Procurement and Commercial Consultants
Core and Advanced Capability Pathways
London-based hybrid opportunities | Indicative salary range: £28,860 – £40,000 depending on pathway, experience, and future client role | Structured 2-year Capability Pathway
Build procurement and commercial capability through future live client delivery opportunities across public and private sector environments.
Expression of Interest
Sequora is building a pipeline of prospective Core and Advanced Capability Pathway candidates ahead of anticipated client commissioning and future deployment opportunities.
This advert forms part of an ongoing expression of interest process as Sequora continues to expand its procurement, commercial, bid, governance, and capability delivery support across public and private sector clients.
This is an opportunity to express interest in future procurement and commercial delivery roles designed to build meaningful long-term careers through applied experience, professional development, mentoring, and structured support.
Subject to future client commissioning and placement opportunities, successful candidates may join Sequora on structured Capability Pathways designed to accelerate development through live client environments, guided responsibility, and practical delivery experience.
Successful applicants who progress through the initial stages will receive the full Sequora Capability Pathway information pack and may be invited to an introductory webinar and further discussion before progressing to formal application and assessment activity.
About the Capability Pathway
The Sequora Capability Pathway is designed to develop procurement and commercial professionals through real delivery environments rather than simulated learning alone.
From day one of deployment, individuals are supported to contribute to live client outcomes while building practical capability through structured coaching, mentoring, professional development, and applied experience.
Depending on client placement and pathway level, future opportunities may include exposure to:
- Procurement and sourcing activity
- Bid support and tender responses
- Commercial governance and reporting
- Contracts and supplier management
- Stakeholder engagement and coordination
- Commercial analysis and risk support
- Supplier performance and relationship management
- Audit-ready record keeping and compliance activity
- Commercial decision-making in regulated and high-trust environments
The pathway is designed to support long-term professional growth through increasing responsibility, structured support, and exposure to meaningful delivery environments.
Core and Advanced Capability Pathways
Core Capability Pathway
The Core pathway is designed for individuals earlier in their procurement and commercial journey.
This pathway focuses on building strong foundational capability through supported delivery, structured development, and guided responsibility.
You may develop confidence in:
- Working with contracts, governance, and commercial processes
- Supporting procurement and bid activity
- Producing accurate and reliable outputs
- Communicating professionally with stakeholders
- Operating effectively within client environments
- Managing information, detail, and competing priorities
Support is structured and consistent as your capability and confidence develop.
Advanced Capability Pathway
The Advanced pathway is designed for individuals with stronger existing capability, relevant experience, or accelerated potential.
Relevant backgrounds may include:
- Procurement support
- Bid management or bid coordination
- Commercial operations
- Governance or contract support
- Supplier or stakeholder management
- Operational leadership or delivery coordination
- Analytical or client-facing environments
In addition to supporting client outcomes, Advanced pathway members may be expected to:
- Operate with increased autonomy
- Take greater ownership of delivery and decision-making
- Contribute to improving ways of working
- Support and mentor Core pathway members
- Help strengthen wider team capability and performance
This pathway carries a higher level of expectation, accountability, and professional judgement.
Career Changers and Non-Traditional Backgrounds Welcome
We believe strong procurement and commercial professionals can come from many different backgrounds.
You may be:
- Returning to work after time away
- Changing careers from another industry
- Looking for a more meaningful long-term profession
- Transitioning from military service
- Rebuilding your career following life changes
- Earlier in your career and looking for accelerated development
- Bringing commercial, operational, analytical, or client-facing experience from another environment
Age, background, previous career path, and traditional qualifications are not barriers to success within the Sequora Capability Pathway.
We are far more interested in your judgement, professionalism, willingness to learn, and ability to apply yourself with integrity.
Many strong commercial professionals develop through varied life and career experiences rather than through a single conventional route.
What You Receive Through the Capability Pathway
Subject to future client commissioning and placement opportunities, successful candidates receive:
- Full salary and benefits from day one of deployment
- Hybrid working opportunities
- Structured mentoring and coaching
- Funded professional development and qualifications, such as:
- CIPS Level 4 Procurement and Supply Apprenticeship
- Bid and Proposal Co-ordinator Level 3
- Equivalent professional development pathways depending on role
- Exposure to live client delivery environments from week one
- Clear progression and development support
- Potential future opportunities with clients or within Sequora
- Long-term capability development through the wider Sequora network and alumni community
Responsibility increases as capability develops, supported by regular feedback, practical guidance, and structured development conversations.
What We Are Looking For
We are interested in people who are:
- Curious and willing to learn
- Professional and reliable
- Comfortable working with written and numerical information
- Strong communicators
- Adaptable and solution-focused
- Calm and thoughtful under pressure
- Motivated to develop their career and professional capability
You do not need a conventional background in procurement or commercial delivery to succeed here.
We recruit for potential, judgement, professionalism, and attitude as well as experience.
About Sequora
Sequora is a procurement, commercial, and capability consultancy supporting organisations across the public and private sector.
We help clients strengthen delivery, manage risk, improve value for money, and build long-term capability.
Our work is shaped by three core values:
Discernment
Thinking clearly, asking the right questions, and exercising sound judgement.
Growth with Depth
Learning properly and applying that learning in practice.
Integrity in Motion
Doing the right thing consistently, especially under pressure.
These values shape how we deliver for clients and how we develop our people.
We are also proud to be:
- A Real Living Wage employer
- A Disability Confident employer
- An Armed Forces Covenant signatory
- A Social Mobility Pledge signatory
Important Information
This advert forms part of an ongoing expression of interest process while Sequora continues discussions regarding future client commissioning and deployment requirements.
Suitable applicants may be invited to:
- An introductory webinar
- An initial conversation
- Further assessment activity
- Inclusion within Sequora’s future capability pipeline
Formal offers, deployment opportunities, and start dates will depend on confirmed client demand, pathway availability, and successful completion of the assessment process.
Applicants who progress through the initial stages will receive the full Sequora Capability Pathway information pack before any formal application process begins.
Interested?
Visit our website: www.sequora.co.uk
Please apply with:
- Your CV
- A short covering note explaining your interest in the opportunity
Applications can be submitted via Indeed or by email to:
academy@sequora.co.uk
