Capital Equipment Procurement Leader

PTS Advance•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

The Capital Equipment Procurement Leader buys owner-furnished capital equipment for Project Huntsville, a greenfield cGMP active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) campus in Huntsville, Alabama. The position owns equipment packages from RFQ through purchase order, fabrication, delivery, and turnover, executing the procurement work in SAP and SAP Ariba. The role is responsible for the agitated filter dryer (AFD) and process super skid packages and is the commercial point of contact for equipment vendors; only the project owner is authorized to commit to suppliers. The role's initial priority is the long-lead program, including power transformers, medium-voltage switchgear and cable, AFDs, process skids, and structural steel. It works closely with engineering, project controls, quality, commissioning/qualification/validation (CQV), construction, the project's design and EPCM partners, and the Owner's Representative. The position is remote until the plant is built, then relocates to Huntsville, Alabama.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.
10+ years buying engineered capital equipment, including at least 3 years on capital projects.
Experience placing and managing individual equipment orders of $1 million or more from RFQ through delivery.
Proven record managing long-lead process, utility, or electrical equipment with lead times over 12 months.
5+ years of hands-on SAP purchasing (MM), including PO creation and changes, milestone billing plans, goods receipt, invoice resolution, and PO closeout.
3+ years of hands-on SAP Ariba Sourcing and Contracts, including personally building and awarding competitive sourcing events and managing contract workspaces.
Experience on a greenfield or major expansion project in pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, oil and gas, or another highly regulated manufacturing setting.
Working knowledge of vendor documentation needed for equipment qualification and validation in a cGMP setting.
Experience working alongside EPC or EPCM firms and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and schedule and commitment logs.

Responsibilities

Lead owner-direct procurement of long-lead process, utility, and electrical equipment, including transformers, 5 kV to 38 kV switchgear, medium-voltage cable, AFDs, reactors, centrifuges, process super skids, and structural steel.
Build and maintain the long-lead order-by schedule, flag packages at risk, and escalate issues before schedule float is consumed.
Prepare RFQ and bid packages with engineering, build and prequalify bidder lists, and issue sourcing events through SAP Ariba Sourcing.
Run commercial bid analyses, coordinate technical bid evaluations with engineering, and prepare Recommendations to Award.
Negotiate price, payment milestones, warranties, liquidated damages, delivery commitments, and vendor field-service rates.
Apply existing master agreements, volume pricing, and replication pricing, benchmark awards against prior projects, and prepare sole-source justifications when competitive bidding is not possible.
Issue purchase orders on the applicable terms and manage PO revisions, change orders, and claims through closeout.
Track orders through approval drawings, design qualification, sub-vendor buyout, fabrication, FAT and inspection, delivery, and vendor turnover packages.
Coordinate factory and site acceptance tests and shop inspections with engineering, quality, and CQV.
Ensure vendor documentation supports IQ/OQ and turnover to operations.
Oversee expediting, shipping, receiving, laydown, and storage with construction and site logistics.
Track commitments and spending against the equipment budget, forecast cost to complete, and report variances to project leadership.
Maintain the equipment list and procurement log as the project's single source of truth.
Publish weekly and monthly status reports covering package and PO issuance and closure, PO growth, and required-at-site date deltas.
Lead, mentor, and assign work to buyers, expediters, and procurement coordinators as the equipment team grows.
Serve as the single commercial contact for equipment vendors and ensure vendor interactions comply with ethics and procurement policy.