Procurement Lead

Company Description

CRB is a leading provider of sustainable engineering, architecture, construction and consulting solutions to the global life sciences and food and beverage industries. Our more than 1,600 employees provide best-in-class solutions that drive success and positive change for our clients, our people and our communities. CRB is a privately held company with a rich history of serving clients throughout the world, consistently striving for the highest standard of technical knowledge, creativity and execution.

Job Description

The Procurement Lead will have an advanced understanding of all activities in the project procurement life cycle, and lead efforts in procurement strategy development, bid analysis, buy-out, contracting, and expediting; as well as take ownership of procurement deliverables in project execution. The Procurement Lead is responsible to train and mentor more junior team members, project teams, and other internal CRB customers, on procurement best practices and tools. 

This position will lead efforts to mitigate risk and provide value-driven solutions in alignment with the project’s conditions of satisfaction. The resulting work product will aide our clients’ decision-making during the procurement process and support CRB teams in securing and delivering key trade labor and equipment.

The Procurement lead is expected to work autonomously with minimal supervision, and their experience and knowledge should provide an immediate impact to the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with key internal customers, suppliers, and contractors
• Ability to identify risk throughout the supply chain and implement risk mitigation strategies
• Collaborate within a cross-functional & team-oriented environment
• Collaborate with remote teams and a hybrid working environment
• Must excel at working to established project deliverable dates and possess outstanding attention to detail with a high level of accuracy
• Execute and mentor team members in execution of activities in the project procurement life cycle, including procurement strategy development, supplier selection, bid analysis, buy-out, contracting, and expediting
• Execute project procurement deliverables for client projects, supporting both supplier equipment and trades-focused deliverables, as well as internal business pursuits
• Communicate regularly and as needed with senior leadership
• Create best practices in project execution using CRB processes and tools
• Executes projects in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Develop timely, effective supplier contract negotiation strategies.
• Ensure adherence to sourcing strategy execution, negotiations, contract implementation and monitor performance against established targets.
• Manages supplier relationships and contract negotiations.
• Champions cost savings
• Coordinates material movement throughout project cycle
• Actively pursue knowledge of local and global market conditions to contribute to regional projects and business intelligence
• Consult with internal resources concerning tax, insurance, liability, and contractual issues
• Review compliance items for accuracy and completion
• Maintain historical equipment procurement information
• Provide timely, accurate and effective identification of problems and proactively develop strategies and tactics to mitigate impacts to projects and the business, including thorough status reporting and documentation of all corrective action plans
• Drives continuous improvement within Sourcing and Procurement processes

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Construction or Engineering preferred, or relevant experience
• Preferred 8+ years of experience in procurement of capital equipment and/or subcontracting services, preferably in an EPCM environment
• Experience in the Pharmaceutical and/or Biotechnology industries
• Extensive experience leading sourcing initiatives in a variety of ways (e.g., rapid sourcing, targeted negotiations, complex category strategies, supplier, and contractor relationship management,)
• Managed complex equipment contracts over $4MM and has executed/overseen a portfolio of contracts over $35MM.

Additional Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in procurement processes and principles
• Experience in EPCM project delivery
• Experience with online bidding systems and software is preferred, PMWeb and Building Connected a plus.
• Skilled negotiator experienced with developing and executing complex negotiation strategies.
• Technically skilled in understanding and negotiation of contractual documents
• Experienced in performing analysis of market and delivery condition to determine present and future material and subcontract availability
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite software, excel and data entry. 
• Ability to read and understand technical documents, including scope, specs, schedules, project plans
• Ability to train and develop procurement policies and practices with more junior team members, as well as internal customers
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to lead, interact with, influence, resolve conflict and drive decisions among individuals from a variety of cultures and disciplines.
• Possess a passion for quality, compliance and weighing risk
• Excellent written, listening and communication skills

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

CRB is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and it is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category. Employment is contingent on background screening.

CRB does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of CRB without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of CRB. Please, no phone calls or emails.

CRB offers a complete and competitive benefit package designed to meet individual and family needs.

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