Procurement Manager

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Job Description

AECOM is currently seeking a Procurement Manager with strategic sourcing and packaging experience to be based on a large-scale program. This role will be responsible for executing end-to-end procurement processes and ensuring all procurement activities are effectively managed.

Key objectives of the role:

Provide high-quality procurement advice and support to AECOM’s clients on their projects:

• Execute end-to-end processes, including data collection, documentation, negotiation, contract award, contract management, and supplier relationship.
• Lead the procurement of defined projects or packages.
• Work effectively as part of both the client’s team and AECOM’s procurement team
• Collaborate with AECOM colleagues to deliver quality outcomes for our clients.
• Challenge yourself in a market-leading business.
• Lead the competitive procurement process including market engagement, supplier shortlisting, tender document development, tender management, evaluation, and negotiation.
• Act as the main point of contact for suppliers and the client’s internal stakeholders related to construction procurement for the programme.
• Overall responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and managing suppliers to ensure the achievement of budget, schedule, and overall programme objectives.
• Prepare and keep an up-to-date procurement plan in coordination with the construction team and according to the construction schedule.
• Validate and approve contractor purchases to ensure compliance with the client’s governance processes and to guarantee the client’s best interests are protected.
• Lead procurement of the major packages with the support from the client’s Category Management team.
• Evaluate suppliers in quality, sustainability, volume, and deliverables.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements :

• 20 years of experience in Construction/ infrastructure projects, including previous experience in the Middle East.
• Familiar with end-to-end Supply Chain practices.
• Proven capability of delivering complex procurement projects over a sustained period.
• Broad range of project experience.
• Enjoys being accountable and takes pride in the quality of their work.
• Can work independently while being confident to approach colleagues for support when required.
• Good communication and influencing skills.
• Passionate about individual, team and client success.

Preferred technical knowledge:

• Major programmes
• Project Management Certification.
• CIPS or NCMA certification.
• Construction and engineering.
• Standard contract forms for international contracting e.g., FIDIC

Preferred Qualifications :

• Relevant degree, for example, in business or engineering.
• Procurement related qualification. ( CIPS or NCMA)

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

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You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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

ReqID: REF39067W

Business Line: Water

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ME and Africa

Career Area: Survey & Estimation

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Middle East