Senior Procurement Specialist - Construction
Owns end-to-end procurement for capital construction packages, including sourcing strategy, contract negotiation, change orders, and commercial risk management. The role requires 5–7+ years of procurement experience in heavy industry, infrastructure, or capital projects.
About the job
Responsibilities
Own Capital Procurement Workstreams
- Lead pre-award, award, and post-award contracting activities for capital construction packages.
- Develop and execute procurement strategies aligned with project schedules and critical path activities.
- Drive commercial negotiations focused on total cost, risk allocation, and delivery certainty.
- Support PO conversion, approvals, and procurement system execution.
Manage Contracts & Commercial Risk
- Draft, review, and negotiate NDAs, MSAs, and construction work orders.
- Manage change orders and commercial amendments in coordination with project teams.
- Ensure documentation is structured, defensible, and audit-ready.
Drive Cost & Value
- Analyze spend and identify savings or value-creation opportunities.
- Support competition in the supplier market.
- Conduct commercial risk assessments to reduce schedule exposure.
Build Better Systems
- Help design scalable procurement processes as the company grows.
- Improve cycle times and reduce friction in sourcing and approvals.
- Contribute to building a disciplined, data-driven procurement function.
Requirements
- 5–7+ years of procurement experience in heavy industry, capital construction, infrastructure, or industrial projects.
- Experience leading competitive sourcing processes for construction.
- Strong contract negotiation skills.
- Clear understanding of commercial risk allocation.
- Proficiency with ERP and procurement systems.
- Strong structured documentation skills.
Skills
Procurement, Construction Procurement, Contract Negotiation, Commercial Risk Allocation, Competitive Sourcing, ERP Systems, Procurement Systems, Contract Management, Change Orders, Spend Analysis
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