Manager, Project Procurement
About The Position
The Manager, Field Project Procurement is a field-based position on an active industrial construction site. The role provides leadership for procurement execution activities, ensuring materials, equipment, supplies, and services are delivered safely, efficiently, and in alignment with project requirements, schedules, budgets, construction priorities, and customer objectives. Working at the project site, the manager links suppliers and procurement teams with engineering, construction, logistics, materials management, project controls, and project leadership. The position coordinates procurement activities, monitors supplier manufacturing schedules and delivery commitments, expedites engineering and procurement deliverables, and helps ensure materials and equipment arrive in support of construction readiness and project execution. The role also provides technical guidance to procurement personnel and project teams, supports supplier performance and sourcing activities, identifies and mitigates procurement risks, and promotes compliance with company procedures, contractual requirements, project standards, and customer expectations. It contributes to continuous improvement and safe, effective project delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Construction Management, Procurement, Logistics, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Typically 10+ years of relevant procurement, supply chain, materials management, logistics, project controls, or project execution experience.
- Recognized procurement specialist able to provide consultation, technical guidance, and support to others.
- Demonstrated experience supporting industrial construction, EPC, energy, chemicals, LNG, petrochemical, mining, power generation, manufacturing, infrastructure, or major capital projects.
- Strong knowledge of procurement processes, supplier management, expediting, logistics coordination, materials management, and project execution activities.
- Experience monitoring manufacturing schedules, supplier performance, delivery commitments, and procurement reporting.
- Ability to proactively identify risks, evaluate alternatives, and develop practical solutions to support project objectives.
- Strong analytical, commercial, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience reviewing procurement data, supplier schedules, manufacturing progress, and project performance information.
- Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and influencing skills.
- Advanced understanding of procurement systems, ERP platforms, reporting tools, supply chain processes, and project management practices.
- Ability to provide technical guidance, assign work activities, and review work products for technical accuracy and quality.
- Commitment to safety, operational excellence, collaboration, customer service, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Lead field procurement activities to ensure materials, equipment, supplies, and services are delivered in accordance with project requirements.
- Manage procurement execution plans that support project schedules, budgets, construction priorities, and customer objectives.
- Coordinate procurement activities with engineering, construction, logistics, materials management, project controls, and project leadership teams.
- Monitor supplier manufacturing schedules, production progress, delivery commitments, and expediting requirements.
- Ensure engineering drawings, technical documentation, procurement deliverables, and supplier data are received and processed to support project execution.
- Review and interpret procurement reports, supplier status information, manufacturing schedules, and delivery forecasts.
- Identify procurement risks, schedule impacts, supply chain constraints, and delivery challenges, and develop mitigation plans and recovery strategies.
- Support supplier performance management and drive timely resolution of supplier-related issues.
- Maintain visibility into critical material deliveries and coordinate actions required to support field construction activities.
- Collaborate with warehouse, logistics, and materials management teams on the receipt, storage, tracking, and deployment of project materials.
- Support sourcing activities, commercial evaluations, supplier reviews, and procurement recommendations as required.
- Prepare procurement reports, status updates, forecasts, risk assessments, and project communications for leadership and stakeholders.
- Provide technical guidance and support to procurement personnel and project teams.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen procurement execution, supplier performance, and project delivery effectiveness.
- Promote compliance with company procedures, contractual requirements, project standards, and customer expectations.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Holiday pay (typically 8 holidays per year in the United States)
- Eligibility to participate in medical insurance plans
- Eligibility to participate in life insurance plans
- Eligibility to participate in dental insurance plans
- Eligibility to participate in vision insurance plans
- Eligibility to participate in a 401(k) retirement savings plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
