# Senior Procurement Specialist - Process Equipment

**Company:** [Mariana Minerals](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mariana-minerals)
**Location:** Houston, TX
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $90k – $126k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Capital Equipment Procurement, Competitive Sourcing, Contract Negotiation, Commercial Risk Allocation, ERP Systems, Procurement Systems, Spend Analysis, Supplier Management, Purchase Orders, Change Orders
**Posted:** 2026-08-20

> Leads end-to-end procurement and contracting for capital equipment in heavy-industry projects, from sourcing strategy through execution. The role requires 5–7+ years of equipment procurement experience, strong negotiation and commercial risk skills, and proficiency with ERP and procurement systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Own Capital Procurement Workstreams
- Lead pre-award, award, and post-award contracting activities for capital equipment purchases.
- Develop and execute procurement strategies aligned with project timelines and critical path needs.
- Drive commercial negotiations with a focus on total cost, risk allocation, and delivery certainty.
- Support purchase order conversion, approvals, and procurement system processing.

### Manage Contracts & Commercial Risk
- Draft, review, and negotiate NDAs, MSAs, and equipment purchase agreements.
- Coordinate change orders and commercial amendments with project teams.
- Ensure documentation is structured, defensible, and audit-ready.

### Drive Cost & Value
- Analyze spend data and identify cost savings or value-creation opportunities.
- Foster competition in the supplier market.
- Conduct commercial risk assessments to minimize supply chain and schedule risks.

### Build Better Systems
- Help design scalable procurement processes as the company grows.
- Improve cycle times and streamline sourcing and approval workflows.
- Contribute to establishing a disciplined, data-driven procurement function.

## Requirements
- 5–7+ years of procurement experience in equipment purchasing and heavy industry.
- Proven experience managing competitive sourcing processes for capital equipment.
- Strong contract negotiation skills.
- In-depth understanding of commercial risk allocation.
- Proficiency with ERP and procurement systems.
- Experience with structured documentation.

## Compensation
- Annual salary range: $90,000–$126,000.

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