement & Payables (EP&P), overseeing global Real Estate, construction/capital projects and Facilities Management sourcing, including hard and soft FM services, real estate brokerage and workplace services acting as a trusted strategic procurement advisor to the Global Real Estate (GRE) team and local stakeholders. You will shape and execute category strategies that deliver measurable business value, develop and inspire a high-performing team, and build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders across the firm.

Working closely with GRE business leaders and cross-functional partners, you will lead complex sourcing initiatives from strategy through execution, including office openings, relocations, refurbishments and capital build-outs, driving commercial excellence, supplier performance, innovation, and operational transformation. As a procurement leader, you will help advance BCG's global procurement capabilities while fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and sustainable value creation.

Responsibilities include:

- Build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders across the firm, particularly GRE and local office leadership, serving as a trusted advisor and aligning sourcing strategies with BCG’s real estate and workplace priorities and influencing strategic decision making.
- Develop and execute multi-year global Facilities Management, Real Estate and capital projects category strategies aligned with GRE’s project pipeline, business needs and risk appetite that optimize supplier performance, reduce risk, generate sustainable value, and support evolving business priorities.
- Lead the integrated Real Estate & Facilities sourcing team. Set priorities across sourcing team, ensuring the team have sufficient cross-category capability to support and flex resources as business needs evolve, while developing talent, strengthening team capabilities and fostering an inclusive, collaborative culture.
- Deliver measurable business outcomes by executing category strategies, achieving annual value and savings targets, increasing spend under Procurement management across the firm, and strengthening strategic partnerships with business stakeholders.
- Lead complex sourcing initiatives across the full procurement lifecycle, including category strategy, market analysis, supplier selection, negotiations, contracting, implementation, and supplier performance management, with specific focus on facilities services (including catering, cleaning, reception, security and hard FM), real estate brokerage, construction, office fit-outs and capital build-outs.
- Lead procurement activity for office construction and capital build-outs in partnership with GRE and local stakeholders, including competitive tendering and contracting of general contractors, fit-out providers, architects, engineers, project managers and cost consultants.
- Lead and develop the team's global contracting and commercial negotiation capabilities, ensuring complex supplier agreements align with business objectives, global governance standards, regulatory requirements, and enterprise risk frameworks.
- Lead commercial negotiations and contract discussions, including construction contract terms, variations and change orders, that deliver favourable business outcomes while ensuring compliance with BCG policies, governance standards, and risk frameworks.
- Support project delivery teams with Capex budget validation, bid evaluation, commercial risk assessment, contractor performance and cost impacts of project variations, without assuming responsibility for construction project delivery.
- Partner with GRE, Legal, Finance, Information Security, Technology, and other enterprise functions to negotiate and execute complex global supplier agreements, ensuring effective governance, appropriate risk management, and compliance throughout the sourcing and contracting lifecycle.
- Establish supplier performance metrics, governance forums and improvement plans, and foster strategic supplier relationships that encourage innovation, improve performance, and create long-term value for BCG.

YOU’RE GOOD AT

- Leading and developing high-performing teams by fostering an inclusive culture, coaching talent, and building organizational capability.
- Driving transformation through influence, building stakeholder alignment and commitment to new sourcing strategies, operating models, and procurement capabilities.
- Building trusted partnerships and influencing senior stakeholders across a complex, global, matrixed organization to achieve strategic business outcomes.
- Using spend analytics, category reviews and market intelligence to identify supplier consolidation, innovation and cost-reduction opportunities, and developing and executing sourcing and category strategies that balance commercial value, supplier performance, innovation, and risk management.
- Leading complex sourcing initiatives and procurement transformation, driving continuous improvement, operational excellence, and measurable business value.
- Applying strong commercial judgment, analytical thinking, and executive communication to navigate complexity, influence decisions, and deliver sustainable results.

What You'll Bring

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, with 12 or more years of strategic sourcing and category management experience within global organizations.
- Deep expertise in Facilities Management and Real Estate sourcing, including hard and soft FM services (such as catering, cleaning, reception and security), workplace services, real estate brokerage, construction procurement and office fit-outs, with a proven track record of developing and executing long-term category strategies.
- Demonstrable experience supporting construction and capital build-out projects, including corporate office fit-outs, refurbishments, relocations or new office openings, through sourcing strategy, tendering, supplier selection, negotiation and contract award.
- Experience of delivering change, value and successful outcomes in a complex, matrixed organisation across global markets
- Deep understanding of global contracting best practices, commercial legal frameworks, governance standards, and regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience sourcing construction contractors and professional consultants (architects, engineers, project managers and cost consultants); familiarity with relevant construction contract forms and local market practices is advantageous.
- Demonstrated success leading complex commercial negotiations, supplier management, and procurement transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business value.
- Proven people leadership experience, including building, developing, and leading high-performing procurement teams while influencing senior stakeholders across global, cross-functional organizations.
- Strong commercial acumen, analytical capability, and executive communication skills, including evaluating total cost of ownership, commercial trade-offs, and business impacts.
- Knowledge of emerging procurement technologies; familiarity with AI-enabled sourcing and contract lifecycle management platforms is advantageous

Who You'll Work With

You'll join Enterprise Procurement & Payables (EP&P), a global team of procurement professionals responsible for enabling sourcing and supplier management across BCG. Acting as a trusted strategic procurement advisor to GRE and working in close partnership with its leadership and colleagues across global locations, you'll collaborate with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Information Security, Technology, and business leaders to shape sourcing strategies that deliver long-term value for the firm.

As BCG continues to evolve its global procurement operating model, you'll play a key leadership role in driving transformation, influencing senior stakeholders across the organization, strengthening strategic supplier relationships, and advancing procurement capabilities within a highly collaborative, global, and matrixed environment.

Additional info

At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person collaboration plays an important role in our culture, mentorship, and professional development.

For this role, you will generally be expected to work from a BCG office or in person with clients on a regular basis (typically around 50% of working time), depending on business needs and in line with local policies and practices.

We aim to provide a dynamic and collaborative environment that fosters connection and teamwork.

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